Spring Fling

I warned Steve last week that this Sunday was my day to sleep in since I've been working weekends (I didn't work at all this weekend! So nice!)...but of course I was awake from 6-6:30, finally fell back asleep and then we were all up about 8:45, mainly due to the sound of rapid gun fire from Camp Dodge....those machine guns are so loud sometimes!

 

Really we just hung out most of the morning. Steve cleaned out the garage, I did laundry and read my book on the deck, the girls played on the Ipads and played outside for a while. We ate lunch outside and then got ready to head to Presley's Spring Fling for gymnastics.

 

Now this is the first time she had done this and we didn't know REALLY want to expect. I didn't make it a big deal b/c I knew it would scare her. They have been working on routines in class and told them about getting bleachers for parents to sit on but I think she was very overwhelmed when we got there. There were 40 girls and you have to think there are at least 2 people for every girl, watching the gymnasts. This is for fun, to help expose them to what a real gymnastics meet might be like and Presley froze when we got there. I took Piper and went and sat with my parents while Steve help Presley calm down and relax. Finally one of the coaches came over to comfort her and they were able to get her to join her group. So once they actually started she was sitting with her group and very sad, but she did it! SHE DID IT!

 

There were 4 groups of girls on 4 different events going at the same time, so not ALL eyes were on her. :) She started on the floor....her backbend, the ONE thing she can't do yet!

and her roundoff, which she can do like a champ.

Then they went to the vault....at this level it's pretty standard stuff but they work on power and form off of the trampoline.

Then the bars...this is what she loves the most!

Then the beam, which she did great on too! And she did her round-off off of the beam, which was awesome to see!

Miss Piper actually did very good at sitting and listening during this time!

One of her friends Olivia was there watching her sister too, they were too cute!

After all the girls had done all their events they had the award part of it...each girl got a white, red or blue ribbon depending on how they did and they got a medal and then they stood on the 'podium' for pictures....So yes, our daughter who didn't want to do ANY of this and then DID.....THEN we make her get up in front of EVERYONE to accept her medals. TORTURE!

There are no words to express how proud we are of you Presley! It brings tears to my eyes to think about how hard this was for you! It is very hard overcoming your fears and you should be very proud of yourself! You did an amazing job and we love watching your hard work in gymnastics payoff! XOXO

I love this girl!!!

Her ribbons...she got blue ribbons on the bars and vault and red on the beam and floor!

We got ice cream on our way home and once we got home she changed for swim lessons and we headed to her last class of this session. She had done such a good job at becoming more comfortable! Her coach said she did amazing once she relaxed a bit, she didn't pass her level but she only has 2 things to work on which I know she'll be able to do during her next lessons in June!

 

Finally as our weekend came to an end we ate an awesome dinner of grilled fish and potatoes on the deck, the kids ate good and then we headed over to the neighbors to play outside for a little bit. We got baths done and got them to bed early!!