Another afternoon at the gym....

I wish I spent as much time at the gym as my kiddies do, heck, I wish I spent ANY time at a gym...today we spent the afternoon at the gym just like every other Wednesday....I told the girls to get ready to go and Allie appeared dressed and ready....and too cute for words....

How funny is this??? This baby girl (alright, Big Girl) keeps me smiling everyday!! Leo, sweater and ankle boots are HOT!!

Allie and her coach, Keri

Decided to snap a few shots in Holley's direction....they were stretching out...and working on splits...

You can tell from the pics that incredible flexibility is a gift that Holley has definitely been given. Now if we can just increase her upper body strength...she'll be good to go.

She can do every kind of split, every direction, down to the floor and can even do some pretty cool over splits, but they didn't do those today. I cringe when she does them....she just looks at me like "what's wrong???"

A funny thing happened at the end of practice tonight. Holley has not been able to do her kip again since that first night last week. (Tues I think). Apparently this is common....they'll "get it" then "lose it" again and then "get it" again. Well she tried and tried tonight and just hadn't done it. Tanna, (Ashton's mom) told Holley she'd give her $5 if she could do it...she still couldn't "get it". Then, at the very last minute, Brian (Ashton's dad) said "Holley, I'll give you this $10 bill if you do it right now, one shot, one chance...". He pulled out the $$$ and showed it to her, and guess what?....she jumped off that spring board and did her kip right then. Let me tell you, the gym went wild!!! All the parents and kids clapped and yelled!!! Yeah! Coach Kristin had already walked out of the gym and came back in and said "It doesn't count if I don't see it!! "So Holley jumped up and did it again!! You go girl!! Then Coach said "I'll give you another $10 if you do your high bar kip right now." She did not "get" that one. One down, one to go....It was awesome!!! She was so proud of herself!!! The smile on her face made all of these frustrating weeks well worth it!!! I'm working the next 4 days in a row if I'm not put on call.... If I survive (and that's a BIG if ) Ha! I'll try to post this weekend. I've got some pics from the chicken sale last weekend....Scott earned himself some $$$$ for next year!!!