My Blueberry

This event happened before I got a blog, so I'm going to write about it now. I'll probably have alot more of these types of posts.

It all happened at practice at gymnastics one night. I was doing a back walk over on one of the low beams (a back walk over is like a bridge and kick over except you put into one)when my hand slipped and instead of landing on the floor I landed on the beam. My coach said I even made a mark on the beam. When it happened, the bruise was smaller than a golf ball. When I woke up the next morning, it was like a mini basketball! Here's a picture:

My Part

I found out what my part is a couple of days ago. I'm going to be a catholic school student (part of the chorus). I'm not really quite sure how they are going to work that into the play, but I'll find out today. Everyone I went to audition with got that too, except for Hannah. She got the part of a nun. We're all really excited for today when we have our first practice.

Sorry!

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. With school and our sports starting, life is pretty hectic around here. How is everyones school going? I'm doing pretty good (so far!).

I'm doing dance at a dance place I went to when I was four. I had my first lesson last night. It was so much fun! I'm doing tap and jazz with one of my friends.

Also, last night I went to the Sound of Music auditions. There's a church that has a theater with it that one of my other friends has been in two of their plays. She said they were really fun so I decided to try it, and it was awesome!

Sam, Hannah and I all auditioned. Along with my friend I do dance with and my other friend who told me about the place.

I don't know what part I'm going to be until around next Tuesday to next Thursday. I'm really trying not to get my hopes up because nine times out of ten I won't get the part I wanted. The good thing is everyone who auditions gets a part even if it's just an extra. I'm really excited to see what part I get. The part I really want is Brigitta. If you don't remember the movie that well, she's the ten year old with black hair.

I post some more when I find out who I'm getting.

The "V" Family Olympics

Have you all been watching the Olympics this year? If you have, then these names should sound familiar: Nastia Luikin, Shawn Johnson, and Michael Phelps.

All of those names are the names we use when we play the "Olympics" outside. I'm Nastia, Hannah is Shawn, and Samuel is Michael.

Hannah, Sam, and I do the ''High Jumps'' on the swings. Sam also does the ''Rings''. This is all done on our playset in our backyard. While Hannah and I are swinging, we are also the commentators. We'll say things like, "Nastia told NBC News this morning that she is totally ready for this competition" or " Ooh, Shawn almost stuck that landing!" It's alot of fun. We enjoy doing it. We do it almost every day!

Sam's Artwork

Welcome to the Art Show! This is in honor of my five-year old brother Samuel! I hope you enjoy these marvelous masterpieces!

A Retired Gymnast

I like to refer to myself as a retired gymnast rather than saying I quit. Saying I quit sounds like I gave up.

It was all a really hard decision. It all started towards the end of fourth grade. I went to the gym four days a week from 4:00 to 7:00. It was all very tiring. I barely finished my homework everyday, and on top of that, I didn't have any time to play with my siblings.

I thought it would all be better for fifth grade because I would start homeschooling. It just made it worse. I would be playing and all of a sudden my mom would be calling for me to get ready. I only got to eat with my family on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. The state meet was in May, but I never ended up doing it.

For as long as I did gymnastics, the thing I hated the most was the meets. Everyone else loves them, but I was always delighted when it was over. They were also very long. A normal meet is about four hours. Including the awards it was like an extra thirty minutes.

When I ''retired'', I was a level 5. That level was when the hard stuff came. Like jumping from the low bar to the high bar, or cartwheels on the beam. It all sounds so easy, but trust me, it isn't.

Here are some pictures of my past days as a gymnast:

Although I miss it sometimes, I'm still very happy with the decision I made.

Pocahontas Pool

A month ago, we decided to go to the Pocahontas pool on a really hot day. It was a really great place to go. They had little slides, big slides, and just regular pools. We all had a really great time there. Here are a few pictures:

This was Sam's favorite part of the whole place. This is where the little
slides were.
This is where the bigger slides were and the 5 foot pool area is.


This was my favorite part. My friend, Haleigh had noticed a man with a snake over by the entryway. When we went over there, he said he was from the Pocahontas Wildlife Nature Center. We asked if we could pet the snake and he said sure. After that, I couldn't stop petting it!!! It's scaly skin was so smooth and slick! I actually wanted to kiss it, but I thought that was probably not such a good idea. We figured out it was a girl, with red stripes and red eyes. It was so much fun!!! Here are some more pictures of the snake: