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Summer Swim Trip to Scottsdale

·Scottsdale, Arizona·#summer#family trip#swimming#arizona#scottsdale
A smiling child in a pink and red vest and patterned skirt stands with arms raised indoors.

Summer swim trip to Scottsdale for the girls' meet. Before we ever got to the pool there was a backyard full of SSC caps and wet swimsuits, and somebody's idea of a human pyramid — six or seven of them stacked on the grass, one climbing up the back to stand on top with her arms out. The pyramid collapsed and reassembled more times than I counted.

Then the meet itself, at the aquatic center on Thompson Peak Parkway — thirteen lanes, which is more pool than the girls are used to. Event numbers inked on hands so nobody missed a heat. One of them stood there with her tie-dye goggles already fogged before she even got in the water, hugging herself in the sun.

By the last events one kid was up on Dad's shoulders in pink jelly sandals, done swimming for the day, while the scoreboard behind them was still running heats.

Five children play in a grassy backyard; three form a human pyramid, while two others stand by a fence.Seven children in swimsuits form a pyramid on green grass in a backyard.Six children in swimsuits form a human pyramid on a green lawn with a wooden fence and bushes in the background.Six smiling children form a human pyramid on green grass in a sunny backyard with a wooden fence.Seven children in swimwear form a human pyramid on a sunny green lawn with a wooden fence in the background.A smiling child in a yellow swim cap, colorful goggles, and a swimsuit stands outdoors with other people in the background.A close-up selfie of an adult and two children in yellow swim caps and goggles, outdoors.A smiling man carries a smiling child on his shoulders by a swimming pool with a scoreboard.

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