Science Champ, Swim Champ

The past weekend was a busy one for us as we were supporting our two oldest children in extracurricular activities. Friday was the Science Fair, which Bronson participated in as a member of the Science Methods class at Carbon High. He won a medal in his category and his project was named one of the top 10 Outstanding Projects from 120 entries. He will compete in March at a Regional Science Fair held in .....Cedar City! He's excited at this opportunity to see his friends again. Bronson's project is about improving the permeability of clay and the effect this would have in expanding arable regions throughout the world.

Saturday found us at the Region 8 Swimming Championships. Krissia's had an outstanding season as a freshman, but had a setback last month due to a knee injury (see December's blog "Bad Luck"). As a result, her times had fallen a bit and she was no longer ranked 1st in our region in the 50 Free and only had a slight edge in the 100 Back. Well, our little Krissia has quite a competitive nature (double whammy from both sides) and really rose to the occasion. Or, should I say, she blew everyone out of the water! She won the 50 Free by a full body length, setting a new personal record in this event and also took 1st in the backstroke with a near record-setting time. It was so fun to watch, but I had butterflies during both races. I think it's almost worse on one's nerves to watch one's child compete than it is to compete yourself! State Championships are coming up next weekend at BYU, and I'm sure that Krissia will be great!