It's been two weeks, the season is over, we have moved on... I guess. Why does it seem that there is always something that makes it so this wasn't the season you hoped and thought it would be? This year it was how sick she got on the way to Las Vegas, it pulled the…Read more Western National Championships – May 5, 2018
In less than a week we will be heading to lovely Pocatello, Idaho, for Idaho State Junior Olympic Women's Gymnastics Championships. But right now I need to (finally) share the photos and videos from the final regular season meet - the Rose City Challenge that was held in Beaverton, OR, on the last weekend in…Read more Rose City Challenge – February 24, 2018
Some meet seasons are about survival... This year was one of them. 2 meet weekends in a row (one out of state), a one weekend break, then 3 meet weekends in a row (two out of state)... and then she got sick on the first of the 3 meets in a row... For this meet,…Read more Queen of Hearts Invitational – February 17, 2018
Em has always been good at gymnastics. The thing is, when you are good at something, you are compared to other good and great people. When she was in the first few levels of gymnastics, she seemed to always be in the middle of the pack. I've explained before: at a competition, the girls of…Read more Hard Work Perseveres
Every year I enter photos into the county fair, every year I hope for a ribbon, every year I realize the things that I think make the picture cool (light artifacts, blurs, etc.) are what make the judges think it's not a good photo. Every year I had to choose just three photos. But last…Read more Yearly Fair Selections for Photography
Last weekend was the final gymnastics clinic of the summer. On the last day, Em moved her level 9 beam series from medium beam to high beam, with only one mat underneath, which means it's competition ready. Her new series is a back handspring-back handspring. I was trying to make sure my photography skills were…Read more Top Flight Clinic Achievements
My kid and I were both looking forward to this meet, very much. We were both disappointed. Em felt she was a contender for every sash. Usually the girls competing a specific level are broken down into groups of 8-10 by age for the actual medal ceremony. This meet gives extra recognition (a beauty queen sash)…Read more Queen of Hearts Invitational – February 17, 2017
