AAU Florida State Gymnastics Championship Meet

I made these for both my kids for their big championship meets.  I also made some for K's Level 3 friends.  The kids thought they were great!

The State Meet had a Wizard of Oz theme.  Kendall competed in the Emerald City Gym at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach.

Getting tired of seeing my camera in her face!

She hates beam so it was good that it was first and she got it out of the way.

She did a great job on vault.

Her floor routine was greatly improved from her last meet!

Getting ready for bars with her friend Annah.  Gotta chalk up!

Waiting their turn for warm up on bars.

Coach Ashley prepping K for her kip and her last event of the meet.

She got her KIP!!!  She's been working on it all winter.  It's not required, but it does allow her to be scored out of 10.  She did a fantastic job on bars.   Again, a HUGE improvement from her last meet.

To view a video of all 4 of her events, click HERE to go to a Vimeo link where you should be able to see the video I created of each of her routines.

Her goal this season was to score all 9's or higher.  I'm happy to report that she did it this meet!

Beam 9.225 - 2nd place

Floor 9.57 - 1st place

Vault 9.350 - 3rd place

Bars 9.450 - 1st place

Her (total) overall score was 37.6 which was high enough to earn her a 1st place All Around!!!  Second place All Around was 36.4 so it was a solid win!  Since her score was 36.0+ she earned her Elite pin.  That means she is considered in the Elite category of the Level 3's.  There are 4 different categories for scoring.  She started as a Novice.  Moved up to Advanced after her first meet but never earned enough to make it into the Open.  She skipped right over that and scored high enough for Elite.  Her coaches trained her well to peak at the right time!  

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Her coaches dressed up for the theme of the meet when they were needed on the floor to coach.  It was so wonderful that Brianna and Olivia along with her other teammates were there to hand out her awards and cheer for her victories!

Everyone was so excited for her and so proud of her.  She was beaming because she saw the results of all those months, weeks, days and hours at the gym.  It finally paid off!  The best part is that her big brother was so proud of her that he told his teacher about how well she did, but neglected to tell her how well HE did at his track meet.

Where Does the Time Go?

So much has happened since Christmas break...How is it already spring break???

Here's a snapshot of what we've been up to over the past few months:

Gymnastics meet season!  We've been to Tallahassee, St. Pete and Gainesville for meets.  The state meet is in April down in Daytona.  She's done well this season.

From our weekend in St. Pete/Clearwater Beach, Fl - We ate at a restaurant right on the beach and watched the sun set over the gulf coast.

We also got to visit with Hope, Winter, Rufus and their friends in Clearwater Beach.

Winter the dolphin

K and I went to University of Florida to watch the Gators take on LSU.  She loves Alex McMurtry!

We met up with her teammate Mackenzie at the meet

Riley played flag football this winter as well. 

My parents came to visit.  My dad and Ra went to the sprint car races in Volusia.  Both kids were impressed with Pappy's C7!

We went on a field trip to the zoo with the 6th grade.  It had been awhile since we went there!  We loved the blue trees!

 

My cousin Lori and her family came to visit.  The boys went to Daytona to watch the Supercross.

Riley has been running track this spring.  He's been doing a great job running the mile.

We celebrated my birthday with dinner, drinks and some laps around the speedway at Autobahn!

 My friend Robin and I both have March birthdays so the two of us planned a GNO.  It was so much fun.  We had dinner and drinks then went dancing with the Boogie Freaks!

I know this is just a small snapshot of what we've been up to...but it's been super busy with gymnastics, flag football, track and company!  Whew!  

So far spring break has been relaxing!  But Easter is literally just around the corner - in 5 days!  Yikes!