2017 Stanford Open

It was a lot of fun to go back to Stanford this past weekend and watch Ty compete.  

Ty had an okay meet.  He made some small gains on a couple of events, bringing his all around score up a full point.  Another positive was not having any scores in the 6's.  

There was a lot more competition at this meet as it draws gyms from all over the country.  

He was able to earn an 8th place medal for his pommel routine, quite the accomplishment at this meet. 

Video

 Marching in

 1/3 of the teams, the other 2/3 were on the front row. 

 This is a big meet with about 140 gymnasts in this session alone, so they are put into 2 flights. 

The first flight comes out and competes on 2 events and then they parade around and the 2nd flight comes in.  There is a second gym that they warm up in and wait for their time. 

Now to help him not have a mid season slump and power through for our home meet in 2 weeks. 

Florence & Eli's Birthday

Another month, another round of Birthdays!  

We celebrated Florence & Eli with the standard family dinner, presents and dessert.  

 Somebody needs to remember to adjust settings for the light table cloth. 

2017 Oroville Invitational

The first meet of the new year was this past weekend in Oroville.  

This one came with some ups and downs.  

Ty placed 1st on Vault, with a great vault that we were excited to see on the competition floor.  

He was also able to improve his scores for pommel and p-bars.  

High bar was so-so, with a lower score this meet.  Rings and floor both had some major for issues that really cost him in the score department (and not just the fall at the end).  

 

 He will always find the snacks on the floor.

 Waiting for awards, a BMX game on a friend's phone.

Rings

 Vault Champion!

 High Bar

 All Around

Next weekend we travel down to Stanford for the first of the big meets of the season.  

Hopefully some work this week will result in confidence and fixes for next weekend. 

Christmas Evening

We spent the evening with the Scollay side of the family.  

More presents, great food and family rounded out our day. 

This was left off the other post.

The boys gave me this bird feeder because they know I like to take pictures of pretty birds.  Interested to see what we attract. 

 Cousins!

 Time to pass out the gifts. 

 Judy made this t-shirt quilt for Eli

 Tyler was so excited for this, it wasn't officially on his list but he really wanted it!

 Judy also made this wall hanging for Rich that highlights a trip they took to the northwest.

 Cousins were given the boys' old Leappads and bags, excited for them to get some use after sitting on the shelf the last couple of years.

 Pre-dinner Gingerbread house building

I'm excited that we received a new tent for the family because both of our old ones are shot.  This will make our trip in June easier to plan knowing we can camp through the second half. 

I also received an Instant Pot cooker, so excited to see what it can do! 

Cody received cash to go towards his DC trip next fall, plus a cool LEGO Technic Go-Kart and Nano block set.  

Tyler added to his LEGO collection and picked up some cash to go towards his meet season travel. 

Keith received a new camping cot that will hopefully make our week away more comfortable, a new dish washable travel coffee mug and some Starbuck's cash. 

We had a very Merry Christmas!