It Was The Best... & Worst of Times

There was an array of emotions Saturday.  Happiness, excitement, joy and bravery, soon followed by frustration, loss and irritation.  Let me explain...

First summer swim at Potter Pool (with Pops carefully watching over the slide after last weeks accident).

Bravery may seem like an odd, random emotion, but it wasn't.  Brielle refused to go down the slide on her stomach.  She decided to buck up and be brave when her dad offered her $12 bucks to do it -- 26 times.  And she did.  When she was done, he dared her to go down backwards, on her stomach.  Pops told her he'd give her $12 bucks not to.

Brielle earned $24 bucks for 2 hours in the pool and a little bravery.  Spoiled kid.

Then there came the excitement and screams while Chris, throwing out his back, made sure every child got their turn being thrown into the pool.

 

My favorite part about these pics is that each child reacts differently.  One curls into a ball, one goes into a squat type form and another goes in stiff and straight.  For the kids, it's hours of swimming heaven.  For me, its lounging underneath an umbrella snapping photos of all the action.  

We left Nani's in time for the big game (which happened to be Brynn's first RSL game) and our seats were AWE-some!  Let me tell you what you can see from the second row... sweat and bulging muscles.  Oh, and all the action.  Loved it.  We had high hopes that this game would go better than the game against LA. 

Nope.  Just like LA game.  Super tough loss, as you can see from their sad faces.  This is where our frustration and irritation set in.  RSL has now fallen to 2nd place in the MLS Western Conference.  Get your act together, RSL!  Seriously!

Watching the players exit the field...

 Wait!  Is that Nat Borchers we see?  Why Yes! It is and he's headed this way!

Like... OMG... he signed our hats!

Even with another tough loss, the day ended on a high.  Go RSL!

And the final disappointment of the day?  The fact that I must have been so giddy around Nat Borchers, I completely forgot that I had a working, fully charged and ready to go, HD camera in my purse. Therefore, all the pics I got of the girls and Nat Borchers were with my phone and are horrible.  I am, on occasion, and idiot.