"Competing in gymnastics is the greatest reminder of being alive as a human being."
-Raj Bhavsar
Ashlyn went to her first state gymnastics meet this weekend in Lubbock. We decided to fly instead of drive by Ashlyn’s request and she was excited to be off. Bags were packed, and we headed to the airport.
The meet itself went well, although Ashlyn didn’t place in any events. She was just on the edge placement for each one, and ended up scoring 4th out of the 10 girls from her gym who went. Some events were incredibly close, so close in fact that in two events she was .05 away from placing. It was all about details, and while she would have liked to have done better she’s still excited to start learning the next level’s skills.
Back at the airport (and a stop at a candy store for spirit lifting purposes) we played games for a while and then guess what, there was more gymnastics.
We were traveling on PePa’s birthday but the kids wanted to see him this weekend to give him the cards they made for him. After a nice breakfast of waffles and hashbrowns the kids gave PePa their art. Happy birthday PePa!