This post and this week was all about the State Track Meet. Thursday, Friday and Saturday were spent at Drake Stadium watching boys and girls from all over the state of Iowa run for the thrill of the victory and the agony of defeat. Jordan got to experience both.
Thursday was the 4x800 final for Drew, Brandon, Nick, and Jordan. Just a reminder....they were averaging an 8:37-8:39 race until the district meet in which they ran an 8:10 to qualify for state. Never before had they run like that. Well.....they didn't at state either. They ran an 8:42.83. Oops. Jordan was "frustrated and embarrassed" as he got to cross the finish line last in his heat.
Friday was the 4x400 preliminaries for Craig, Jordan, Nick, and Trevor. This race turned out much better. The boys crossed the finish line in first with a time of 3:24.62 and qualified for the finals with the second fastest time. They also broke the school record. The record they had set at the district meet.
Saturday was the finals of the 4x400. Very exciting! The boys ran very well against a very tough Sioux City Bishop Heelan. They ran a 3:24.01 breaking the school record again and walked away with Silver Medals!
Dana and I were so proud! We went out and bought a digital camcorder. We didn't want to trust such a special memory to my little digital camera with video option. I was at many times close to tears and after watching the replay of the Prelim race I knew that for the final I would really need to be silent! Much better for every one's viewing pleasure.
This was such a crazy week! Abbey had her Middle School Musical performance of "Beauty and the Beast". Thanks to my Aunt Karen who attended both performances and took the little two with her the second time. We weren't able to get there as Jordan ran at the same time as she performed. Showing just how mature she is becoming she said "I will be in more musicals, but Jordan may not have this opportunity again." Karen took pictures the second day and I can't wait to share them when I get them. They said it was a very good production and the little two were very excited to share their synopsis with us.
It was also graduation weekend for DC-G so Dana and I went and check out how things are run in preparation for next year. It was very neat to see many of the kids we have watched grow up get their diplomas. Kelli was one of those special people and we are very excited for her. Her graduation party is next weekend so I will have pictures from that next week. Jordan and her spent this weekend enjoying the state experience (her last) and attending graduation parties together.
Saturday, Dana brought the boat home and put the carpet back in and loaded it with all the "boat crap" that we take out each winter. We decided to go gas it up as fuel prices have been rising. It was about 7:00pm and as we were waiting for the tank to fill we commented on what nice calm night it was. A perfect night for the 2009 maiden voyage of "Big Red". Yeah...right! Without the kids in tow, we back the boat down the ramp and it starts right up without much effort! So I back it off the trailer and Dana pulls away to go park. I slowly go out of the cove and then open it up to make a short loop before going back for Dana at the dock. I turn the boat to head back and a loud squealing alarm begins to signal to me something is wrong! UGH! I'm just a girl...but everything looks ok. I slow down and take it back to the dock. I tell Dana something isn't right and notice a small amount of smoke coming from the back. Dana hops in and we take it back out of the cove (with the loud squealing alarm ringing....so romantic). As we bring it back up to speed more smoke and I notice that the temp gauge is climbing. I suggest that maybe we head back to the dock in my calmest voice (NOT) and hope that we don't blow up before we get there. We tie off on the dock, Dana backs down the trailer and we hand load our 25ft tub with ropes as neither of us were excited about starting it back up. So much for a sunset lap around the lake. We drove in silence back to storage. Dana believes that it might need a new impeller (?) after talking to his brother. He thinks it is something he can do and we should be back in business. Hoping it's as easy as it sounds.
Enjoy the montage and video of our trip to State and the final of the 4x400 race!!
