Saturday Snapshot -- White Water Rafting

One more picture of my sons and husband on their white water rafting trip.
This is a picture that they paid for as they were rafting down the river.
Spencer looks like a brute with his paddle in the air, while Tucker and Earl look like they're doing all the work.
Terrific picture of all of them, including the guide on the back.

Apparently, at one point, Tucker was flipped off the back of the raft and caught in a hydraulic. The guide reached in his paddle and helped pull him out. Since Tucker has been a swimmer year-round for 10 years and made it to the State swim meet this year, I figure he could have swum his way out, but what do I know about white-water rafting.

Dreaming of France -- Football

I like to think that in France, people are not obsessing about the Super Bowl like they are here in the United States.
But, in honor of the Super Bowl, here's a photo of French football.
My boys playing soccer on the soccer field outside of our hotel in Bandol. They were 12 and 10 years old at the time.

Bandol is along the Mediterranean and this soccer field was just along the coast. 

 

Later they met some local boys who played a game of soccer with them. 

 

Spencer said the kids talked kind of funny, but they were able to work out the basics through the language of football.
This was a great experience for them.

Saturday Snapshot -- Swim

To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post on Alyce's blog At Home With Books. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. Please don’t post random photos that you find online.

Today is an exciting day in my house because of a big district swim meet yesterday and we found out my son is moving on to States.

It's also an exciting day because my novel The Summer of France is free on Kindle Saturday and Sunday. I'd really appreciate if you'd download it free. If you don't have a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle reader to your computer then download my book. Thanks. Plus, I bet you'd like the book if you'd give it a chance! Here's the link: The Summer of France.
Now here are some photos from yesterday.
Tucker gets his head shaved every year before the meet.

But first the barber makes sure he looks really silly.

Here they are on the podium one of the three times that they placed in the top four.

I love this group huddle after they dropped 6 seconds from one of their relays.

I can't to see what you all are posting.