Noah had his last swim meet of the school year last night. As with the other five meets he's had during the school year, this one was internal and low-key. He competed in the breast stroke, freestyle and back stroke...winning or tying for the win in all three. It was good. :)

The weather, on the other hand, was typical Colorado unpredictable weather. Most of the day it had been sunny and warm and gorgeous. Noah was stoked because that meant they'd get to have the meet in the outdoor pool, which was only recently opened. Upon arriving at the pool, though, the sun disappeared behind storm clouds and the wind picked up...causing Noah to object to the cold in addition to the taste of the water (he thinks it wasn't balanced right yet since it's only just opened and felt it tasted of sunscreen) and the number of dead bees floating in the pool. ;) 

But. We persevered and managed to complete the meet in the outdoor pool despite the rain and wind. (Yes, it threatened to rain and did sprinkle on us for awhile...enough to have the other two boys asking for their umbrellas, lol.) The sun even snuck back out momentarily, here and there. 

And, yes, that's Noah telling me to stop taking his picture, lol. I had to get photographic proof, though, that the boy occasionally wears a color...he was cold enough that he relented. ;) (If you know him, you know that he's stuck to mostly all black shirts and dark blue jeans for a year or so now.)

So. That's that. He still has another month of swim team (and they have something fun planned for the end of May instead of a meet, but they're not telling, as it's a surprise, lol). But he's decided not to participate in summer swim team this year...as he's *not* enthused about practice five days a week from 7-8:30 am. I can't say as I blame him. :) He's still thinking he'll do swim team during the school year, though, and will do the fun runs during the summer. Considering that his practices right now consist of more than 2000 yards of swimming in an hour (twice a week), I think he's earned a break. ;)

Last Friday, Asher earned his purple belt!

He was very excited and continues to excel in his classes (honestly, it's not unusual for us to have total strangers come up to us and tell us what a good job he does). ;)