Last Cheer Competition...



The weekend of April 17th through 19th, we headed to Destin for Anna Lauren's last cheer competition of the season...

 

Anna Lauren and Ava ready for Day 1 of competition...

I looked over and saw my mom like this and couldn't resist taking her picture.  We had great seats...but...it was so loud!

All smiles as they are ready to do what they love...

Couldn't have asked them to have a better routine day 1...no deductions!  Ended day 1 of competition in 1st place!

There was a "little" break in the rain Saturday afternoon so we played on the beach.  Cooper LOVES the beach so he was having a blast!

Anna Lauren was having fun with some of the other girls from the gym...

Due to the rain, we moved to the pool so we could sit under the umbrella while they swam.

This trip was fun because Anna Lauren got to play with lots of different girls...

Anna Lauren and Izzy...she loves Izzy, who was her flyer last year.  She has for sure missed basing her this year.

Cannot go swimming without this happening...

Anna Lauren, Ava, and Emma ready for day 2...

 

Sweet friends...

Here they go...need a perfect routine to keep their 1st place.  I took a few pictures but not many...I wanted to really watch this routine!

Acting silly waiting on awards to start...

They did it...1st place...champions!  Oh so exciting!

Putting on her jacket...

And these hard workin' mat stompin' rountine killin' athletes are champions!

I wish I could have put all this excitement in a bottle to keep forever...it was so much fun!

Cooper just wanted to take the surf board home...

We could not be more proud of Anna Lauren and how extremely hard she has worked this year.  Hours and hours of practice and NEVER complains and then comes home and wants to tumble more.  So much fun to watch your child do something they love!

Matt's 37th Birthday...

On April 14th, we celebrated Matt's 37th birthday...

 



Cannot celebrate a birthday at our house without the "traditional" balloons and donuts for breakfast..

The birthday boy likes donuts with sprinkles so his donut cake was more colorful than the rest of ours...

Cooper obviously thought singing happy birthday was a lot of fun...

Cooper's turn to blow out the candles...

Now Daddy's turn...

Pretending to be excited about a gift card to get shoes to wear with his new suit...

Matt and I had a birthday lunch date at one of our most favorite places...Keifer's.  Then...after cheer, we headed to Lost Pizza for dinner.

This is real life...this is what we look like 99% of the time!

Loved having our "adopted" child celebrate Matt's birthday with us...

T-Ball Game #2...

This morning Cooper had his second t-ball game...it was a beautiful morning at the baseball field, Pop Pop and MeMe came to watch, and he loved every minute of getting dirty (I mean playing t-ball).