February 11th, 2008
Feb 9th–Arizona-Fiesta Bowl
OK…just got back from our adventure in Arizona. This was a great meet…huge meet…lots of girls and great competition. It was at the Rawhide at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler Arizona. We had 80 degree weather every day…which is a little warm for me, but the glrls were happy
We flew in Friday afternoon, so we swam (and I say "we" loosely, ‘ cuz it was NOT me in the pool, just the kids
) until we went for supper, then we did hair and off to bed as the girls had an 8am session time on Sat morning. The place where the meet was held was really neat. It was an old western town. Rachael had the best way to describe it…she said it was like the town from Kid Nation.
Rachael did an awesome job…this was a very tough meet with gyms from Arizona, Nevada, and California among others. There were 17 gyms in her session. She placed 4th on vault with a 9.0
2nd on Beam with a 9.175
3rd on Floor Exercise with a 8.950
Unfortunately the decision was made for her to scratch on bars…so she was unable to take an All Around award…which she would have certainly!! This would have been a major coup for her given the caliber of the meet…but oh well.
After the meet, we got our souvenir T-shirt and then wandered around to enjoy the town…very bright sun for us Seattle-ites
"Seriously" in trouble
Seriously "having fun"
We went for lunch at Rain Forest Cafe on Sunday…that is always fun!!
Here is proof that Andrea and I were actually on this trip…not just the girls
Just droppin’ off the rental car…
Stop (in the name of love)
Check back often as Rachael has a meet every weekend for the next four weeks
