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Buc-ees

July 29, 2021

I almost forgot about the best part of our NC road trip last weekend – Buc-ees! Alabama got a Buc-ees a few months ago and the kids have been wanting to check it out so…why not? It’s like a giant gas station and mini Walmart all rolled into one. The people watching was pretty great too – Alabama at its finest right here.

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We managed to walk out with a t-shirt, several stickers, bracelets, candy, a fudge sampler, and a Dr. Pepper Icee. Win!

We even got lucky enough to see the beaver in person…celeb sighting!

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Find the fun where you can!

Mile swim

July 28, 2021

These boys swam one whole mile! That’s 66 laps! They both did it last year too. Go boys go!

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There was a big group of the older kids that all swam it…

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There were some Samantha’s age that did it but she was at a camp that morning so it didn’t work out. She had a second chance this week but decided to go to tennis instead. You know I can’t hate on that!!

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Maxwell actually went back and swam it for a second time this week. Lots of activity this summer!

Senior county swim meet

July 27, 2021

The culmination of the swim season was on Saturday at the Senior County swim meet! I was so proud of all of the kids for qualifying in every event! You had to have a certain time in each event to be qualified to swim at SRCO and they did!! Woohoo! The meet was Saturday and Sunday at the Crossplex but we could only attend Saturday because we had to take Spencer to camp. It worked out great though because Saturday was freestyle, breaststroke, and IM – their favorites!

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It was a really cool experience and I’m so glad we did it. Swimming has taught them so much about competing against themselves and their own time. Team sports are great but doing some individual sports is important too!

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It was pretty cool to see their names up on the big screen at the Crossplex…

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and doing it with friends makes it that much more fun of course!

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None of them ended up with high finishes. Maxwell’s relay team got 4th but then he had a goggle malfunction on his freestyle which messed him up. Samantha won her heat in breaststroke and actually got 1st place overall but got DQ’d. Spencer swam great but didn’t crack that top tier.

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I’m just so proud of them for going and giving it their all!

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Go MBC Magic!

Camp

July 26, 2021

We made the drive to NC again to drop Spencer off for two weeks of fun at Falling Creek!!

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He wasn’t nervous at all and I know he’s going to have the best time. Can’t wait to see some pictures!!

Swim meet

July 23, 2021

Even more swim meets! We’ve practically turned into fish this summer. Last week the kids had a meet in Vestavia and did great. It was raining and delayed but they got it in, thank goodness!

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