Kissing Summer '08 Good-bye

Well it's official, my last summer as a kid is slowly coming to an end. It's a very sad and very scary thought. I went to my bestie, Kendra's house last night but I'll talk more about that in a minuet. I thought I should do my picture first today. Just to shake things up!! Of course it's a dance one!!! This is of my and Adrianne doing what is called a Double Stag Leap. It took probably 50 takes to get us both up in the air and not looking really odd, but it was worth jumping so many times haha. So anyways back to my trip to Kendra's house.

We had some Chem and History to finish up, but once we were done with that we went for one last swim of the summer. She lives on a Salvation Army Camp in our town because her dad is the camp director. So we have access to the pool there, and it's HUGE!! Ok, so this probably sounds really dumb, and we're such dorks...trust me I know! Well we pretended like we were in the Olympics and competed in the Women's Water Pentathlon. First we did the Synchronized jumping because neither of us can dive haha. There were 3 rounds, a forward pencil, a backwards jump and a running cannon ball. Team USA (that would be us) started out strong but then Japan sneaked out in front with China right on our tails. The next event was the team slide. Good small splashes on the entry and nice straight legs. Australia managed to slide into the lead and Japan still ahead of us leaving us for a third position. Then we were up for our sync. water aerobics routine, but with a few errors we landed in a not so proud 5th. In order to still be in running for a gold we would need to excel in the swim relay. On the first distance we raced a backstroke and then doggy paddled back for the finish. (And yes we can really swim we just thought it would be funnier with a doggy paddle.) I started us off and waited intensely on the side of the pool waiting for my teammate to keep the lead I had snatched. And with a fingernail finish we won by one 100th of a second! That put us up into 2nd place, right behind China heading into the last event, Water catch. We stayed close on their tails first through the first 2 rounds but with a great save, that almost slipped through the fingers we managed to win the gold! Victory for team USA!!!! We stood atop the cement block platform, received our gold medals (our cross necklaces) and our bouquet, the lifesaver floatie. Then we hummed the nation anthem, what joys! Ok so now that I've just told you just how dorky I am I think we'll be finishing up here haha. Much love.