Proud Mama

Gretchen was promoted to the Level 3 gymnastics team this past spring. This took our gymnastics days to 3 practices per week. I often hear from the boys, "gymnastics again?" She has been diligent in her practicing, never trying to skip practices, and always giving it her best, even when she fell on the balance beam mid handstand. She was a little skiddish after that, but jumped right back on that beam. This month started competition season. Not knowing what to expect, her first preliminary meet was a little overwhelming. She was nervous, excited and I was just plain stressed. She did not do as well as she could have done, which led to her comment on our car ride home, "I don't want to talk about it!" We were proud of her for getting out there and trying something new. Our first state sanctioned meet was this past Saturday. I was still nervous, and she was counting the days until the meet all week. She worked her fanny off at practice this past week and all those hours in the gym paid off. She ROCKED at the meet!

The sparkly leotard
Warming up with the team. (She is the cutie on the end.) The competition
Performing her beam routine.

The VICTORY!

Gretchen took 3rd place in: vault, beam AND floor!

She also won 4th place All Around!

Go Gretchen! WooHoo!