Track Banquet

Kayla is officially done with track for the year! They had a pot luck/banquet and award ceremony for all of the girls. There was lots of yummy food to start and then a quick ceremony afterward. Here are a couple of pictures.

This is the girl that lives across the street from us, Megan. She is a 6th grader so she got her letter this year.

Kayla getting her certificate and bar for her letter.

Emma's new boyfriend. She was holding hands and kissing him by the end of the night!

Final track stats

So sorry it took so long for this update considering track was over as of the 10th but I had to wait until the awards ceremony just to find out the standings.

On Monday the 8th the classic's (used to call it city) started. Kayla did not have any activities that day but she did go to show her support. I went and sat with her for a while and then we took off. On the 9th, she didn't have any activities but wanted to go really bad and I did not. So we let her spread her wings a bit and she got to go to the stadium by herself and hang out with her track buddies. Finally on the 10th she was doing the long jump. She didn't place in it, but she did try!

We had the awards ceremony with a dinner done by the families which was yummy! It's always fun seeing what people come up with for these things. Anyways, the Irving girls came in 4th overall which is pretty darn good if I do say so myself! The 9th graders came in 4th, the 8th graders came in 3rd and the 6th graders came in 2nd! Woo hoo for them considering this is their first school sports experience!

Here are pictures from that last track meet and from the awards ceremony. I tried to get pictures of Kayla doing the long jump but I couldn't get close enough so you just get to see her pretty face sitting next to me in the stands!

Here she is after doing the long jump - at least she is till wearing a smile!

Here she is receiving her award....look close she is in the blue shirt....

Here she is with her certificate of participation

And here she is with her letter! She has a little track pin to go on it....but no jacket yet......

Notice how she looks a bit worn out.....here is a glimpse into her day....

She wakes up at 6:20 to get in the shower and start her day.....gets to school at 8:10ish, school goes from 8:45 to 3:40....she goes from there to basketball practice (which on a regular day ends at 6) and was let out at 5:15 so we could go to the ceremony. Wears me out just typing it! Oh yeah...and somewhere in there she has to do her homework and have a minute to relax before starting the cycle all over again!

Track Stats

Sorry this is so late but as you can see I had some blog catching up to do!

Kayla had a track meet last Wed (the 26th) and this time the team came in 3rd as a whole. Which is still great considering they are a team of 50 girls going against teams of 100+ girls! So the odds are against them but of course they rock! This time Kayla did the long jump and the 4x200. She was disappointed in her long jump so she can't even tell me how she scored (they don't let parents out on the field and I didn't hear the results over the loudspeaker). She did really good on the running though. I love watching her try harder and harder every week. I can see the improvement every time.

So she has 1 more meet on Tuesday the 2nd and then the next week are the classics. I don't know exactly what day yet.

Some good and some bad.....

So the good news is that Kayla had her 2nd track meet (3rd for the season) on Tuesday and her team placed 2nd again. These girls rock! Kayla did really good too and is working hard to improve on her speed and it shows. She was feeling more confident this go around than the 1st.

And the bad news (for me anyhow) is that we are having internet troubles at home and it probably won't be fixed until next week (and hopefully it will be that soon and not longer!). We are having to check email at my moms house so if it takes us a while to respond that would be why! Ugh!

We are having Emma's first bday party on Sunday. I cannot believe that baby girl is going to be 1 already! This past year has flown by! I will post pictures on Monday (from my mothers house of course) of the party!

1st track meet

Kayla had her 1st track meet of the season (and ever as she has so kindly pointed out) yesterday. It was fun and exciting watching her team and her out there doing their thing. She competed in the 4x200 and the 4x100. She was also supposed to do shot-put but they didn't time that very well with one of the races she was in so she missed the call for that one. Those Irving girls are a strong team (they placed 2nd yesterday) and played against another very strong team.

Kayla is already talking about what she wants to do at next week's track meet. She wants to do long jump, 4x100 and the 200 meter dash.

And for those of you who don't know, the 4x100 is a 100 meter relay with 4 girls per team and the 4x200 is the same only it is 200 meters.

Here are the pictures that I got. I don't have the best digital camera so hopefully they turned out OK and you can kind of find Kayla! I did a short video of her actually running but it doesn't seem to want to post here!

Eli hanging out at the stadium waiting for Kayla to run

Emma say's "I just can't take the suspense". Actually it is Emma getting so frustrated with having to sit in the stroller for too long.

Kayla is the girl in the inside line bending over catching her breath! This was after running the 4x200

Kayla coming for some trail mix and water.

See that school pride?! And she waits until after the fact to ask if that makeup will wash off!

Eli in the hood, Emma and Kayla chillin yo! :) Emma is trying to get Kayla to cheer...we are working on teaching Emma to yell "Go Irving, Go Kayla!"

I had to share this picture because this cracks me up. Whenever we go for walks in the stroller she talks and talks and holds her hands up like this. It makes me think of someone riding a roller coaster!

This is how she looks to everyone else. It isn't as cute from the front because her arms are so short! :)