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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Visiting Santa

Lauren riding the train

Writing letters to Santa

Sending them to the North Pole!

Be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead! 1 Peter 1:6

More Updates

I am so excited to have finally figured out how to upload video! I was looking through my blog archives and noticed that in the post about Emma at OU Gymnastics Camp I had posted

{this is where I would put the video of Emma doing her back walkover on the high beam if I could figure out how to}

....well now I have figured it out and I couldn't resist posting it!! Enjoy :)

Click here to view the updated post!

Monday, November 15, 2010

We traveled to Waterloo Friday night for the Black Hawk Invitational. We got a hotel room since she competed Saturday morning at 8am. Thankfully we missed out on the snow-I was so relieved I did not have to drive in it!! Emma did a great job, improving her bar and floor scores, she is still trying to improve her vault and she had her first (and hopefully only!) fall on beam. She started out on beam again and for some reason this affects her performance-I guess it must be nerves! It was a little frustrating as she has done so well on beam in the past but I am working on keeping frustrations to myself. Being a parent is not always easy especially when you see your child struggling. Emma is such a hard worker and we are so proud of her!!

Team March In

Beam

Floor

Vault #1

Vault #2

Bars

Vault 8.725 Placing 6th in the 7&8 Year Age Group

Bars 9.0 Placing 5th in the 7&8 Year Age Group

**Personal Best**

Beam 8.5 Placing 8th in the 7&8 Year Age Group

Floor 9.225 Placing 4th in the 7&8 Year Age Group

**Personal Best**

All Around 35.45 Placing 3rd in the 7&8 Year Age Group

The Success Level 5 Team took 1st Place AGAIN!! Way to go girls!!

Consider it pure joy,whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. James 1:1-2

Thursday, November 11, 2010

A Soldiers Prayer

A Soldier’s Prayer

Lord, wrap Your arms around me
In this hostile, brutal place;
Let me draw peace and comfort
From Your restful, sweet embrace.

Help me do my duty
To uphold what is right;
Give me strength and courage
Each day and every night.

Lord, hear this soldier’s prayer
To You in heaven above;
Protect me with Your power,
And sustain me with Your love.

By Joanna Fuchs

Monday, November 8, 2010

Preschool Update

Lauren is enrolled in 3YR Preschool at Trinity Lutheran School this year. She has an October birthday and missed the cutoff last year by 20 days. In some ways this was very frustrating, as she was more than ready to go last year, however I am embracing it and realizing all the benefits of her being one of the oldest in her class. They do not hold conferences for their class but encouraged us to speak with the teacher if we wished. Of course I was eager to find out how she was doing so I emailed her teacher Ms. Meyer last week. I was very pleased with all she had to say!! We are so happy with the positive experience Lauren is having this year! Lauren loves to go to school and asks me every morning if it is a school day! She has also learned how to write her name all by herself-pretty good for just turning 4! She is so proud of herself and we are so proud of her :)

Lauren's School Day (as told by Lauren)

When I get to school I hang up my coat and backpack in my locker. Then I go and find my name and put it in it's spot and a sticker by my name so they know I am at school. We get to play with all the fun toys in the classroom for a little bit. Then we go to the carpet and do calendar. We talk about what day it is and what the weather is like. We also feed the fish- we have new fish because the old fish died. Their names are Blueberry and Cherry. We also have a frog named Marshmallow. After calendar we talk about Jesus and God. We also talked about Abraham. After that we get to go outside for recess. This is so much fun and I show my friends my gymnastics. When we are done with recess we go inside and wash our hands so we can have snack. After snack we get to paint and color. Sometimes I get to be a helper. My favorite helper job is feeding the fish. I also like when I am line leader.

Lauren overall does really well in class
Good at listening and following directions
sometimes she can let a little stubborn streak show, but nothing that gives her reason to be concerned (There is the Lauren I know!)
Enjoys playing with others
She can tell Lauren is a leader as her other classmates will often follow her or join in a game she is directing at playtime
Lauren loves doing gymnastics moves at various times and are working at keeping circle time a time to sit and join in conversation rather than a time to show off some moves :)
Lauren is a cheerful and intelligent young lady whom she is glad to have in her class

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Harvest Hoedown

Emma participated in the Harvest Hoedown in Pleasant Hill today competing in the the 7&8 Year Age group. She started out a little rough on beam- a combination of being nervous with beam being the first event and the fact that it was extremely cold in the gym (like seriously 30 degrees!) and she told me afterwards it was really hard to stay tight and focused when she couldn't stop shaking from shivering! No kidding everyone in the gym were wearing coats and gloves and the poor girls were in their leotards. She hung in there an scored personal bests on vault, bars and floor! Not bad for being the youngest in her group!

Success Girls during March In