Father's Day and early Birthday celebration!

We got to celebrate Father's day and Claire's birthday early this year because we spent Father's day in the car driving Claire to TBarM camp for the week! Claire got Jeff some pretty funny gifts this year! A golf towel which Jeff got a huge kick out of! Then she got him a shirt that says "Awesome like my daughter" and some shorts that have her face on them and say #1 Dad! Jeff got lots of laughs!

Then we celebrated Claire's birthday. Her friend, Ann, surprised her earlier in the day by stopping over with a gift for her. In the evening, she opened the gifts she got from us. It was a wonderful day and I feel very blessed to have such an amazing young woman call me "mom"!

Finished Summer League swim with a big win!

Claire had a blast this season with her Stingray Summer League swim team! She improved so much in the few weeks she swam and loved staying after to help the 6 and under kiddos with their practices. At the team party, she teamed up with Abigail, Emily, and Ann to do a family and friend relay and their team name was the Mermaid Mafia, which explains the matching mermaid suits! Claire won the award for highest points for girl age 15 and up and also got the Stingray award for the season for her age group! She had helped make signs for the kids to use for the final meets. Her coach loved her sign that said "Swim fast, Coach Brian doesn't like to lose" and he told her that should be on a shirt. Well, Claire got to work and figured out how to put it on shirts for him and the other coaches for the final meet! It was a hit!