Gymnastics Meet

 Deiana had her first real gymnastics meet.  She did really well, and ended up first on floor exercise, second on vault, third on beam (her nemesis), and 8th on bars (due to a small error).  However, she was first All Around!  It was very exciting, but she just can't get past her bar routine.  Even by night time she had not gotten over it.  She said "eighth place, are you kidding me? I'm not okay with that!"  Bars is her best and favorite event, so it was particularly disappointing for her.  She really does work and try very hard.    Hopefully she will learn to deal with her perfectionism!  

 A fun time was had by all, and the team took second place in the meet.  Many more fun meets to come this fall.  And many more bar routines!

First Day of Third Grade

Deiana was quite excited to go back to school and be in the third grade.  She got the teacher she really wanted and all of her friends are in her class, even her very best friend Yana.  This is our first day of school  photo shoot. 

I've never seen anyone more excited for school.  I hope this trend continues for many years!  (I can hope anyway)

End of Summer Trip

We had our annual end of the summer trip to the beach.  The weather was beautiful all week.

It was great kite flying weather.  Deiana got the hang of the double stringed trick kite.

We decided to give Deiana her birthday present early, so she could enjoy it at the beach.  It is a pink electric scooter.  The neighbor boys have them and Deiana really likes them too.  She can also practice her scales while riding!

Deiana met a new friend on the beach.  They saw each other doing cartwheels, and it was love at first sight.  They are both in gymnastics and had a ball tumbling on the sand (and wrestling)  The family has a beach house 2 blocks from ours so they were able to meet up and have some fun.  They rode their bikes to the store alone to buy some candy.  This is the most freedom Deiana has ever experienced!  We even took Beach Girl out to dinner with us.  Maybe we will see her again at the beach or a gymnastics meet.

 

 

End of Summer Trip cont.

 Deiana loves horse back riding so this was on the top of her list.  Jon enjoys it too.

 Deiana was always trying to get her horse to go faster!

 My horse was very stubborn and I had trouble making it do what I wanted.  The guide later told me, oh that is the one that was the wild Mustang that we trained!  Just what I wanted, the wild Mustang.

 We also did some hiking.  Several miles of hills.  Deiana, while in the best physical condition of all of us, did the most whining.

 Another day we had a great bike ride.  Woods, beach, and a lake in one trip.

 More scooter riding and kite flying.

 I really did participate in all of these events, there are just no pictures of me.  I'm the one with the camera!

 

Beach Birthday

 We began our beach vacation by celebrating my birthday.  These flowers looked just like a cake, courtesy of family friend Jan! 

 There were fireworks and a live band on the beach!!  Sorry, the pictures aren't great.

 Of course the events were not really for my birthday, but who cares.  It was a good time with good friends.

 My friend Bev gave me some nice flowers too! 

Anyway, I think I've had enough birthdays now.