Headed to Championships!!!!

Our Junior High Point Champion has decided to take it one step further and is now headed to the Championship Dressage Show in May!!!!! WOW!!!! Not bad for her 1st year showing???!!!! Marissa has worked so hard this year training in dressage and all that work has finally paid off big time! Apparently it's very similar to other sports in that you compete at these shows and then if you qualify you can compete in the championship show among other qualifiers! Well, Marissa had a minimum score to achieve and only had one more test to take when that day arrived! It was the 25th of October and we had a wedding to attend later in the day but altered our schedule so she could compete and possibly qualify for this wonderful opportunity, to compete at the championships (which for the 1st time in 5 years will be held in Medford). So, she headed out to the arena and began her test when all of sudden the bell rings and the judge says "she needs to start over, she's doing it wrong". Well, you can imagine we are confused as we know she is doing the right test and come to find out they are actually confused. No big deal she explains to them what she is doing, they get the right test out and tell her to begin again and they are sorry....so my concern is "great she will be very nervous now"....well not Marissa she is calm as can be. She begins again and does one of the best rides she has ever done....her instructor says "that was brilliant" words I have never heard her say....she then says "you are gonna make me cry, you couldn't have rode any better today" absolutely incredible!!!!! We are so very proud of her and her accomplishments in such a short amount of time, she is just a natural with horses and she is so patient and kind with them, she is truly gifted!!!!

It's Official Now!!!!

No more level 5 training 7 for Becca!!!!! The long awaited time came and went and Becca not only made it to level 7 she took 1st place not only on all around but all events but one and scored well above her minimum requirement!!!!! CRAZY GIRL!!!!

It was October 31st at her gym when she came out on the floor...her first event was vault, she did fabulous and scored a whopping 9.6!!!! HIGHEST EVER VAULT!!!! I guess you could say "Jeff fixed her vault issue" hee hee. She then went on to beam and scored a 9.3, then it was on to bars...keep in mind she just got her baby giant within the month prior to this meet and her flyaway only a week prior to the meet!!! She did a beautiful practice and we were so excited....we knew she could pull this off with a low score on bars so I wasn't too nervous really, and then the salute and she was going....she did great until right after the baby giant....she somehow got stuck???!!!! It was actually a bit comical really we just watched her teeter totter back and forth and then she pulled it off!!! She still scored an 8.25, and let me tell you we were content with that. The last event was our favorite...floor! She was standing there waiting for the salute and all her team mates (down to the Rising Stars....ages 4-5) were screaming "Go Becca" it was so surreal!!!! Then it's her time, she came out and just knocked it out of the park!!!! Her teammates crowded around her with hugs and waited with her in front of the scoreboard as one of her best friends presented it......9.45, that was the BEST meet ever, you couldn't ask for a better team....so supportive and sooooo sweet!!!!!! There you have it....36.55!!!!

I have always thought she was a talented gymnast but with the right coaches and team she has gone above and beyond my expectations!!!!

We're on our way to Arizona now!!!!!!