A Stable Beginning

Saturday, March 12, 2011

We made it to STATE

Whoa!!! It came down to the wire and last apparatus, vault, for Madison, but both girls are moving on to the Level 4 State meet in May. The Lt. and I couldn’t be any prouder, what a feat!

Competition was tough once again, but this morning you were only competing against yourself. There are no individual medal positions at a sectional meet. It’s all you, make it or break it. Coach Natalie has prepared them well and it showed in all of our teammates as they competed. She was there with a reassuring voice when they stumbled and fell, and helped pick up their confidence, that they could DO this. Thanks Coach Natalie!!!

Let’s just face it, I was a nervous wreck the whole time. I was up at 4AM, because I was afraid of oversleeping. We had to be out of the house and on the road no later than 645AM to get to the meet, a small feat with the little's, but with the Lt. driving we made it with more than enough time to spare.

We were almost faced with the possibility of only having Mikayla make the State meet today, it was not a pleasant feeling. The qualifying score to make the State meet is 33.00 or better. Going into the final rotation of vault, Mikayla needed only a 7.425 to break the 33.00 point barrier, Madison on the other hand, needed to score an 8.50 or better…which she is fully capable of, but she was just a little “off” today from a fall on beam and forgetting to salute the judges before leaving the floor. That girl has a good head on her shoulders, and a great coach, because she composed herself and blew us all away and scored a 9.30,the highest score of our team for the entire meet!!! I could have jumped out of my seat with that score, yahoo!!!! Man, it was a beautiful vault! If I can figure out how to put the video on the blog I will…but man it was sweet. She had her toes perfectly pointed and she put her best effort in when it counted the most! That was her first 9.0+ or better for the whole season, Way to go Madison!!!!

Madison's 2011Sectional Results:

vault ~ 9.30 ***personal best***

bars ~ 8.60

beam ~ 7.850

floor ~ 8.050

AA ~ 33.80

Mikayla scored a personal best on vault today with a 9.150, bum knee and all. By the way, we go to the doctor’s on Tuesday for the knee issue. Right now she is wearing an elbow brace on her knee, because she is a toothpick and a regular size brace won’t even fit her thigh. It is working out swell and giving just right amount of support, but it will be interesting to hear what the Orthopedic doctor thinks.

Mikayla’s 2011 Sectional Results:

vault ~ 9.150 ***season best***

bars ~ 8.575

beam ~ 8.700

floor ~ 8.300

AA ~ 34.725

We went out to dinner and ice cream to celebrate, but no pictures, my camera battery died, UGH!!! 8.5 weeks from now I will be spending my Mother’s Day the best way I can think of…

watching my girls compete for the State title. I couldn’t think of a better way to spend the day!

Montana is watching and waiting for her turn…soon baby, soon!

071 ~ 365 D.A.D.D

Self explanatory

Thursday, March 10, 2011

069 ~ 365 first signs of spring

YEAH, Spring is coming…Spring is coming!!! That tiny little bud of red gives me hope that the warmer weather is on its way. The birds are already back in town so now it’s time for our new trees that the Lt. and the girls planted last weekend to start budding.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

067 ~ 365

These two books have kept me away from blogging these last few weeks. It’s a good thing, right? I’ve been engrossed in the Word getting caught up in my reading for the Bible in 90 days challenge. I have learned so much reading and have lots of questions that I want to delve further into.

I also have been re-reading The Well Trained Mind. Next school year (2011-2012) we are making the leap to a full classical style schooling. I have been lurking a bit on the WTM forum and soaking up all the info I can. Now, I can’t wait to read what I’ve been missing on my favorite blogs.