Columbus, Ohio

Taylor had a gymnastics meet in Columbus, Ohio this psat weekend. We left on Friday morning, it is a 6-7 hour drive depending on weather. We had great weather so it was a nice drive. We went to dinner and let the kids play in the pool for a while to get rid of some extra energy!! Taylor's competition was for 8:00 am. During the night she started with a fever and wasnt feeling so well by morning. We asked her if she would like to skip the meet. Her answer was a definite NO!!! We gave her some motrin and cough medicine and headed over to the meet. It turned out of the 13 girls on her team, only 3 were feeling okay, the rest was not feeling so hot. Taylor's best friend on the team, Chelsea, was so sick, she didnt even come to the competition. She stayed back at the hotel for the weekend. Bummer! Everyone else had the vomitting thing going on, thank goodness Taylor's was only her normal asthma stuff. Taylor ended up doing quite well in spite of her not feeling well. She competed against 24 other girls in her age group. She got 2nd in beam, 4th in floor, 5th all around, 10th in vault, and 11th in bars. We had planned to stay an extra day so that kids could go to COSI - Columbus Ohio Science Institute, they have been wanting to go there again. We decided it would be better to get Taylor home in case she got worse. We took her to the doctor today, she has an ear and sinus infection along with her junky cough. The doctor put her on a broad spectrum antibiotic to clear it all up! She has been laying around all day today. Hopefully, she will be back to her normal self soon. Taylor is now done with competitions till the 20th of March. We get a little break, it will seem nice. It is a lot of fun going to watch her compete but I know it takes a lot out of her.

Growing, growing, and growing.....

It's official, Cameron has now passed Taylor in the height department. Cameron has went on a growing spurt the past couple weeks. He is really excited. He has been waiting for this forever.:-) His next goal is to pass mom. I have a few years, I think....
Taylor isnt to happy but knew it was inevitable. It is so much fun watching them grow and develop. They are great kids!

We Are Penn State!!!

Taylor and Cameron (in the back ground) in front of Beaver Stadium.

Taylor and Cameron with Joe Paterno ( Joe Pa)

Taylor showing off her medals that she won along with the team trophy award.

Taylor had a gymnastics meet today in State College, home of Penn State University. The meet was held by the Nittany Gymnastics Team. Taylor did really good job competing as did her team mates. They won the team award beating the 2nd place team by 5 points!! Taylor placed in each event. She placed 5th in vault and floors, 4th in Bars, 2nd in beam and 4 th all-around!!! YeA!!

Before the meet started, the kids wanted to see Beaver Stadium in person. They watch all the games on TV and was curious about seeing it live. Taylor wasnt so impressed upon seeing it. The kids thought they were going to get to go inside the stadium. Oh well....

After Taylors meet, we went to Recreation Hall and watched the Penn State Gymnastics team compete. Penn State won that meet also! We all had a great time.