Explaining

I guess I probably should explain the real reason I haven't had time to right the past couple of months and that is because I haven't wanted to have time because I didn't want to write about gym. Because the past two months I've been trying not to cry every time that I have to go to gym or do things at gym. I did have things to write about, lots, but they weren't happy things they were things like I don't want to be there, I'm sick of it, I can't do this anymore, it hurts too much, and the list goes on. The reason I didn't ever write was because I didn't want to be at gym anymore. And it took me a month and a half to even find a way to put the words together so that I could talk to my mom about it. And then it took me a couple of weeks to get it into her brain what I really wanted and needed. And now all I have left to say is, I'm done. I quit (or as some people put it "retired")gymnastics at the beginning of this past week. I feel free, happy, excited, and most of all blessed that I can have a mom and dad who will let me do this and stop what I've spent the last nine years doing so that I can be happy. Thank you. I will miss my friends, but I wont miss gymnastics not in the sense of doing it. So this has been a gymnast's diaries, but it no longer is.
I now am a dancer.

In memory of my gymnastics life here is some pictures from over the years.
PS: There's a lot so...

Fall 2003












2006 Level 6 State Meet





2007 Level 7 All American Sweetheart Classic



2007 Level 7 Gem State Invitational



2007 Level 7 Friendship Challenge









2007 Level 7 Crystal Cup



2007 Level 7 State Meet







Sorry that one is so small.

2008 Level 7 Bailie's



2008 Level 7 Black Diamond



Sorry I don't know where the rest of 2008 is!

2009 Level 8 All American Sweetheart Classic









2009 Level 8 Lady Luck Invitational



2009 Level 8 Spirit of the Flame











2009 Level 8 WOGA Classic







2009 Level 8 State Meet







Best friends and a team forever!

~pout~Sorry! (again)

So once again I have been bad and not written in over a week. but there is an explanation!! Um.....OK actually there isn't a very good one so moving on! So I keep saying that the reason I haven't been writing is because I'm so busy and I really do think that is part of it, but I think that another reason is that I don't really have anything to write about anymore. I mean I just do the same thing at gym everyday (mostly) so I don't have anything to say! Anyway I'm just going to give a run down of the fun things I did this week (non-gym related) and then the gym related things. So on Thursday I left gym early and my Dad took me to this little book store and we got my Fablehaven books signed!! And "The Candy Shop Wars", which is also written by Brandon Mull!! It was so cool to meet him!! I was (literally) jumping for joy! On Saturday Mom ran the half marathon (YAY!) and so Bana took me and picked me up from gym. It was lots of fun to see her since I don't get to as much anymore. While we were on our way back to the house we had called Mom and when we turned the corner I looked over and there she and Nama were walking back to the car!! It was awesome!! Haha! When we got home Bana took the boys and I out to lunch at "Red Robin". Oh. My. Gosh. Such good food!! On Sunday I was really nervous because I had to give my first talk in sacrament. Freaky! But it ended up OK and I made it through the whole thing, probably looking and sounding like a total dork the whole way through, but that's OK, right!?! We had our meeting for Girls Camp on Sunday as well and I'm pretty sure that Natalie, Chamberlain, and I will end up bunking together, so YAY!! Now for gym stuff!! Are you excited? You should be. Most of the week I didn't really do anything exciting, but then on Friday guess what I did!?! My giant giant double back into the pit!! AAAAAAAH!!! So exciting!! I couldn't get the grin off of my face!! And I even was doing them right! I was letting go when I was supposed to!! EEEEEEP!!!

Total Spring Break

Well as you can see it has ended up that instead of it just being my spring break it is also blog spring break cause I have been bad and haven't wrote all week! But I'll write now so it's OK. I'll give you a really short sum of what I've done all week.

So Monday I had a after gym me, Sadie, and Kendall all had a sleep over. It was the most fun I've had in awhile. I love those girls!!! We did some really sill, stupid, and slightly weird things, but it was sooooooo much fun!!! Tuesday after gym it took awhile to get home cause Mom and I went and got some candy for Easter and then we went and took pictures , but I didn't really get to do very much when we got home cause I only had time to eat and then start to do my homework. Lets just say this, I didn't finish my homework. Bana came and picked me and the boys up. When I got to her house she gave me a Easter dress!! It is soooooo cute!!! When Dad got there we had dinner and then Bana took me shopping to look for shoes and another Easter dress!! We didn't find another dress, but we did find these waaaaay cute flip flops! On Wednesday I went to Young Women and we served the widows. It was lots of fun. I love gong to Young Women especially since I don't normally get too! On Thursday I made a card for Serin. It turned out really good!! Tonight we went to the movie "Push" with Daddy and now I have to go take a shower so that I'm not a mess tomorrow at the Easter party!! Again SORRY!! I WANT TO SEE THE HANNAH MONTANA MOVIE!!!

