1st Competition of the Season!

Wildfire had their first competition on Sunday! What a fun day! I love the first competition of the year – we learn so much!  Plus this is a fast one and we are back to back cheering which is always fun! 

Shimmer

Our 2-4 year old team! They had a good performance and placed 5^th.  I think the fact that no one cried or had an ‘accident’ is a HUGE accomplishment for this team!

Flicker

Our 4-6 year old team! They had a great performance and placed 4^th.  They were the first team on the floor for the day, which is always a hard position to be in – but I was very impressed by their performance!

Fierce

Our 6-8 year old team! They had an okay performance J  We have some work to do – but we have very high expectations for this team!! There are five girls on this team that already have their backhandsprings so they are competing at a much higher level than most their age!  They finished first, and were the only team in their level. 

Flash

Our 8-11 year old team! What a great performance by this team! They have improved SO much from last year! They finished 3^rd and missed 2^nd by one point! Apparently no one took pictures of the Flash team so here are some from our Ignite the Fire.  If anyone has pictures to share please pass them on!!

Fury

Our 10-14 year old team!  They had a good performance with a few errors in their stunting.  However they had a great tumbling performance!  We were missing four girls so the next performance with everyone should be awesome!  Again no one took pictures of the Fury team so here are some from our Ignite the Fire.  If anyone has pictures to share please pass them on!!

Frenzy

Our college team! They were Division Champs, Most Entertaining, and Grand Champions!

The girls laying on the ground are in the middle of a forward roll.. :) Sometimes motion shots are not flattering!

And Now We Wait...

 

Awards

Thank you to Beverly King, Amanda Larson, and Amber Hanson for the great pictures!

See you at our next competition!!

My Old Man

My hubby turned 30 last Friday.  I meant to blog a super embarrassing post filled with lots of ‘old’ jokes – but as usual I was running behind!  But I hate to miss an opportunity, so I’ll just post late!

I am married to a good man.

He is my best friend. He is my favorite person in the world.

I love living my life with him. He knows me better than I know myself.

I pray my children share their lives with the soul mate God created for them.

Finding him is the greatest discovery of my life. Keeping him is the reward.

After being married nearly ten years, I’m happy to say we’ve conquered some heavy challenges, we’ve weathered some storms and are stronger because of them.

I have loved him for almost fourteen years.  I will love him for a lifetime.

(even if he is A LOT older than me!)

My Wild Children

The Original Wild Children! They will henceforth be referred to as K1, K2, and K3.

K1 attended her first Cheer Competition at the age of one week - poor thing! Despite being drug from one competition to another literally from birth she loves performing! She is a naturally shy child but never hesitated to go on the floor and perform!

K2 is the queen of 'facials!'  She is a total ham when it comes to performing.  She is quite the choreographer, and enjoys showing you her hip-hop moves.  Much to her father's dismay, she thinks that this must involve booty shaking! :) 

K3 was 18 months old when we started building the gym.  I'm not exactly sure that she loved it, however whatever her sisters do - she is right there with them!  She could do all of the 4-5 year olds routine at the age of two.  This is her first year actually getting to perform and she is loving being part of a team and making new friends!

 These girls have sat at competitions all day long, been woken up hours earlier than necessary to get to coaches check in, been experimented on, nagged, ignored, and pushed.     

 They do homework, eat supper, and take naps at the gym.  They rarely get to go home and play after school, rarely get to go home much before bedtime - and yet they rarely complain.     

 They get to go home with their coach, who sometimes forgets to stop being a coach. And every time I start to feel guilty they give me some small reminder of why this is such a wonderful thing we get to share.  Whether it is our break-out dance sessions, mastery of a new skill, or a common bond over a shared passion.  

I always thought I would be a stay-at-home mom.  It was my plan.  Of course, I had no idea what God had in store for me.  Now that this has become such a huge part of our life I can see how very fortunate we are.  I love the fact that I get to take my kids to work with me everyday and share this with them.