It was a fun surprise to see E1's pic on the Salt Lake Tribune photo gallery. We are so proud of her and all her hard work.

I know this sounds awful but, we are so relieved that State swim is over. It was kind of stressful. Both Grandpa and Sonja were not sleeping or eating. We are all proud of Pepper and wanted this to be a good experience for her either way. While she was disappointed she didn't win, she still feels pretty good about her success. She is the first girl in Richfield High School Swimming History to ever medal at state. She has said that she knows some day some "punk kid" will come along and erase her school records off the books (she now holds 4 of them), but this is one piece of history that will always be hers.

Way to go Pepper! We are proud of you!

This is the link to the photo above:
http://extras.sltrib.com/tribphoto/gallery.asp?ID=116867&GID=3AGSW_02072009&Pubdate=&sort=Gallery