Ever since we went to Great Wolf Lodge in Richmond after Cailee’s gym meet in February, Connor has wanted to go back. This was the first time we did the magic quest game and my lil gamer was hooked. So we suggested that he forgo a birthday party in lieu of a trip to the…
I think I must start these birthday posts the same way every time. WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE? Is it really possible that my littlest is already seven years old? Maybe its me just not wanting to admit that. And maybe I’m a tad bit relieved that Connor is a little smaller than others his…
Because we had our trip to Florida already planned, Spring Break was a low key event for us this year, except for the big birthday at the end of the week. To be honest, it typically is. I do my best to take time off to spend time with the kids so they aren’t bored…
I found this very disturbing, that Easter fell on April Fools – best I understand it – someone somewhere defines when it’s Easter – so was it some bad joke to put it on April Fools? It just feels so counter or distracting to honoring the biggest miracle ever. So we didn’t focus on it…
This past Christmas (2016), it turns out the gift of the year was hoverboards (again!). I think they were “hot” a few years back, literally, catching houses on fire – but I guess they are “safer” now and everyone has one. We didn’t pick up on this until after Christmas but it quickly became a…
Last year, as a Bronze gymnast, Cailee had a really good year. She had solid performances all year long – generally placing in the top 3-5 overall, even getting first in the All Around at the Lucky Charm invitational in Charlotte, however, at the NC State Meet, despite having solid scores in the 9s –…
For two years in a row – we headed to Concord for the Lucky Charm Invitational. Last year Cailee won AA at this meet much to her surprise – but that meant the pressure was on for this year – she wanted to repeat, especially since this is the meet that her Aunt Beth comes…
Today’s meet was full of highs and lows. Cailee did really well on Bars and Floor. She got a 9.5 on Bars, and a 9.625 on Floor (The highest score ever for a Faulkner’s Silver Gymnast), she had a solid beam routine (talk about consistency here) with a 9.3 but then came her Vault. This…
For the second year in a row, Cailee has had a Gymnastics meet in Columbus, Georgia. That’s a small town right on the Georgia/Alabama line (you can walk to the state line). Its over an eight hour drive, straight through Atlanta so we’ve opted to fly each time – about 5 hours is my limit…
This year, we decided to take Connor with us to Virginia Beach. I decided if he could put up with one day at the Gymnastics meet – he would enjoy going to Great Wolf Lodge as we did last year. So both kids got to skip a day of school and Thursday night we headed…
