Gracie's 3rd competition at Trousdell Gym in Tallahassee!

So gymnastics is an awesome sport, but let me tell you never know what will happen and it's so subjective. However our princess continues to shine! Gracie's first event was the beam (her least favorite) and she was first to go! Her forward roll was great and then plop she slid off of the beam and then stumbled getting back on to the beam, so that counted as two falls. I felt so bad for her, she started crying when she was finished (she did hold it together to finish her routine). Her last practice before the competition went so well that one of her coaches had scored like a 9.2 or 9.3 on the beam, oh well, maybe next time! Luckily things got better from there on out. She scored a 9.250 on the floor bringing on home third place, a 9.025 on the uneven bars to win 4th place, and a 9.0 on the vault to bring home 7th place. All four events added together gave her 8th all around. After the competition we met up with some of the team at Barnaby's for some pizza!

Bengal Football Ends!

Last weekend wrapped up tackle football for Zac this season. Zac played a lot of Offensive line, but also played nose guard and safety. He had great coaches and he really seemed to enjoy it. Victor's Restuarant sponsored our team, so we had our end of the season party there.

Gracie's fieldtrip to the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge

Last week I was able to chaperone Gracie's fieldtrip. It seems like tradition that every year the first graders get to visit the refuge when the butterflies are migrating south. The kids were split into two groups, while one group walked along a path and learned about the butterflies habits and migrations another group played a game and learned what obstacles the butterflies experience when migrating. After that it was time for lunch, so we drove down to Picnic Pond and enjoyed the nice fall weather.

The Starlight Invite

On Friday night we headed over to Gainesville to spend time with Jason, Betsy, Wil, and Elsie. Unfortunately I didn't taken any pictures. We filled up on tacos, talked, and watched Ghost Busters. The next morning Betsy and I went for a 3.5 miles jog! Around lunch on Saturday we traveled to Jacksonville for Gracie's 2nd competition. Gracie improved in three of the four events, we are so proud! Her beam score actually went down a little (despite not falling off this time), but from what we understand the judges were judging more along the lines of what we will see at the state competition. We are using this experience as a positive one, because now we know what needs to be worked on. The competition was a lot more stiff, but Gracie rose to the occasion bringing home 3rd place on the vault, 4th on the bars, 6th on her floor routine, and 6th all around. After the occasion we met up with a quite a few teammates at Steak-n-Shake (kids eat free on the weekend). Zac was able to hang out with Hunter and Fisher, I really don't think they watched the competition at all.

Wyatt turns 2!

On 10-10-10 Wyatt turned 2 years old! We already had our house decorated for Halloween so we decided to have a Halloween birthday party! We were blessed to have our family and the Cardoza family (mine as well be family) join us for the celebration. We had spider cake, mummy dogs, ghost cookies, monster munch, candied apples, and sandwiches for our mid-afternoon snack. It was great to catch up with family that we haven't seen in a while. Wyatt received clothes, books, and a few cool trucks to play with.

Gracie's first gymnastics competition!

We are so proud of Gracie! She won 1st place on the bars, 2nd place all around, 2nd place on the floor, 3rd place on the vault, and 4th on the beam. Had she not fallen off of the beam she would have won 1st place all around (.5 of a point automatically taken off at her level and age). We are very proud! She's awesome! Gracie's team won 2nd place. Aunt Stacy, Courtney, Alex, and Papa came to cheer her on. Afterwards Papa treated us to Sonny's, yum!