I just wanted to say a quick "hi" to everyone since it has been sooooooooo long since I have written anything! I can't even remember everything I have done but I know that I have been really busy. I went to New York and competed during the American Cup. I did really well and my coach was pretty happy with everything. Oh, wait - I didn't do well on floor and my coach wasn't too happy with that routine! OOPS!!! My beam was good though and my bars were kind of just okay. But the best part was being able to actually watch the American Cup and cheer everyone on!! Oh, and I just got a new coat from this last camp from USAG because we were all so cold in New York and since we all have to look alike, well, all we had were our little warm-up jackets. So Martha went out and got us all these really nice coats that have a vest lining in them and they are really warm.

   Oh, I also just got back from the state meet. I saw Ashley there and her sister did really well, so did Fiffe and Ritter. The Flytz girls did AWESOME!!! Becky and Allison both won and the team took second place in the whole state with only three people competing! I wish I could compete with them and still be able to do elite. I am going to regionals also and I am so excited to go to that meet - there are going to be some really good girls competing. It's kind of cool to be at a meet and just be able to sit and watch everyone and not have to be nervous about competing. You can just cheer and look at all the leo's!

   I'm still trying to get my new vault down so that I can finally compete it. My coach is seriously going to make me keep competing the full until I can land a 1 1/2 on about three 18" stacked mats!! Every time I think that I have a good vault day and I'm getting close to really good 1 1/2's, well, the next vault day is bad and I have to start all over again.

   School is going really well and I can't believe that it's almost over - I think that I will really miss it over the summer (maybe not the getting up at 6:00 part, but I have some really great friends that I will miss!). I did my first science project ever for the science fair and I got a 99% out of 100 on it so that was pretty cool because I don't even really like science much. I also just a had a meeting at the high school and they are being really great about my schedule for next year. I am going to be taking match, Spanish, science, and English at the school and then I will get tutors for the rest of the classes that I have to take. I am not allowed to home school any more classes since I am in high school now, but I guess I can do all my tutor work on weekends. I know that I will need to take at least history and literature with the tutor but I'm not sure If I have anything else to take.

   Oh my gosh - I so can't believe I almost forgot this part!!! You guys have to go on the Flytz website and see my first favorite coach's new baby!! Bob was my first real coach and he took me from pre-team when I swear I couldn't even do anything! He coached me for about 5 years until Terry came and took me. Well, everyone really really loves Bob to be at meets because he claps for you and tells you what a great job you do even if you fall!! Well, this is the best part - his baby was born On My Birthday!!! So, now Bob will always remember my birthday because I have the same one as his son!!

   Okay, I leave for Switzerland soon and I hope we get some time to see it because my mom says that it is such a beautiful place. She says that if I only get to do half the tour, well, I picked the best half! I have a new camera to take with me that isn't a digital one because nobody will sit still long enough for me to get a digital camera ready to take the pictures. So now I can get some pictures before everyone is already leaving me! I'll hurry when I get back and send some pictures to Morgan so she can put some of them on this site for you to see. I forgot to take pictures while I was in New York but Sarah's mom is going to send me some but you can just go to Sarah's site to see those so I won't post them on here.

   I'm really glad that I get to compete for part of this tour, but my coach already told me that if I didn't make the tour, I would get to compete at the Friendship Classic so that I wouldn't have to waste any of my routines since I have been working on them so much. Well, I was kind of hoping to see Grace this weekend!! So, now I guess I will have to wait and see her at Classics. Oh, and Verona VanDeLeur (something like that) and Zhang Nan from China are also going to be at the Friendship Classic and that would have been so cool to be able to compete with them.

   Well, I hope I have good luck in Switzerland!!!

   Bye, Bye