Every Sunday night I want to write about Reece’s gymnastics meets but somehow I’m always exhausted and can’t get it done.  There’s no reason for me to be exhausted really because all I’ve done is sit for hours!  Perhaps I’m just mentally exhausted because watching your 7 year old compete, all alone, in front of tons of people is killer.  The mere sight of this…

Immediately makes my stomach turn.  Clearly I’m not cut out for this.  How is Reece cut out for this?  Where did she come from?  How is she so brave?  How are all of these little athletes so mentally tough?  These are the questions I ask myself every weekend as I’m loading this cutie pie into my van to go to another unfamiliar gym in another city.

We are now 6 meets in, and she knows exactly how to prepare, rocks it every time, and I’m completely failing at my job of documenting them in my blog.  So, here we go.  Here’s a summary of the 2017-2018 gymnastics meet season so far!

This last meet was held at Gage gymnastics in Blue Springs and she received 3 of her personal best scores and still isn’t satisfied.  I would be jumping for joy but Reece is fiercely intense.  She just wants to be the best.  Honestly, the ride home from these events is not fun.  I can never say the right thing.  Next time, I may have to call a taxi.

She earned first place on vault and her highest score ever.  Way to go Reecie!

She got 2nd place on Bars

3rd place on Beam

9th on floor.  Her routine looked amazing to me but apparently she had multiple deductions…what do I know!?

She took 4th place all around.
and her team took 3rd place overall.  Way to go KGDC Twisters!We have more medals coming home and if this keeps up we’re going to be forced to put on an addition to the house.  Maybe convert the dining room hutch into a trophy cabinet?  That’s Drew’s brilliant solution.  Remember from my last post, we can barely store a thumbtack at this point and I’m not kidding!

After this meet, she worked her tail off in an indoor soccer game.  Many of us are mesmerized by her ability to expend so much energy and barely look winded!She finally crashed on the way home!
And this was Reece on Friday night blowing it up with her 2nd grade friends in a victorious basketball game.  This is one busy little lady!

Don’t worry…we managed to squeeze in some fun in between all of this!!  A little bit of shopping and dressing up in 80’s garb at my sisters.  I mean, why not!?

Ok, back to gymnastics!!  Here are some photos from the other meets this season.  And 1st up are two of my very favorites that my photographer friend took at the meet in Union Station…

We are so proud of you Reece!  Keep working hard and great things will continue to happen!