Oops!!

Sorry I didn't write yesterday!! I didn't feel good and Mom was on the computer. We didn't have gym this morning so when I woke up and I felt even worse than last night I took a shower and then listened to Conference. There were lots of good talks. When both sessions for the day were over the boys and I kept playing cards. It was lots of fun until Duncan got mad because he didn't win. Oh Duncan. Anyway after a while the boys didn't want to play anymore so they went off to play on the computer and I sat there and played card games by myself. I then sat down and played Sudoku. When it was finally time to go I got all ready and we headed over to the "Ice Stravaganza". My friend Jordan had a solo in it so I was very excited to go. She and the boy staying with them, Cordero, did awesome!! Jordan just makes it look oh so easy. Well I guess I should go to bed now so I'll try to write more tomorrow!!

Bored...

So gym was pretty normal today. We did conditioning then we went to Floor. I did layouts, fulls, full and a halfs, and then tried to do doubles. I couldn't ever really get the double, but I'll work on it. We did ballet after that and then we went to Bars. I did stalder on straps at first and then Ilia told me to do back tuck back and I did like two turns before he told us to move the mats and do the yagure timers. Really quick I don't have a clew how to spell half of these things so my apologizes if you don't know what it is that I'm doing!! Sorry!! Next was Beam. I did like usually back handspring aerial and when I showed Ilia he said that they're getting better and that if I wanted to I could do them on the low Beam with pads. Um...I think that I'll work on getting them not just better, but good on the floor before I do them on the Beam. Just maybe. I did front tucks after that and I was going to do them on the Beam, but I wasn't doing them right on the floor so I didn't.


When Dad picked me up we went to Bana's and while I was eating my dinner my wire popped out of my bracket so now I have to go to the Ortho. Didn't I just go there a few days ago. ~sigh~

Maybe not

Since yesterday was April Fools Day I decided to play a joke on my gym friends and this is something like how it went: I sit down to stretch with them and say "So you know how I finished Fablehaven last night?" and they said "Yeah" (this is where it gets good) "Well guess what!?! I finished Brisingr too!!!" now Kendall looks at me with pure anger and shock all mixed in one and screams "You what!!! You finished it in one day!! BOOKWORM!!! Oh my gosh, BOOKW..." She couldn't finish because I looked at her and with a smile on my face said plain an simple "April Fools".

So when I got to gym yesterday my back was really hurting me, but that wasn't the worst. When we were almost to the gym I got a really bad stomach ache and it wouldn't go away so when I told Ilia he had me sit for a while and when it wasn't getting better he had me call Mom. It took her a while to get there, but when she finally got there I was starting to feel a little better, but not totally so I went with her. We went and got me some food and then took Duncan to dance. I was starting to feel even better so when we went inside because the car was cold I sat and read my book for a while and then I got up and started to walk around a little bit. Bad idea. My stomach started to hurt really bad again so I had to sit down again. Mom gave me some Tums and I think that helped, but I'm not really sure. Anyway I'm feeling better now and I went to morning work out this morning. We did Bars and I was do stalder timers on strap and then Ilia had me do them on the normal bar. I actually could do them pretty good!!

What to say...

I had to go to the Ortho today. It wasn't very much fun. I hate going to the Ortho cause it always hurts my teeth!! Anyway while I was waiting for Duncan to be done with his appointment I sat and read my book. Thinks happened that left me speechless. When I got to gym we did conditioning and then Ilia had Taylor and Hailee do ballet since they're hurt and had me, Sadie, and Kendall do leap complex on Floor. It was actually really hard and tiring. I'd forgotten how much strength it takes to do leaps. When we were done with leaps complex we did tumbling complex except for we didn't do all of the tumbling stuff at the end. That was also equally hard. After Floor was Bars. Sadie and I went to strap bar first and did the same thing as yesterday. We then did those front tuck thingys. I'm getting a lot better at them!!! They're actually not that hard when you get the hang of it!! Soon we had to go to Beam and of course I did the same as yesterday: back handspring aerials and then leaps. But unexpectedly Ilia told me to do front tucks on the floor after a while and then he had me do it on the Beam with pads!! SCARY!! Ilia kept on telling me not to change what I was doing and to just keep on doing it like I was on the floor and eventually I did it good. We then stretched and Dad came and picked me up.

Now I'm going to write about how I feel about my book.

So first I should say that I finished Fablehaven. And things happened in it that I can't explain because you have to read it to know and because even if I could write about it I wouldn't know what to say. I feel like when I'm reading Fablehaven I become Kendra. I feel what she feels I see things the way she does and even when I stop reading it I still feel like her and now its more than ever. Even when I just think about it I'm Kendra again. I know that sounds weir, but yet I know its true. Now I have to stop writing because Dad wants me to go to bed.

