Visit to Granpa & Grandma Schneider's

So back on June 24th the girls & I went out for a "quick" visit to see Grandpa & Grandma Schneider. Unbeknownst to me, part of 81 South was closed at that time, so it took us over 5 hours to get there, and we turned it into an over-nighter. Here are the girls just falling asleep on the air mattresses.

And here are my girls with my folks.

We had a great visit and will try to do a sleepover again sometime soon (deliberately).

Gymnastics Exhbition June 26, 2010

On Saturday June 26th was the gymnastics exhibition at Silvia's Gymnastics. Unfortately Jasmine couldn't be there (she was missed, though!) but here are some video clips of Alyssa. This first clip is with Mr. Rob who is one of the best instructors at Silvia's, as he is also an official judge with USA Gymnastics. So, when he tells you how to do it right, you're getting it from an official!

And here is Alyssa on the balance beam doing a cartwheel. She is still working on landing back on the beam, but this is how they start...getting comfortable just doing what you see here.

Here is the last video of Alyssa. This is showing some of the skills they learn on the floor. The first lady in the video helping Alyssa is Silvia Mitova Hutchinson, owner of Silvia's Gymnastics. She was an olypic gymnast for Bolgaria in the 80's, and comes from a long line of olympians. Both her parents were olympians and also work at this facility. The final video clip is of some of the college girls who competed at nationals this year; they are on the balance beams.

Gymnastics

So we finally got a new camcorder! Here is Alyssa on the balance beam and Jasmine on the uneven bars (and no, Jasmine shouldn't be hooking her right arm over the bar to get up, but it's a start!). Alyssa definitely wants to continue with gymnastics next year, and Jasmine hasn't quite made up her mind yet, but I'm pretty sure she'll continue as well.

Graduation Day 2010-Joceline

So our first-born is all done with Elementary School! Her years at GES earned her the President's Academic Achievement Award (which she had to have a 3.5 GPA for 4th, 5th and 6th grade to get). Here she is right off the stage after getting that award.

And here I am trying not to cry!

John did a much better job hiding his emotions, although he told me later he almost broke down at this point!

This was right before the ceremony started...such a pretty girl and we couldn't be prouder of how well she did and who she is becoming.

New York City!!

So I was a chaperone on Joceline's 6th grade class trip to New York City.

Here are the flags (in alphabetical order) outside the United Nations.

NBC Studios

From inside the UN, here is a display on landmines which are now banned in most countries.

Here is one of the display windows outside NBC Studios showing tribute to Saturday Night Live.

And here is my girl..

A shot of an interesting statue...

The Coneheads from SNL...

Brianna, Joceline & Lucy

Out for a ride...

Now that Jasmine has mastered turning on her bike, one of the girls favorite things to do after school is ride, ride, ride!

Piano Recital

Once again, the girls performed beautifully at their piano recital at Aunt Polly's house.

Here is Jasmine..

And here's Joceline...

And finally Alyssa.

Keep up the good work, girls!!