Ice

We recently went to the Gaylord Texan and walked through their ICE exhibit.  It was a great time.

Noelle Gets 4th in All-Around at Texas State Meet

Over the weekend Noelle competed in the Texas State Gymnastics Meet. In order to qualify for state you were required to finish in the top 24 at Districts. Noelle competed in the Level 5, Junior B, Bronze division (which is below gold and silver). This is Noelle's first year competing at the state level.


It was Noelle's best meet ever. She placed in all 4 events (bars, beam, vault, and floor) and won 4th in the All-Around. Her scores were as follows:

• Bars - 9.1 (5th place)
  
• Floor - 9.225 (5th Place)
  
• Balance Beam - 8.7 (3rd place)
  
• Vault - 8.675 (7th place)
  
• All-Around - 35.675 (4th place)
  

4th in the All-Around competition

Preparing for uneven bars

Flying high

On the high bar

Perfect finish

Noelle and Sarah from United Elite

Practicing for balance beam

Handstand on balance beam

Noelle and her coach - John

Noelle's final scores

5 Metals!!

Jewell's Picturesque (but Fraudulent) Marketing Material

Misty and I went to undergraduate school at a great little liberal arts college in Liberty, Missouri called William Jewell College.  I  loved my time at WJC.  In fact, Noelle was named after WJC (Noelle Jewell Helms).  

Tonight I got a card from William Jewell asking for a donation.  The front of the card contained a beautiful picture of the quad - a little too beautiful.  Can you tell why this picture is clearly a fake? 

* You don't need to know anything about WJC to find the answer.  Post a comment if you figure it out.

Brittany Gets Another A

Brittany made the A-team in basketball at Cain Middle School. She plays point-guard. Her team had their first game last night - a tough 2 point loss to Ereckson Middle School (from Allen, Texas). Brittany had 6 points and played well. I expect that they will get stronger as the year goes on.

Jr.'s Baseball Stats for the Fall

Shawn Jr. plays baseball for the Dallas Colts.  The Fall season started in August and is getting ready to end.  Shawn has enjoyed the season.  The team has improved and he had one of his better seasons at the plate.  During the Fall is batting statistics were as follows:

• At Bats:  44
  
• Batting Average:  .500
  
• On-Base %:  .589
  
• Hits:  22
  
• RBIs:  15
  
• Strike Outs: 7
  
• Slugging %: .591
  
• Runs: 24