Anna competing on the balance beam

Anna competed in her first-ever gymnastics meet today. She has been building up to this all year and was super excited and somewhat nervous about it. But she did really well. She started off on the balance beam and was asked to go first by her coach. She did an almost flawless routine, better than her practices and she ended up in third place out of everyone.

Doing her floor routine

Next was her floor routine and she had another excellent performance. Jude and I had to leave after that one to take him to soccer practice. But Marcy said she did great on vault but struggled a little on bars. Overall, she did so well that she placed 4th overall and 4th on floor and vault to go with her 3rd on beam.

She has been building this up for months and we know she was nervous about it. You never know what to expect in your first competition. So it was wonderful to see her perform well, she certainly tried really hard.

After the meet with her medals

Meanwhile, Jude wrapped up his first season of JV soccer this week. He had a great first year and by the end of it, he had really come into his own in the midfield. Their last game was against East, a perennial foe and their team is really strong. While they lost the game 2-1, Jude played well and his team fought hard until the end. What was cool is that the last two games of the season were held in All City Staidum so they got a taste of what it was like playing in a real stadium.

Jude controlling a bouncing ball in his last match of the season