Friday we packed up and headed out of town, in our usual slow to get going pace. I had brought school work for us to do on the way down but the only school work we did was the kids watched the DVD Canada a peoples history. We also listened to a few chapters of a book on CD. Nathan gets carsick and listening to the book did not go well for him. Doing any schoolwork in the car is difficult for him, and then Jeff needed a nap, so I drove, so no more school work.
We arrived in Bellvue in time to check into our cheap hotel. The whole team was staying at the same hotel which was great, but they had us all over the place, and the bed were double beds!!! I am used to a king and half the time, I sleep in a king by myself. I kept on having to remind myself that this hotel was $99 and included breakfast. We went for a walk to discover where the convention centre was and find somewhere to eat.
When we got back some of her friends were there and we went to their rooms and they practiced cheer in the hallways ha ha. Good times they will remember for a long time I am sure.
Saturday morning she had to be at the convention centre for 10 am, so it gave us time to get her ready and eat breakfast together.
Day 1 was amazing!!!! They were awesome, a few bobbles and one basket toss did not go up but soooo good.
In the video, Genevieve starts out in the back she is the base on the right doing the basket toss. She then moves to the Left hand side of the matt for the tjump-back handspring, backwalkover-backhandspring part. she then is on the left handside doing an amazing partner stunt where she is lifting her flyier up, this is a new skill or her and there are only 3 out of the 6 partner stunts that can do this skill. Next she moves to the front for jumps, and then over to the right handside for more jumps. next up is group stunts, genevieve is basing on the far right handside group. It is then time for tumbling, Genevieve does a backwalkover, backhandspring to the front of the matt, and does a summersault to the side. She is then closer to the back right hand side doing a basket, roll toss. Pyrimid she is the base first in the back group and then her group moves to the righthand side of the pyrymid, she is the base you can see on the far right closer to the front of the stage. last is dance and she is on the left hand side of the floor for dance! few can you follow her???
After the comp we went back to our room and had lunch and relaxed for a few hours. Genevieve and I and a few other kids went back to watch the other valley teams perform, we then came back picked up jeff and headed out to eat at the cheesecake factory. We had dinner with a few other families, so much fun for the girls.
Day 2
oh my we had to be at the convention centre for 7 am, and gigi had to be in full curls and lipstick!!! ackk that is early
Day two did not go as well, turns out quite a few of the girls were sick including Genevieve and her flyier in the group stunt, the stunt where the flier fell, gigi caught her but still did not go up and major point deductions.
The girls were pretty disappointed but handled it well. Judy their coach prepared them that they were not going to win this time, but they were to not cry, and accept the place they placed. She also wanted them to cheer for the other team that won, and they showed excellent sportsmanship. It turns out they were only.1 from 1st place!!! they would have easily won if day 2 went off like day 1 First place team had no deductions but Valley had a harder routine and a higher starting value. High hopes for Genevieves team in future!
Monday
no school - Genevieve has slept the entire day, except waking up to throw up...
Nathan went to vision therapy
Busy weekend for you!! It looks like you made some great memories. It was fun to watch those videos!
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Wow. Genevieve - this most definitely one of the most advanced routines that I have seen you in. It was so good. I was able to follow you the whole time in the video - I'm getting better at it! ;) I am always impressed at the way you keep your smile on and add that flair to your moves - you are are not just going through steps but really stylizing it with a little more rhythym/dance than some others. I love that. I read your description first before watching the video, Marcy, and was expecting the second day to be MUCH worse but it seemed like it was mostly that fall that was different. Great catch, Genevieve. And I couldn't believe that those girls just jumped back into the groove without barely missing a beat. Amazing work. It sounds like you had a great few days, Gigi! And congrats on second - that sounded like a big comp. and you worked hard! Thanks for posting these videos!
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