Hi Team-

I hope you all had a great break. I had a great time with everyone in the pool! It was wonderful to have so many of you at practice. 

Now looking to this week and beyond:

Gear orders are in! I have the sweatshirts, sweatpants, caps, etc. I will hand those out in practices this week unless you tell me to save them for x-mass like a few of you have told me to already (although it might be nice to send me a reminder if this is a plan so I don't mess it up and forget and ruin x-mass). That would be too much for me to handle. 

Winter Classic Meet at UVAC is this coming weekend, I have attached the entry list by athlete by age group. Let me know if anything is amiss. I will submit final entries by noon tomorrow 12/2.  I can make changes without financial penalty up until noon tomorrow. So sorry I didn't give you more time. I really had an action packed weekend of hockey, house guests, and a good book. I could not sit myself down to send this all out to you before that. But I think for the most part I have pinned everyone down in their events for the weekend and Kari and I are excited for a great weekend of swimming.

Also please look at the January 5th meet at UVAC on the schedule and sign up! I need to submit a draft entry file on December 9th (next Monday). So thank you in advance for checking out your schedule and determining if it is in the cards for you!

I am also working on creating a dual meet with Addison Otters on Saturday December 14th at St. Mike's, so keep you eyes open for that sign-up soon.

As I was considering this Thanksgiving what I am grateful for, all of you were at the top of my list. Thank you for being a great group of supportive parents! Also thank you to my coaching staff for being incredible at your jobs and making my job so easy. Thank you everyone for being part of this incredible team we are building. I am so grateful for you!

Here's to a great season and see you at the pool soon!

Coach Hilary