State Weekend

3/29

Sorry I didn’t write Friday night or Saturday night! I just got so busy!! I might not be able to remember everything, but I’ll try the best I can to let you know what I did.

3/27

After I wrote on Friday I ate my food and then Lena called and said that she and Khyla would come and pick me and Mom up and take us to the Level 9 meet!! The girls did awesome!! Floor was first. Kendall did fall, but she still got a 8.45!! Taylor did amazing as usual! She got a 9.075!!! Go Taylor!! Their Vaults were also very good!! I’m so proud of them!! On Bars Taylor did awesome, but Kendall had a hard time because for some really weird reason – this never happens to her – she fell on her free hip and her dismount. Oh, Kendall! I think you need a hug!! After we talked to her for a while she stopped crying and we could sit there and have fun. Kendall stuck her Beam again!!! Taylor had a one fall, but she still got an 8.35!! I sat with them for awards and they all got awesome places! Kendall got 9th in the All Around and Taylor got 5th! We had to leave before they did Team Awards, but I think that they got 2nd place. We went to the store on the way back to the house and Mom got some food to make Chicken Spaghetti for lunch on Saturday. When we got back to the house I got in my PJs and went to bed….
Here’s the Lvl 9 scores:

Vault Bars Beam Floor AA
Kendall 8.85 7.40 8.80 8.45 33.50
Taylor 8.925 8.70 8.35 9.075 35.05
McKenna 8.925 8.80 9.25 7.90 34.875
Sydney 8.65 9.20 9.00 9.20 36.825
Shireen 8.425 9.375 9.025 9.00 35.825
Brittany 8.725 9.00 9.05 8.975 35.70


3/28

When I woke up Saturday Mom told me that I had a half hour to get ready and then we had to leave for Duncan’s clogging competition. I did it though it was a little hard to eat and get everything ready in time, but I managed. When we got to the competition Duncan went and found his class and sat with them. While we were waiting Mom and I sat and watched the dances. After a little bit we went and found the clothes stands and stuff like that and we ended up getting me two shirts and we found this shirt that had ‘CLOG’ in bubble letters and in the ‘C’ it said ‘clog’ in lots of different styles, but the size that we found wouldn’t fit Duncan so we just kept looking and then I found one!! So now Duncan has that shirt and he’s been wearing it all weekend. Duncan and Alyssa did great!!! They were a little off of the music, but they still ended up getting a 1st place. They were both awesome in free style too! Duncan got 1st and I think Alyssa did too! When we were waiting for the scores to be posted Mom sat me down and did my hair. She had to redo it a lot because it felt to loose or she didn’t like how it looked or something and then when we got back to the house all of the elastics were popping so she had to do it yet again! After that I sat and read my book and then we had lunch and I read for a little after that, but then I got tired so I had a nap.

When I woke up from my nap I got ready for my meet and then pretty soon we were off!! We got to it early so I sat around for a little while and then it was time to start. After open stretch we did walk in and they gave each team a car that said the name of the gym on it and we all decided that we wanted to take it to the gym and hang it up!! Floor was first just like the Level 9s. I was 3rd so I had to warm up pretty fast. I felt like it was a pretty good routine and Ilia said he was happy with it so that was good. I wasn’t thinking I’d get any awesome score, but guess what!?!…9.2!!! Oh, yeah!!! Sadie did an awesome routine as well!! I stuck both of my Vaults, but Ilia said that I would have gotten a lot higher score if I had kept my legs tight in my round off, but I still got an 8.75 so YAY!! On Bars Sadie had a bad fall on her free hip and her dismount, but instead of just a normal fall it was where on her free hip she slipped as she was coming up and she did a flip onto her back and on her giant-giant-layout she did the first giant and when she was coming down to do the second one she pealed off the bar and did a very scary dismount to her back again. I didn’t know what to do to help her and she wouldn’t really talk when you tried to talk to her. ~sigh~ I did my Bar routine and apparently it was good cause I got a 8.7 so that’s good. On Beam I went crooked on my series in warm up and then when I went for it in my routine it was straight, but not all the way straight so even though I tried really hard to stick it I still fell. I stuck the rest of it though!! I thought that it was a good routine other than my fall, but I guess not cause I got a 7.95. Sadie on the other hand though didn’t even want to compete Beam after what happened on Bars and it ended up that she did the most amazing routine and got a 9.1!! I’m hoping that will give Sadie back some confidence she was losing on Beam.

