Cienna got a great opportunity to see the Broadway show "Mean Girls" with some of her FLA friends at the Segromstrom! Meanwhile Mommy and Kaylee went to Sierra and Robbie's Baby shower at the Bakx. Later that evening we all got to go to the Marshalls for a BBQ where the girls all made a very interesting cake for dessert. The next day while Dad started brewing for Brewfest Mom went to Coach Kristen's baby shower even though her healthy premi twins have already arrived! It had the biggest variety of food that Mom have ever seen at any buffet ever. That evening the girls were still on the baking kick and made a delicious Chocolate Strawberry cake only because we had left over frosting to use.
Cienna got 1st all around in her 2nd high school competition against St. Josephs the day before Mom's Birthday which she filled in for Coach George at gymnastics practice and got to share with birthday buddy Francesca. The next day Cienna's Symphonic Winds competed in their annual high school competition and continued their over a decades worth of first place finishes!
Next up was the girls State Competition. It was at the OC Fairgrounds. It was a fun and long weekend with all the girls at different sessions throughout. After a long day we did not make it to Larry's 80th party but certainly thought about him and enjoyed the texts and photos!
Morning after competition Kaylee and Cienna helped to plan an impromptu Nerf gun War at the gym. George and Lisa's sons and friends left their nerf toys and pellets there for the girls to use. Almost all of their teammates were able to make it. They had so much fun doing something different in their gymnastics center!
Cienna had a Jazz performance at school before coming to gym and celebrating Coach George's Birthday by all the optionals surprising, dressing up and acting like him at the end of practice : ) We had dentist appts. and eye appts. with a new Optometrist that went well before Cienna's 3rd High School Competition against Lakewood at her home gymnastics Center! Kaylee supported Frankie at one of her Softball games after practice that Friday night!
While Cienna went to Pita's color pop tutu roller skating party ending in a sleepover, The 3 Musketeers got together for a sleepover at our house. Everyone had a good time. The next morning Cienna took her bike to keep mom company on her run. The following week Cienna had her last High School meet. She did amazing through the entire High School season. Always finishing in 1st place in one or more events if not All Around! Finals took place at her school and it was a great way to end the week before the start of Spring Break.
The girls both made plans for the first day. Cienna spent time at Julia's making Blueberry ice cream and relaxing watching movies. Kaylee went to the Stranger Things Experience with her close group of school friends for Frankie's 13th Birthday party! The following day was family time prepping for Easter. Lots of egg decorating and treat making. Finished the Front yard bark and planting. We also got to start the stay with Lula as our house guest for a few days!
We started Easter morning with a movie in bed all together before seeing what the was hiding for them in the Living Room! They had fun on the hunt and we held off on breakfast, but instead took a short bike ride/walk before heading over to the Snow's for another magnificent buffet style brunch! So much food and fun including another egg hunt for the kids. We then did a longer bike ride/walk together to work out all the delicious food we had.
Mom and Dad had to work during Spring Break but the girls enjoyed some relaxing time together and chose to even increase their gymnastics practice times. Kaylee also took the time to work hard on her ELA Novel project to go over and beyond the requirements of the assignment! Then the day mom had off they asked to go to the gym in the morning with Clara for the three of them to practice together in an empty gym. Perks of Mom having a key and being a coach. Those three were also the only ones to come to regular practice on Friday before the Regionals competition in Reno that weekend. Unfortunately Cienna hurt her hand right at the beginning of practice but decided if she is going to be hurt she needs to be able to do routines that way for the competition that weekend. Mom told her she doesn't, but she did.
Then 6am the next morning we were off on a flight from LAX to RNO. Mom and the girls were so happy to be traveling with Clara and her mom, Kristen. We got a ride to the airport, thanks Rocky, and had an easy travel to Reno. The flight ended with the girls talking to the pilot and getting to sit in the cockpit. Just a glimpse of all the fun things to come. Next was the rental car. Wasn't supposed to be the plan, but the girls talked their way into a super cool jeep with no extra charge!
Because awesome things happen. The Natal's happen to have a soccer tournament the same weekend in Reno! Even more, both June and Grace had a game at the same time at the same location at nearby fields at the exact time that we had to watch! It was really amazing to be able to watch them play! We even got to see Grace score. Next we headed to support KC for her competition. The 5 of us then went to Red Robin for dinner before meeting up again with the Natals at the Grand Sierra Resort for Frozen Yogurt. We were exhausted from the day and had an early competition and went straight to bed!
A little early for an 8am competition Cienna and Clara were ready... maybe a little tired, but excited. Cienna was a bit nervous about her hand, but she her goal was to do all events the best she could. She did that and more! She had a walk of finish on her last event. Decided to do one Yurchenko flip and nailed it. No second vault needed. It was great to have Cienna and Clara in the same session! Next was Francesca and Kiera's turn. We stayed to support and again, they were very successful. We then finally actually got to check out the hotel we were staying at. FYI we happen to be staying at "The Nugget". We spent a little time at the pool/hot tub before heading to dinner at BJ's. Thanks to Dad's rewards all the girls enjoyed the pizzookie Trio! Afterward the girls all had fun hanging in the hotel rooms and doing some cool camera activities.
We all went to bed a little later knowing that we could actually sleep in the next morning... or not. Not going to go into major detail, but the super loud and obnoxious alarm in the next room started going off at 5am. Didn't turn off, so front desk was called, little was done, security couldn't go in the room since it was "occupied." Had a few trips to the front desk over the following hour, asked to sleep in another room, got into a room, but then our stuff needed to be packed up to bring to the other room. So to sum it up.. didn't get the sleep we wanted however Cienna did do her first period class online. Got $30 (1 1/2 lunches) in a not great hotel restaurant. Spent a good morning with friends and an easy afternoon flight home to the Long Beach Airport!
Daddy picked us all up and then, of course, since they missed school that day, we headed straight to gymnastics practice. Through the adventure in Reno, Daddy got a bunch of stuff done for the home! Outside and Inside, fixing and cleaning all that needed to be done! He also had some fun on the BBQ, getting a Ribeye which he said was and we definitely believe him was delicious! The puppies surely enjoyed his time and attention as well! Kaylee even made sure to facetime him for each of Cienna's competition events! He was able to be there virtually in real time!
Everyone together in their own beds made for a good night sleep before an early morning of school the next day!
The drive, triumph, creativity, humanity
... simply AMAZING!
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