State Swimming... Again?

Well... I forgot about this blog until today and I found it some what humorous that the last post was of state swimming. For those who didn't know, today is the final day of 3A state swimming. One year later and here we are. same story. But, yes, yesterday was the first day of state and I only had one race. I swam the 50 freestyle. It went pretty well. I took fifth and made it up on the podium. It was very exciting. the first time I have ever made it up on the podium for an individual event. today I have 3 races. SCARY! I will swim the 100 free and 2 freestyle relays. I am so excited. I am ranked 3rd in the 100 and I am hoping for a second place medal. I'm excited!
The real reason I posted this was because I saw that it was one year later and nothing had been posted. Perhaps, one day we can get this thing going again. maybe...
I love you all (if there is anyone that reads this anymore).

State Swimming

Hey, State swimming was this last weekend (the 6th and 7th) and I first want to thank Allen and Brenda and Family for coming as well as Grandpa and Grandma. It was really cool to see you guys there in addition to all of my siblings that I love so much. Anyways, to those of you who weren't able to make it, if you haven't heard, the guys took 2nd overall and we went into the meet tied for 5th so that was pretty substantial and the girls took 4th when they were initially ranked 7th. So as teams we did very well. I got 6th in the Breaststroke and 3rd in one of the relays so I got on the medal stand twice. I swam two other races and though I dropped time they were less important. Kristen did very well and is officially a state champion with her relay and she also held another school record. Unfortunately her teammate in the heat after her broke that record. But hey, good times.

Personal Blog

Hey, Everyone, I started a personal blog that is all written in poetry so if you feel so inclined you should check it out.
www.poemedward.blogspot.com

Sterling Scholar

Hey Everyone, I guess the Blog isn't a big hit. But just in case any of you still read it, I got Sterling Scholar in Visual Arts at our school. This means I get a pretty good scholarship to any Utah School and I will compete in April at the State level for an even bigger scholarship opportunity. Just to give you guys an idea, winners on a state level receive full tuition scholarship for 4 years no questions asked, to the U, Westminster, and BYU. Anyways, it was a happy day. Thanks for those who still read this and I want to hear about your lives. If you are having trouble posting or don't know how then feel free to e-mail me @ swimmin24.7@gmail.com. Oh yeah, this is Ed by the way, I had to post on Kristens (long story) Love you all and I look forward to our family festivities around the holidays.

SWIMATHON!

Well, Wasatch Swim Team is having its one and only fundraiser and it is something slightly different this year. We are having a swimathon and no, its not near as much fun as a walkathon for 3 reasons: You have limited breathing, You can only swim so slow, and we will be swimming at least 3 miles in less than 2 hours. But hey, who's complaining? The breakdown of money gleaned is pretty simple, 5% goes to USA swimming for setting up the whole program, 50% goes to the team as a whole to pay for all the team expenses (and waterpolo gear for the spring) and 45% goes to the individual swimmer to pay for trip fees, entry fees, and stuff like that. So the reason why I am posting this is to see if any of you love us so much as to donate. The 3 miles is 200 laps of the pool. It is either 200 laps or 2 hours (whichever comes first) but we should be able to complete the 200 laps. So the pledge is per lap so if you were to pledge 5 cents then you would be donating $10.00. This plea for help is for me and kristen so as much as I would like to say you can just donate double for me, you should probably be willing to pledge the same for both of us. You can just e-mail me if you would like to pledge anything. My E-mail is swimmin24.7@gmail.com. We would appreciate any support that you could provide us and the team. Thanks and love you all...Ed
P.S. why does nobody else post anything? I want to hear about everyone else's lives.

Edventures!

So my latest adventure involved enough butter to butter 22,954 pieces of toast (it would take over two lifetimes to consume the amount of butter). I (as well as several other Wasatch High School art students) had the opportunity to go down to the state fair for 6 hours and sculpt a kick-line of animals. There was a cow, horse, dog, cat, mouse, and chicken. The butter is recycled each year from the last years butter sculpture (last year it was a life-size bull rider and rodeo clown). We were working in a 50 degree refrigerator with a glass window so that people could watch while we made it. It was strange working with a medium that changes consistency while you work. It was sweet though, I got a shirt and a sweatshirt that said "got butter?" and I learned that I would never want to sculpt out of butter full-time. The first time I walked into the refrigerator I started gagging. Butter has a totally different smell when there are about 250 gallons worth of it. Here are some pictures. We finished most of it, but maybe those pictures will come later (my friend took some). Overall, you could say that it was a Dairy big mess.

Kinda random :)

Well, this is kind of random but I thought that it would be cool to share. I (Kristen) have a really good friend that is going to Switzerland to do a kind of foreign exchange student thing. she is going all by her self for 4 months! We had a fun going away party for her and this is actually a pretty cool picture. these are 4 of my best friends!! and don't concentrate too hard on what I look like. I was the one taking the picture and I had to concentrate real hard. we had been taking pictures for about 10 minutes straight because I couldn't get everyone in the picture. so don't mind me! (left to right: Abby Wade, Nellie Kacher (girl going to Switzerland), Camari Remund, Ashley Huntington, and ME!!!)