How does your garden grow?

Quite well! I planted bell peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers this year.

Well I only got two bell peppers and two tomatoes. I think I planted them too late in the season and the heat was too much for the plants. The tomatoes and bell peppers were used in cooking. The cucumbers have taken over the flower bed. I'm going to have to come up with all kinds of cucumber recipes.

We had one of the cucumbers with dinner this evening. It was crisp and very few seeds.

Next year we will start a little earlier on the tomatoes and bell peppers.

MOC - MEET OF CHAMPS

Samantha and coach Trish

Samantha and Jessica

YEAH! Samantha made Meet of Champs. What does that mean? Well you have to be in the top 10% of your division to qualify.

Although, she only qualified for one stroke -50 M Freestyle, she did it! I'm soooooo proud of that accomplishment. I could never ever swim like that. Actually, the only sport I was interested in was tennis and I only played two years.

Unfortunately, we found out this past Friday about MOC qualifications and I will not be able to attend the meet Saturday 6.26.10. She will know after the MOC meet if she makes the All-Star team. Crossing our fingers!

Her and her friend, Jessica, are already conspiring of joining the SEVEN LAKES Swim Team when they get in high school. Hope she keeps that dream alive!

Watch out Michael Phelps

This is Samantha's third year on the neighborhood swim team. I have seen her progress year to year, pushing herself to the limit and me right behind her making her raise the bar even higher.

Samantha's strongest swimming stroke is the freestyle. She can fly across that pool like a fish. Her weakest is the butterfly, but she is working on it and getting stronger at the stroke.

Michael Phelps knows all too well how 1/10 of a second can make all the difference in the world. With time I know that Samantha can improve more on all of her strokes, for now the freestyle is her moment to shine. Our focus now is to improve on her time, maybe even someday beating Phelps record. Dreams are not impossible to overcome!

Event 18 Girls 11-12 50 Yard Freestyle
Name Age Team Finals Time
1 Danielle Broman 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 32.55
2 Tara Christopher 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 32.81
3 Morgan Lerro 11 Seven Meadows Swim Team 36.43
4 Samantha Gautier 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 37.00
5 Laura Broman 11 Seven Meadows Swim Team 37.56
6 Jessica Casanova 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 39.28
7 McKenzie LeBlanc 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 40.53
8 Morgan Willoughby 11 Seven Meadows Swim Team 40.91
9 Grace Ardis 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 42.49
10 Paige Alvarez 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 44.94
11 Gabriela Dortolina 11 Seven Meadows Swim Team 46.28
12 Kaia Stephens 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 47.29
13 Aurea Andrades 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 48.19
14 Megan Lerro 11 Seven Meadows Swim Team 48.48
15 Siena Erickson 11 Seven Meadows Swim Team 49.93
16 Samantha Seigworth 11 Seven Meadows Swim Team 53.40
17 Isha Dighe 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team 54.85
Megan Middlebrooks 12 Seven Meadows Swim Team DQ