Mary has three best friends on her cheer team, and I am great friends with their moms, so we all decided to go together.
It was so much fun!!!
Alina's mom, Kelly, had a timeshare that we stayed at. It was really, really nice. We had two fully furnished kitchens, 4 bedrooms, two living rooms, and a really nice pool and hot tub as well. It was awesome!
It was a two day competition. The first day the girls did amazing! They loved being on the huge stage with all of the lights and the big sound system.
It got them so excited and pumped. They held every stunt, and they were all in sync for the dance and their jumps. The girls were so excited! It put them in a great place going in to day 2.
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| Mary and Laynee warming up |
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| "stretching" |
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| Team Black Ridge on the warm up mat |
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| Mary and Laynee |
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| Mary and Alina |
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| Nailed their stunt!!! Mary is the top left flyer. |
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| Coaches: Tausha, Christina and Amber |
Unfortunately, day 2 wasn't so great. They had to make some changes the night before, and they treated Mary and a few other girls very unfairly with the changes. It ended up hurting the team, and was a big source of frustration for Mary and I and a few others. This was something that had been happening already, and was getting really old.
A stunt fell the second competition day, and the girl that fell, pulled down the girl next to her. It was the stunt Mary should have been in, and has always held solid in. She was not it that stunt on this day, and it proved to hurt the team. It was a tough pill to swallow, and a big lesson learned for the coaches, unfortunately, it was learned at the expense of the team and to Mary.
The girls were pretty upset, and Mary was bummed, but it actually didn't really ruin the trip. Mary is a great kid, and she held her chin up and didn't complain when things were unfair, and when it greatly hurt her and her team. She is a team player and she was willing to put herself and her hurt feeling aside in order to pump up her team, smile, and not cause drama. I was so proud of her for her grace and her good character that she showed. I, on the other hand, was ready to rip someone's head off. Mary held me back...but my word...argh!!!!
We were having so much fun with our little group, that it was easy for the girls to get over their disappointment and just have a good time.
We walked all up and down the strip, shopped our hearts out, ate a ton of yummy food, explored lots of the hotels/casinos, and ate the best cupcakes and cake pops we have ever had.
Mary, Alina, Laynee and Hadley got along really well, and had an absolute blast. Kelly, Mandy, Krista and I had just as much fun.
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| Team bowling party |
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| the Coke store |
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| the M&M store |
It was such a great trip for us girls. I loved having that time with Mary where we could just have fun. She is an amazing athlete, and it was fun to watch her compete and do something that she loves.
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