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Started off on beam . . . . looked good . . .solid 9.0 Off to Floor . . . . An amazing 9.6 . . . new personal high score ! ! ! The Vault . . . .the dreaded Vault. She almost got pulled last weekend after limping on vault due to a hurt foot . . . all decked out in new vault shoes to help...

Just got a text from the dw. Midget has her Mill Circle and has been doing them over and over without fail and pretty for the last 10 minutes. YAY!!!!! Of course I promised her some gymnastics earrings if she got it, I better order those.

Well, after having a mental block against the vault...little one got her mind right and her level 4 vault is looking great....that was Tuesday and last night her coach let her try her ROBHS for the first time and she did it!!!! It looked awesome and her face was priceless. Thank God for happy...

on the TOPSs National B Team Invitee page! Yes, Cait's been invited to the National B Team Camp! She's been fighting a flu/cold the past couple days, and this news perked her right up. She's ecstatic! (I think she's already packed :D. JK) Thanks again to all of you for your help in this...

This has been a big weekend for Midget. She has really had her BHS for a while, she just hasn't realized how little spotting she was really getting. But she just needed that hand back there and a touch on the back to do it. Well Friday night the gym had a BHS clinic and one of her team...

DD did her Flyaway by herself !!! It wasn't the prettiest, but it was a flyaway. She needs to let go later and tuck more. But she landed on her feet !

:D Finally!! Today dd did her double back (into the pit of course) - she has been dreading it/wanting to get it over with ever since she had a not good experience with it a year or so ago......and so today, with the same coach as last time.......SHE DID IT! I am so proud of her for facing her...

My 9 yr old DD just finished her first ever TOPs test early this evening. She has been working very hard on this because she was almost obsessive about qualifying to go to National Training Center at the Karolyi Ranch in Houston. Last year, 62 was the cutoff score to be invited down to...

Last Saturday we went and bought my daughter a floor beam. She loves it. She practices on it just about every day. She is mainly doing her jumps, leaps, handstands and cartwheels. I could not believe the difference in her beam at gym. Normally she would fall off several times (some because...

I started coaching my current gymnasts this time last year, they are British level 5 this October and need their kip so I started working on it in January knowing how long it takes! well, my first one got hers tonight! I'm so pleased because she has been so close for a very long time. I've...

I am so amazed by my daughter. She is in her 2nd week of Level 5 practice and has improved so much!!! She almost has her arial, back walkover on beam and did giants tonight. What a huge difference from level 4.:D

We may have hit a turning point!! Both girls are doing better on bars and even my oldest is being more positive (although she still refuses to admit that she likes the new coach (aka The Miracle Worker)!! Kelsey has been improving not only her giants, but most importantly her attitude! The...

Hey just got some big news I'm dying to tell the world but am not allowed to. I'm our class's valedictorian. It was a tight race, so they wanted to keep it underwraps. They told the top 3 after 7 semesters by phone today. I was 3rd. My counselor said that 9 times out of 10, the person number 1...

Dani had her End of the Year Awards Banquet yesterday and all the girls had a blast! There was a lot of dancing and just letting loose. Each girl got recognized for their efforts and hard work with a trophy. Gotta love gym bling!!! They also gave out a special award to a gymnast on each team...

This has been quite a season with DD doing both gym & track! I already posted about her earning 2 state championship titles this past weekend-floor & vault & 3rd AA:D. Well, yesterday was track championships(10 school districts competing). DD took 2nd in the 100m dash, her relay team took 3rd...

We are officially done with Level 3 and my dd ended with a great last meet! She scored a 39.35 AA, which not only won her session, but was the high score for all of the L3 sessions. She was also awarded a 10 on bars, which was a huge thrill for her! Only 10 of the meet, and she was beyond...

We just got back from dd's 5th level 5 meet. She had a great meet. She started on Bars and looked great. I know nothing about what makes a good routine but it looked great to me. Her sis said she needed to tighten up on her jump to the high bar but even she gave her high praise. She got a 9.25...

They finally posted the USAIGC National Bronze Team Cup scores. Jessica got 2nd place AA out of 33 girls ALL AGES! OMG :eek: so proud ! ! !

So, I've not been posting results and have been basically lurking all season. As you may remember I had some concerns about dd's gym at the begining of the season. Well, the concerns were unfounded and I stand corrected! I didn't want to jinx anything by posting results! A little background...

not to brag, buuuutt today i won the level 10 AA, second meet in a row. it's been a bit of a struggle to get back to this level. i started out the season okay, but hit a rut in february, during some family drama and not too long after i had ear surgery that put pretty heavy duty tubes through...