Lizzie's 1st Gymnastics Meet!

Well, Saturday was Lizzie's very first real gymnastics meet! She is on the team at Gold Medal Gymnastics, Level 4, and they compete against girls at other gyms that are the same level and the same age on the bars, beam, floor and vault. Lizzie is brand-new on the team, and has only recently learned the beam and floor routines, so she was very very brave to do this! Her coach, Amanda Borden, was right there with her the whole time, cheering her on, and helping her remember when to salute the judges and things like that. The rest of the family was there, too, cheering her on and video-taping everything! WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER!!
Her best event was the vault - she scored a 7.8 (it's really good for her first time!), and we were impressed that she even did the beam because she just learned the routine last week. She had planned on "scratching" that event, but decided to go ahead and do it anyway. I wish you all could have seen the beautiful dismount she did off the beam - she held a handstand strong and firm, then jumped off and stuck her landing!
She'll have several more chances this fall to compete, and we're excited for her - especially now that we know how this all works!