Grace's First International Swim Meet

Grace's swim team was invited to the Yongsan International School of Seoul's swim meet on Saturday.  This was her first time swimming against kids from all over the world.  She has been struggling with the desire to keep swimming because her coach has been pushing her to do more at practice, and it hasn't been a whole lot of fun for her lately, but today was the day where she was able to see the fruit of her labor.

This was David's first swim meet, and he was fully inducted to the sport as he volunteered to be a timer.  He said he really had a good time doing that, and enjoyed getting to talk to the kids as they were getting ready for their races. 

The ever patient Tristan 

In the bull pen waiting for her first event.

It was really loud in there! 

25 freestyle - she got 3rd place!

25 backstroke 

She got 2nd place!!

Talking with one of our high school swimmers before her 50 freestyle 

She was in Daddy's lane for this race. 

And this sweet little thing got FIRST PLACE in this event!!!

It was a really good experience for her, and a much needed one in order to motivate her to keep working hard. It also helped her realize that it really is worth her effort in practice, even though it might not seem like much fun while she's doing it.

Way to go Grace!  We are so very proud of you!