Swim Team 2021

 Club North Point Swim Team has been such a great experience this summer.  All 6 kids participated on the team.  Owen was old enough to be on the Prep Team.  Every kid had different goals and different experiences this summer and it was neat to see that.  Jaxton was hesitant to join, but it was a great form of exercise all summer and he really enjoyed the practices.  His award at the end of the season was the "Practice Award" because he practiced hard, worked hard, enjoyed the practices and never really complained.  Cooper's goals were speed.  He tried to beat his own personal records and he even went to the city meet to compete.  He was awarded the Lane 6 Squad award with his lane 6 buddies, and the Kaylee's goals were form and having fun.  She has amazing form that was perfected all the more this summer and she made some new friends and had a lot of fun. She also competed at the city meet. She got the Quiet Achiever Award because she quietly achieved great goals.   Dawson's goals were to have fun.  There were some mornings that he woke late or was not in the mood to swim, and nothing could change his mind (besides a popcicle).  Other days, he was the first in the pool and having the time of his life.  He did his first meet this summer and it was fun to see him try to beat his peers across the pool as he kept looking up and over to check who was winning all the way across the pool.  He also lived for those buddy gifts from his swimming buddy!  Dawson won the "Best Eyelashes" & "Best Breastroke" Awards.  Everyone would die over his long black eyelashes.  Nathan also went for the fun of it.  He loves swimming and he loves being on the team.  He can get all the way across the pool on his own and did his first ever meet this year.  He won the "Tiny But Mighty Award" because that describes him perfectly.  

Owen somewhat enjoyed Prep Team but tended to get cold a lot and disliked that.  He wanted to swim and dive for toys faster than the other kids in his group.  But he loved his Coach Macy and made sure to get her gifts on Buddy Days.  He won the "Best Goggles Award" because his goggles were hilarious and he loved them.  

Swim Buddies:

Jaxton -------> Claire

Cooper-------> Zoe

Kaylee ------> Kelsey

Dawson -----> Chloe

Nathan ------> Will (same as last year.  His idol)

Owen -------> Coach Macy

Swim was a great experience for all. 

Cooper at Work

 Cooper got a summer job at Simplx as an inventory assistant to our inventory manager, Kurt.  He worked every day from 11am-2pm, sometimes longer.  He became the receiving expert and would receive any shipments that came in.  He would check the order against the purchase order, label all parts and shelve everything.  Some days he had a couple boxes, other days he literally had 20 + boxes.  He was a busy bee.  A few days he got to help out the Fire Team with Felix.  He helped recharge some extinguishers and learned how that process worked.  He says that Felix is an amazing teacher and looked up to him a lot.  Good effort Cooper!  He will be training the new intern next week, before school starts, to take his place.  He certainly set a standard of hard work this summer.  

Simplx at the Tin Caps

 Our Simplx summer party was held at the Tin Caps field for an evening game on Saturday night.  We rented out the Treetops section for our group and invited families to join us.  It was a great party with all of our employees and their families.  Everyone was able to eat great food, have great drinks, enjoy some great raffle prizes and cheer on the local Fort Wayne Tip Caps baseball.  There were fireworks at the end of the evening and a great run around the bases after that.  Adults and children alike ran around those bases like a baseball player.  It was great fun!  It was a lot of fun to see our employees outside of the work environment and with the people they love the most.  Successful summer party - Check!

Happy 17th Anniversary to Us

 Nate and I spent our 17th Anniversary in downtown Indianapolis.  We decided to stay downtown near the rivers and spend some time biking the river trails. It was the most beautiful day and biking was just so much fun.  We traveled along the canals and got to feel like we were in Europe!  We also visited the Indiana History Museum and could have spent 3 days there.  It was so fun to learn but overwhelming to take in everything that was offered there.  We hope to go back again to glean more from the beautiful museum.  We had lunch there on the canal, took a nap in the grass together under a giant tree at the park and we also hit up IKEA while we were in town.  A quick weekend getaway to celebrate us!!