More Gymnastics, of course, and a few other things . . .

Well the week after Emmy's state competition, the girls' gym hosted a meet. It was Lucy's first "home meet" of the season and so she was really excited. She spent pretty much the whole day at the  gym - she helped out on beam for the 8am meet, competed at her noon meet, and then stayed after to help again on beam for Emmy's meet. She loved it all! She did well at her home meet - she didn't get her highest scores, but she looked awesome. She had her first fall on beam this season, but still got a really good score. She's so fun to watch!

It's good I take pics because I never remember their placings anymore . . . 1st on vault!

3rd on bars.

4th on beam.

3rd on floor.

2nd all-around, whoop, whoop!

Emmy's meet was more of a "showcase" meet. It was only her gym girls, but included the Golds (her level), Platinums, and Diamonds. It was so much fun! The girls were trying out different skills they didn't compete during the regular season and so it was just less-pressure and more-fun. The judges were still there to give scores, but it was just really fun. It's so awesome to watch the upper-level girls, too. One girl did a back-tuck, back-tuck on the beam. It was amazing. Another did a front-tuck to a back-handspring on the bream. Lots of twisty flips on the floor (they would tumble into the soft mats). For beam some of the girls who were adding different skills, would hop down to a lower beam to attempt it. Lots of cool bar skills, etc. It was just a really fun event.

Emmy fell twice, again, on beam. Darn! But luckily her full-turn was a complete turn and so her score was better than state. :) She scored a 9.5 on floor - wowzers!!! She did a round-off, back-handspring, back pike. It looked great. Her bar routine was different and she nailed it (which was good because she wasn't in the warm-up . . .). Anyways, fun, fun.

Out of her 11, I think, Gold teammates, Emmy scored 2nd all-around. Whoop, whoop.

You can check out their routines on my YouTube. Look for the ones titled "home meet 4/24." Emmy's routines are a little different, so they might be worth watching.

That day was a busy one . . . Ben was off on his first in-person drill-weekend and enjoyed it for the most part. 

His sleeping quarters . . . 

Luitenant Maxwell.

This was how my Saturday was, since I don't want to write it all out nor describe it really, I am just going to copy what I posted on Facebook and Instagram, ha. I'm lazy sometimes.

Got up at 5:30 to get my always looked-forward-to long Saturday run in. 

5:45-7:15 - Ran. 

7:35-8:15 - Dropped Lucy off at gym to be a meet-helper. Dropped Jonas off at the rec for lifeguard class. 

8:30-10:00 - Created a dinner menu for the next 2 weeks. Ordered groceries online for Miles to pick up later. Started my laundry. 

10-10:30 - Picked up Lucy from the gym. 

10:30-11:30 - More laundry. Braided girls’ hair for their gym meets. 

11:35-12:10 - Picked up Jonas from the rec. More laundry. 1

2:15-4:45 - Watched Lucy first and Emmy next compete. (So fun! And so proud of all the amazing gymnasts I got to see!). 

5:00-5:30 - Grabbed dinner at Crash Burger, ate, helped Emmy get ready for her first church dance (!), and dropped Lucy off at a friend’s for the evening. 5

:30-8:30 - Drove to and from church dance in Delta, visited with other ladies while the youth awesomely and awkwardly danced. 

8:30-9:00 - Picked up Lucy. Drove to Sonic to treat my strong gymnast-daughters to a shake. Saw Jonas and friends there post-dance as well. 

9:00-9:30 - Put away all the groceries. Reorganized the fridge groceries Miles had put away. 

9:30-9:50 - Went to City Market because my pick-up order from Walmart had forgotten my broccoli- which I had to get tonight because it’s on the menu for tomorrow! 

9:50-10:00 - Bored everyone with typing this super-long post. 

10:00-???? - Waited for Miles to come home from his post-dance party at the Stake President’s house.

#lifeisgood #benisplayingsoldier #iwillsleepgoodtonight #iwoulddoitallagain

Emmy's first stake dance we a hit. She had fun with her friends and got to dance with all the boys she wanted to, ha. Especially Aiden. They even did some cool lifty thing in the middle of the circle at one point. Fun. Emmy asked Aiden on the girl's choice dance. :)

On Sunday, Jonas made homemade Angel Food cake. (We have so many eggs from our chickens and needed to use them. I made the kids eat eggs for lunch. Ha.) While he was gathering his ingredients, he came to inform me that we didn't have cornstarch . . . 

As soon as I stepped into the kitchen, I was like, "Are you serious Jonas?!"

Really!? Really?! Man he just lived up to that stereotype of men not being able to find anything . . . :) His cake turned out delicious by the way.

Okay, now for a few professional photos:

Emmy and her Gold team, 2021.

Emmy and her Volleyball team, 2021. Her Coach is Mrs. Richmond, also known as Sister Richmond. Also known as a counselor in Young Women's in our ward. Also known as our bishop's wife. :)

Lucy's 4th grade class with Mr. Stammler. 

Lucy and her Silver team, 2021.