Brent at Pendleton swim meet

Brent, on deck, for his next race. He is focused, he is concentrating, he's in the zone, he's visualizing his race, he's thinking about the snacks back at the team rest area!!

Brent's meet results: 13th in 100 Free (down...drumroll...22 seconds!!!!), 15th in 50 Back (down...drumroll...7.5 seconds!!), 9th in 200 IM, DQ'd in 50 Breast (this is HIS race...his best and he forgot to touch with two hands at the end!!), 10th in 50 Free (down 5.5 sec), 2nd in 100 Breast (down 24 seconds!!!!), 13th in 50 Fly, 12th in 100 back (down 4 seconds).

Birthday Brent

May 24, 2009

Brent got a game that loads on his "DS

and brother Bryce is watching the game here.

Brent's 12th Birthday (May 23-25, 2009)

The entire family (from the Olympic Peninsula down to Hammond and down to Dallas, Oregon) all gathered together in Hammond to celebrate Brent's and Jan's birthdays. Here are some photos of Brent from this past weekend.

Brent in a rare quiet moment

Brent is always running around, on the computer, in the refrigerator, or upstairs reading his "Warrior" books (which seem to be about cats...I don't quite get it.) But I caught him one evening sitting on the sofa and asked him to hold for a shot.

Going to church can be exhausting

Going to church can be absolutely exhausting! Getting up early, meeting with friends, praying, Sunday School, going out to lunch, playing with friends, running around the parking lot, then driving around Puget Sound to get back home. Poor Brent. It's been an exhausting day.

Brothers

These kids are a hoot. They laugh at almost anything. And they sometimes laugh just by looking at each other!

Early morning in Brent's bedroom

I snuck into Brent's room early on March 30th and saw this cute sight. Brent curled up tightly like a cocoon in Aunt Bev's quilt. And sleeping very comfortably on his hard, plastic toy gun. Somehow in his sleep, the sheet gets completely pulled off the corners.