Alejandra's Bridal Shower

I was able to go to Alejandra's bridal shower with women from my side of the family, which was pretty fun.  So excited for this wedding!

Level 7 States Gymnastics Meet

While I was at Alejandra's bridal shower in Dallas, Corey was with Annmarie in Lubbock for her States Gymnastics meet.  She was able to have her coach, Jazz, do her hair for the meet.  It wasn't her greatest meet ever, but the competition at States is a lot stiffer.  She didn't place high in anything, but did come in 8th All Around in her age bracket. Her scores were similar to what they've been all season, high 8s and low 9s. All Around 35.975.  Missed that 36 by .025.  She had fun just being with Dad.

Wrestling Banquet

As the end of the school year looms, Travis has more and more lasts.  This was his final wrestling banquet, which at least one of us has attended every year with him.  They did special recognition of the seniors.  It was a nice banquet.  Hard to believe high school sports is over for Travis.

Youth Talent Show

One of the youth activities that was voted on for the year was a talent show.  So we had the talent show the week after spring break, thinking the youth could prepare over the break.  Sadly, not many youth signed up.  But the ones who did sign up did a great job showcasing their talents.  Annmarie and Eliza sang a song together, "Something Bad".  Jonah played a song on his trumpet, his solo from his recent Solo contest at school.

Jonah and Annmarie's Birthdays

We were pretty busy when Jonah and Annmarie's birthdays came.  We did not take any pictures of the celebrations.  We had Grandpa and Grandma over for dinner for both of the birthdays.  We did Jonah's 14th birthday on Sunday the 16th, while Eliza was in California.  He asked for Chinese food--honey garlic shrimp and orange chicken.  It turned out pretty well.  We had a regular chocolate cake for dessert.  

We celebrated Annmarie's 12th birthday the following Sunday at the end of Spring Break.  She had a pie for her dessert as well as some pavlova.  I did get one picture of that.

Nathan's Birthday Party

We owed Nathan a birthday part from when he turned eight.  For some reason, we just never got around to giving him one.  The earliest after his birthday that we could do it wasn't until the middle of Spring Break.  He still had fun. We just had a play day with the Wii and outside playing football at the park.

Titanic Experience

We went to the Titanic Experience over Spring Break. It was this cool place where you got to see what it might have been like on the Titanic. We got to see a replica of parts of the ship--the Grand Staircase, a 2nd class stateroom, the boiler rooms, the deck (and how cold it was, and the way they had it set up looked like we were on water), how big a lifeboat was, how cold the iceberg was, and what the floor of the sea looked like where they found the wreckage. Nathan even found the Heart of the Ocean!

We were each handed a card of a real passenger on Titanic at the beginning of the Experience and at the end, we got to find out what happened to our person.  Mine survived but everyone else's did not.  It was a pretty cool experience.

 

Eliza Goes to CA

Eliza finally got her California trip during Spring Break her junior year.  She had a great time and was able to spend time with Nana, Jamie and Traci. She went to an Escape Room and ate at Hell's Kitchen, among other things.

Pole Vaulting and Future Freshman

Jonah decided to try pole vaulting this year in track.  Turns out, he's pretty decent at it, thanks to all the gymnastics.  He's still learning, but I think that if he keeps at it in high school, he could do pretty well.

He also had his field trip to Wylie High School for all incoming freshman. It's crazy that he'll be a freshman next year.  He even got in the selfie that Mr. Alexander, the principal took!

Zenith Winter Classic Meet

While Eliza, Travis, and Jonah were performing at the Meyerson, I was at Annmarie's gymnastics meet in McKinney.

She had a really amazing save during her beam routine where her hand slipped off the side of the beam during her back handspring but she managed to save it and not fall off and then keep going. 

She only place 6th tie on Vault (8.95) and All Around 10th (34.9).  It wasn't her best meet, but she has grit!  Only a couple more meets this season!

Wylie ISD at the Meyerson

It's become a tradition in Wylie ISD to have a concert in the Meyerson with many of their music performing groups.  Travis and Eliza were both part of it this year with A'Cappella choir and Eliza with orchestra.  I did not get to go because Annmarie had a gymnastics meet at the same time.  Corey couldn't go either due to work.  Jonah also performed with Cooper band but there were no pictures taken.

Pictures: Eliza with orchestra friends Kaylee Collett (and her brother Declan) and Laraib Mirza

Travis with Josh Ausborne, Travis with Josh Ausborne, Ybsira (sp?), and Aaron Dahl