3rd Quarter Midterm & Artwork

Ocean Scene

View from the window

 

Forest Scene

Seek the kingdom of God above all else and He will give you everything you need. Luke 12:31

Valentine's Parties

Lauren's Class Party

 

Emma's Class Party

Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7

Be Mine!

We love because God first loved us. 

1 John 4:19

Chicago Style 2011

 

Emma competed at the Chicago Style Meet February 11th which is the largest USAG Gymnastics meet in the world! Emma competed in the 9 and under age group in Level 5 and there were 47 gymnasts in her session. She started off on vault scoring 8.4 which was considerably lower than her state meet score. Next she moved to bars scoring 9.1- she did a fantastic job! She then moved to beam which is usually her best event. She did really well in warm ups but during her routine she was a little wobbly coming out of her turn that she does right before her cartwheel and ended up falling off the beam on her cartwheel. Other than her fall she had an amazing beam routine!  She scored an 8.875 with the fall which is a great score considering! (Had she not fallen she would have scored 9.350 and would have placed 2nd instead of 15th and 3rd AA instead of 9th!) Her last event was floor and probably the BEST floor routine she has ever done scoring a 9.450!  It seems that each meet she excels on a different event-it will be amazing to see the meet where she can perform her best on all events! Still a great meet considering she was a 7 year old competing against 9 year olds! We are so proud of her!!

Vault 8.4 placing 19th in the 9 & Under Age Group

 

Bars 9.1 placing 4th in the 9& Under Age Group 

Beam 8.875 placing 15th in the 9 & Under Age Group

Floor 9.450 placing 1st in the 9 & Under Age Group

 

All Around 35.825 placing 9th in the 9 & Under Age Group

 

Vault #1

Vault #2

 Bars

 Beam

Floor

 

Blessed is he who trusts in the Lord and has made the Lord his hope and confidence. Jeremiah 17:7

ISU Men's Basketball Halftime Performance

 

 

Watch their performance!

Emma and Lauren performed with Success Gymnastics at the Iowa State Mens basketball game halftime on Saturday February 5th. The girls had so much fun and all did a fabulous job!

God is with you in all that you do. Genesis 21:22

Happy Valentine's Day

The Power To Choose

One of the greater powers we have is the power to choose. How you chose to look at a situation is going to affect how you feel. Too often, people play the blame game. Successful people take responsibility for themselves and understand that it's not the situation but how they respond to it that's most important. 

While you can't always control what happens, you always can control how you respond to it. It's not the situation but how you respond to it that makes the difference.

He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Isaiah 40:29

Sunday Funday....Ice Skating!

Last Sunday Lauren had her first ice skating experience! I do not remember ever ice skating prior but I did exceptionally well- I got right on the ice and never fell ( I could even skate backwards!) Lauren started off a little unsure and fell A LOT but after about the first hour she was off skating by herself! She could even make slight turns by the time we were ready to leave. She definitely needs work on her balance and stopping but overall did extremely well for her very first time! We are looking forward to going again when Emma can join us (she has gymnastics practice on Sunday afternoons so she missed out on all the fun- and she has never been ice skating!)It was a great afternoon spent with Tif, Chris and Hannah and Noah. 

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. Psalms 33:5