Decades ago my mother started a swimming party after the parade on July 24th. She invited the families of her brothers an sisters. Not all of them participated, but those who did came every year. We also invited my father's sister's family since they lived just a block away. Since we finished our backyard pool in 2020, we continued the tradition, but only with out children and grandchildren.
Since many copainies don't offer the 2th of July off work, our party now starts with dinner around 5:00 pm. This year a brief but strong thundershower hit just as we were sitting down to dinner.
We have races every year. I tell the grandchildren we race so I can see how they are progressing with their swim stroke. This year we had something different happen. After the formal races were over, the grandkids wanted to race other cousins, so the races continued on. After that my children got involved in the annual races. In the videos below Avery (daughter of Jared and Melissa) races Makenna (daughter of Kevin and Angela) race for the 9-10 yr old championship. Rob then races Jared in the "Dive and Glide Challenge" where you dive in and float to the other end. Rob just needed a little more air to win that challenge.