When we were all done we sat down on the Floor and waited for awards to start. While we waited me and my friend Stephanie from GTC kept on switching where we would sit one minute I’d sit with the GTC girls and then the next she would sit with me and my friends. I did pretty good in the awards I mean its not like I’m doing this just for the awards, but sometimes it’s fun to be able to say that you won. Anyway I tied for 4th place on Vault, 6th on Bars, 10th on Beam, and…….1st on FLOOR!!!! YAY!!! I’m still overly happy about getting 1st on Floor. I’m not sure when I’ll get over that maybe never. I didn’t think that I had qualified for Regionals, but I did. Micaela, Paige, Abby, Hope, Hannah, and Kim also qualified. Hannah and Kim qualified for the Regional Team. I’m not really sure what that means, but it’s still cool!!!

When the awards were over I talked with Steph and she invited me to go swimming with her and her friends from GTC. I wanted to go, but Khyla had also invited me to go swimming with her and I didn’t want to leave Khy out so I invited her to come with Steph and me. Khyla ended up not going swimming at all because she had forgotten her goggles and didn’t want swim without them. I went swimming with Steph while my friends in my class all had a party together, without inviting me of course. I’m slightly bugged by that, but oh well. I had lots of fun with Steph, Madi, Frannie, Lauren, and some of the girls from Air Bound so whatever. When I got back to the house it was late so I went straight to bed.

Here’s the scores for Lvl 8:

Vault Bars Beam Floor AA
Drew (me!!) 8.75 8.60 7.95 9.20 34.50
4T 6 10 1 7
Sadie 8.725 7.00 9.10 8.90 33.725
Micaela 8.65 9.025 9.10 9.30 36.075
Paige 8.625 9.275 8.80 9050 35.750
Abby 8.35 9.00 9.50 9.15 36.00
Hannah 9.025 9.40 8.70 9.00 36.125
Hope 8.90 8.95 8.95 8.90 35.70
Kim 9.05 9.05 8.85 9.325 36.275
Khyla 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 40.00
1 1 1 1 1
Stephanie 8.475 8.225 8.70 8.80 34.20

3/29


When I woke up this morning I had to race to get all of my stuff packed so that we would leave at 11:00. I felt like I was a little rushed, but it ended up OK cause I got everything packed. When we stopped for gas on our way out of town I got a drink and a snack, which ended up lasting me the whole ride home!! I read my book at first, but then Mom wanted us to watch a movie called “Fist Full of Dollars” it was actually pretty good. It wasn’t the best and not very much happened, but it was good. When the movie was over the boys wanted to watch “Iron Man” and I didn’t really feel like watching another movie so I read my book for the rest of the ride and it went by really fast!!! When we got home I sat down and read more of my book, but then Mom made me go and unpack. When I was done I went and read my book some more. And now I’m almost done with it!!!

The little things

Beam was first yesterday, as always. When I was going for my series I was straight, but just like at Bear Country my hand slipped and I fell, but it wasn't my routine so it wasn't as bad. Anyway I smacked my whole right thigh on the Beam and went up to my friends and was like "Guys, I can feel the bruise forming!" and sure enough after about a minute my leg turned purple, but then oddly it went away just as fast. I also scraped my hand down the Beam and got a little burn on my hand it hurt so bad!!! It still stings!! I went for my routine after that and I stuck it so that was good, but I don't think Ilia saw my really really crappy full turn cause when I went over to him he told me to do leaps. I did do leaps, but I also did full turns. We went to Bars next and my burn hurt so bad that I had to go and get a band aide so that my wristy wouldn't rub. I made my first routine and then Ilia had me work on free hips. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD!! In my opinion. Ilia just kept saying they were bad, but they were good for how low mine normally are and now I just have to push my shoulders open more so that I'm in handstand and then I have to make sure I always do that!! Haha! When we were done with Bars it was our time for Beam, but we were already done with it so Ilia had us do ballet. It was slightly boring, but fun at the same time. When we were done Ilia had us do dance routines on Floor and then when we were done with those we did these things that I don't know how to spell so I'm not going to say what they are. We were done after that and I was getting dressed for ballet when Mommy came in and told me that I didn't have dance cause Kymmeri had a performance for school.

When I got home I started to read. After a little while I figured out how many possible hours I have to read and how many pages I have to read an hour. 35. I have to read about 35 pages an hour. I did it! I did two hours of 35 pages each hour so that's like 70 pages!!!! EEEEEP!!! I think I really can do this!! Since I read for so long I didn't get to write on here so that's why I'm a little late. Now it's time to be super speedy with my other homework and then...READ!!!!

These are the pictures that Kendall took in San Jose. Yes I know I'm depressed cause I still can't get mine to work. Boo Hoo.






























































In case you couldn't tell all of those pictures where its me, Kendall, and Taylor with Sadie occasionally frowning to the camera is that hour we were waiting to go to Beam.





See now she doesn't look tired!!





I love this girl!!!





Almost to the airport!!!!