Swim team is over!

Boy, am I glad that swim team is over. The kids had alot of fun and learned new swimming techniques. Last night was their award banquet. That too took forever! We were there from 6:30pm til 9pm. Penny had enough and was ready for bed by 8pm. She was running all over the club house, trying to take food off of other kids plates, and even kicked a lady in the head, while I was trying to take her outside during one of her screaming fits. I was so embarrassed!! I do not like going to things like that without Clyde. He unfortunately had to work, & so was unable to attend with me.
This past weekend, we had the big City meet. Libby qualified to go. She had 2 relays on Thursday, one on Friday, and one on Saturday. She did great. Josh, Jacob, Penny, & I watched her on Thursday. We arrived @ Lindley Pool by 8am, and then waited for her to swim. She swam against another little girl from our Ward. I love watching her race! Anyway that day we were @ the pool until noon. We got home in just enough time to get Erin off of the bus and then Clyde came home from classes as well.
Friday wasn't as bad. Erin and I went to watch Libby swim. She had one relay, and we still waited for nearly 2 hours! Anyway, once Libby was finished we went to see "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix." I loved the film! Of course I am a big HP fan, so I enjoyed every minute of the film. It is a bit scary at the end, but excellent.
Saturday we were just hanging out her, thinking that the City Meet was over for our Libby. We get a frantic phone call at 6pm asking where Libby was, that they were calling for her at the Court of Course. Libby and I grabbed our shoes, she threw on her swim suit and we drove as fast as we could to get there. At each red light we were saying, "Turn green, turn Green!!" Luckily for us, it was our lucky night in the city of Greensboro and the lights turned green. Our team had a mom waiting for Libby, in the parking lot. I do not think that our car had stopped completely, when Libby opened the door and sprinted out. The Mom was elbowing people out of the way, to get Libby to the swimmers block. She was still completely dressed, when she lined up. She had to strip down to her suit, the slapped on her cap & goggles on her, and she jumped in the water. She even beat her time by 8 seconds, completely cold, with no warm up... Go Libby!
Yesterday was Libby's 9th birthday. We had a few friends from church come over for a little swim party. I think that she had a blast. We stayed @ the pool for an hour and a half, came back opened presents, ate cake, and made pillow goodie bags. I embroidered pillows, that the girls were able to stuff, sew up and take home. A couple of the girls had to slip stitch them when they got home, but I think that they turned out well. I thought that the pillow was better than a regular goodie bag of treats.