Arizona Aqua Stars Place 4th in the Country!

Here are the pictures from Nationals in New York. The top picture are the Top 8 teams in the country along with the 2008 Olympic Team. Caitlin's team, the Arizona Aqua Stars, captured 4th. The other pictures are of Caitlin and her duet partner of 4 years, Lindsay. The girls placed 9th in the country!

It has been a busy last couple of weeks. I have gone back to work teaching 6th grade at Patterson Elementary so that has changed things at home. I have a GREAT class- lots of fun and full of energy. Christopher goes to school with me three days a week so that makes it a little easier to work. I get to go down and see him at lunch.
Nick is in a 1-2 Gifted Program this year and is already moving into 3rd grade curriculum. He has really taken off in math and reading. This past week he started football with Pop Warner. John is the coach so this should be interesting. He is still in karate and is starting Boy Scouts. I am tired thinking about it!
Jake is in 4th grade this year. He has Cailin's former teacher so I know he will do well. He is also in Boy Scouts and is serving as John's assistant coach for the football team. He will be starting back into musical theater soon and still takes guitar.
Caitlin is back in the pool this week. She has added gymnastics to her load. She wants to secure a spot on the 13-15 team and hope to someday be a "flyer" for AAS. She is also playing the violin and in the Musical Theater group at school. Add to this her Gifted classes at school and you have a glimpse of Caitlin's day. She has been watching the Olympics this year and still hopes to some day make that Olympic team.