Vaca! (oh yeah :) )

So who doesn't like a good vacation?! I mean really?! I'm goin on a sweet vacation cause now a days no one can catch a break to breath, let alone take a vaca, ya know what I mean? So it's not like Hawaii or anything, but it's still my vacation right? So, we'll be at my cousin's wedding and at my grandparents' house, Macanac ( yeah, the place with the good fudge!), maybe Torch Lake, and the iceing on the cake, MICHIGAN ADVENTURE WITH.......you guessed it..... THE JOHNSTONS! I know it's gonna be a spectacular day! We always do the craziest and most fun things and Taylor and I may possibly make fools of ourselves, but hey, that what friends do. Friends don't let friends go without looking embaressed, am I right? It's all good, and we'll have an awesome time with each other, we always do. So hopefully, this week will be all fun in the sun, and I'll get some time with my family and be able to breath before going back to work, gymnastics, volleyball tryouts, and well everything else.... so pretty much, the real world! But you gotta do what you gotta do, but why does summer have to end so fast?!

Life in the Sports Lane

Well... life right now is doing all right. I'm not one to complain. The junior olympics were less than stellar, but there were some good things too. But on a better note, I also just finished my last day of camp and let me tell you, it was AMAZING! Oh sorry gotta interupt. Carlos Guillen just hit a home run to get a one run lead!!!! Ok, as I was saying before, this years' camp was way better than last years'. I don't know if it's the staff or if it's me this year, but either way it was great. I really feel like I actually learned something and improved this time. I learned alot about passing, yes I said passing, a little hitting, serving, setting, playing, and TALKING up a storm! Coach is just too funny and her friends were too. I'm really excited about this year (volleyball wise) because I've already been on the JV team last year and hopefully can do the same this year. But in order to do that I need to start working out for tryouts coming up soon ASAP!!! I've gotta start running for the mile run, doing some pushups and situps (ok, alot of them), jump ropes GALORE, and other workout stuff and a lot of it!!! I gotta work to no end to be the best and earn my spot that I want so badly! I gotta get faster, more aggressive, louder, quicker, jump higher, and be able to set the tone on the court. Oh boy, I got a lot cut out for me, but good thing I'm a hard worker and have the drive! I'm gettin tired jst thinking about it!

Junior Olympics

Wow! How exciting! I can't barely believe it myself! I'm going to the junior olympics and not just as a spectator, but literally as a competetor! I have a pass and the leo to prove it! But the coolest part about it is that I'm going to surprise everyone and do a backhandspring! I'm quite nervous but really excited! All I have to do is go out there and have a blast doing what I love to do. I don't know why I'm so jumpy about this meet. If anything, I should be more nervous than ever before. But I'm actually the most happy about this meet than any other in a long time. It's crazy, I know, but I have a feeling that something out of this world is going to happen, like this is my time to shine, and that I've been holding out on myself. So, here are the goals and details about the meet. On vault I'll be doing a fronthandspring full and the best part is that it's with the airboard! Now my vault will be even better than normal. On bars, I would really like to just make it through my routine cleanly and without falling and the same goes for beam, I want to be solid and graceful. As for floor, I'm putting my fronthandspring front tuck at the begining so that I'm not so tired at the end. I'm also, like I said, am going to do my backhandspring (yeah :) ) and really show off my routine, all while trying to SMILE BIG! People always ask me if my life goal is to go to the olympics after I tell them that I'm a gymnast, and I have always said, "No, I'm not that good. I won't go that far." But maybe this is God's way of showing me that I have more than what I thought. Maybe this excited, jumpy and unusual feeling is God's way of telling me that everything is going to be just fine and that he is going to use this meet to test my faith and trust in Him so that I may come closer to Him. This is how He is going to show His power and grace to other people through me in my competition. It will be such an honor to serve the Lord using the talent that He has given me!