Arete Gymnastics Meet

Arete hosted the gymnastics meet last weekend.

They rented the gym at Telos U to be able to fit everyone. It takes a whole lot to run a meet! They needed a lot of parent volunteers. I spent 4 hours Thursday afternoon unloading all the equipment from a semi truck and setting everything up. It was quite a workout, but I enjoyed it. I learned how to put together the uneven bars and vaults from parts. That was actually really satisfying. :) Then I worked concessions for 4 hours on Friday while the kids were at school. And then I worked another 4 hours Saturday night taking down all the equipment and loading it back into the semi. I got home just before midnight. It was a lot of time and effort, but I was happy to help make the meet happen. It was fun to get to know the coaches a little better, and visit with everyone while we worked. 

Level 3 had their meet Friday night. This was Tessa's most solid meet. 

She earned her highest all-around score yet, and the most exciting thing of the night was Tessa stuck her cartwheel on the beam!!!!!!!! I wanted to scream when she landed it!! I was there by myself since Paul was in New York with his family and the boys chose to stay home, so I sat there by myself screaming inside my head. :) 

Here she goes...

And she sticks it!!!!!

While we were doing Tessa's hair, we talked about what we had learned from watching the BYU gymnastics meet. Every gymnast took a moment to pause before doing their tumble skills on the beam. Tessa set a goal to pause, take a deep breath, and tell herself that she can do it before she started her cartwheel. I think this really helped her!

Tess took 2nd on vault.

4th on bars.

2nd on beam.

2nd on floor.

And 2nd all-around!

We definitely needed to celebrate with some ice cream afterward. :)

We're so proud of all the hard work you put into gymnastics Tessa! There have been a lot of meets lately, and you continue to do your best at each one. Nice work girl!