Coach Shawn

So, when Shawn announced that he wasn't going to be a ski instructor this winter (at least not very much, maybe only 5 or 6 days) you would maybe have wondered how he would choose to spend his extra time. Wonder no more. Since Shawn can't be idle for long, and in fact seems to need to be doing a million things all the time, he is coaching swimming again. He is helping to coach the Olympus High School team in the early morning and is also coaching the age group team in the late afternoon. He loves coaching and he is good at it, but I think he might even agree that this is a bit much on top of his regular job, his family and being Young Mens President. The afternoon coaching job is just temporary until they can hire a full time coach. (If you know of any swim coaches looking for a job, send us their information.) He will still be involved in the management of the team, but then won't be required to be there every day - which will be good for his real job, and for me.) These are pictures of the age group team because I just didn't have it in me to go to the 5:30 am workout with the high school kids.
One of the perks (or not, depending on who you ask,) is having your Dad be your coach. Amelia seems to be pretty happy about it.
Shawn is definitely pushing the high school kids and was wondering how they all felt about it. Late the other night after we had gone to bed, there was persistent knocking at the front door. When Shawn finally went to answer it, he found 15 to 20 of his swimmers posed in our front yard - some even hanging from the trees. I told him I thought that was a pretty good sign that they liked him, because after all, if they hadn't, they probably would have thrown eggs or something instead.