Year round, gymnasts spend hours working on their routines and learning to master the skills and dance moves that are incorporated into every event. They wait anxiously for meet season when they can finally put all their hard work to the test and, hopefully, be rewarded for their efforts. In Ally's case, this has been a tough season because all of her meets have been on Sunday. She has shed many tears about not competing, but has never once asked if she could. I'm so thankful for great Primary teachers who encouraged her a long time ago to choose what she would and would not do on the Sabbath, so when faced with a choice, she already had her answer. She has been so faithful and this last Saturday she was finally rewarded.
Ally's coaches were able to make a last-minute scheduling change that would allow her to compete with other teams on Saturday while her team competed on Sunday. We quickly rearranged our schedule for Saturday and headed out to Moscow, Idaho to the Palouse Invitational. We had such a blast and Ally did great. She remembered all her rountines and scored highest on Vault and Floor. Overall, she placed 5th. The significance of this meet is that if she can just get one more chance to compete on Saturday, and she scores high enough, she can make regionals (you have to have at least 2 meet scores to make regionals). We're crossing our fingers for just one more Saturday meet.
Sorry the quality of the pictures isn't that good. My little "point and shoot" doesn't do so well with indoor photos taken without a flash.
Ally's coaches were able to make a last-minute scheduling change that would allow her to compete with other teams on Saturday while her team competed on Sunday. We quickly rearranged our schedule for Saturday and headed out to Moscow, Idaho to the Palouse Invitational. We had such a blast and Ally did great. She remembered all her rountines and scored highest on Vault and Floor. Overall, she placed 5th. The significance of this meet is that if she can just get one more chance to compete on Saturday, and she scores high enough, she can make regionals (you have to have at least 2 meet scores to make regionals). We're crossing our fingers for just one more Saturday meet.
Sorry the quality of the pictures isn't that good. My little "point and shoot" doesn't do so well with indoor photos taken without a flash.
9 comments:
Ally looks awesome! I'm glad she was able to do well. We will all be praying for another Saturday meet for her.
See you tonight at gymnastics. (Is that your second home now?!)
Wow, impressive to even stand on that beam, let alone dance on it!! Very sassy uniform too! Bet it was so great to watch it all!
Yay Ally!! That is so exciting. She looks so cute. It would be so fun to watch her and cheer her on...let us know if she has a meet that Reilly and I could attend.
Way to go Ally!! Doing the right thing will always pay off even when it's a difficult choice. She looks great on the beam!
Congratulations on the meet and the lesson on faith. I am desperate to run a race across one of the Pittsburgh bridges, but so far, every one scheduled this year is on a Sunday. I have teetered on this issue because I want to do it so much, but I am inspired by the faith of your little one. I need to hold tighter to the things I learned in Primary. Thanks Ally!
Good girl Ally! Way to choose the right! You will ALWAYS be happier if you make choices that you KNOW are right (no matter how hard they are to make). Keep up the good work! You are AWESOME! Your mom has taught you well! :-)
Ally, I'm really proud of you for choosing the right and for doing so well at your meet. If you have a meet again in Moscow let us know and we'll come cheer you on.
Oh...congratulations to Ally! I love her moral strength and courage to do something different.
I bet she's a great little gymnast too:)
Great job Ally!!! I'm glad she got a chance to compete!
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