Girl Scout Bronze Award

 We planned and created a Mary Garden including planting all the plants, building an outdoor lending library, and adding decorations. 

 Getting my Bronze award: The 3rd highest award in girl scouts.

 Ribbon cutting

 Bronze Award

 Dad designed and helped us build the library box

 With my troop

 New Bronze award recipients

 Dad playing artist

 Our journey

My awards

Nike Basketball Camp

 Waiting for camp. It was exhausting!

 I'm in gray

 Toward the very back

 Waiting to rebound

Queen City Invitational

 Shot Put--Not my best day, but I still threw 19'6.75" and did a full spin!

 Starting my spin

 Finishing it and earning a silver medal

 Discus

 I out threw all the 11-12 girls and all but one of the 11-12 boys with a throw of 52'6".

 Javelin was my 2nd best throw for the year at 60'9" (2nd place was 35'4"). I beat all but one of the boys, too. 

With Long Jump coach James Coleman. One of his athletes just won the Pan Am Games Decathlon, Yariel Soto. I trained on high jump with Yariel last year, so that is super cool.

USATF Junior Olympic Regional (5) Championship Meet

 Part of my team, Northwest track. A lot were missing because of the holiday week.

 Six of our 12 coaches including dad.

 Heading to Olivet Michigan for Regionals

 Ready to kick off the day with Gabby Jones & Jennell Horn. The competition included the top 6 in each event from Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

 With Coach Derrick.

 Imitating discus, shot put, and javelin.

 Mom's favorite picture from the weekend

 Not my best day in javelin, but I placed 3rd with a throw of 55'7"

 Hamming it up, because parents were not allowed to take video or pictures during the competition

 Sarah Price, Gabby Jones, and me

 I'm wearing a 4th place medal, but I placed 3rd according the the final meet results.

 Sarah placed 2nd (58'6"), Gabby placed 6th (46'4"), and I placed 3rd (55'7")

 Shot put finalists. I made the finals, but didn't qualify for Nationals in it. You needed to place in the top 5. I placed 8th with a throw of 19'6.25".  Gabby won regionals (29'9.25"), Jennell took 3rd(27'9.5"), and Sarah took 6th (21'4.75").

 With our day 1 medals: Gabby 1st in Shot put, Sarah 2nd in Javelin, Jennell 3rd in Shot put, and me 3rd in Javelin.

Jennell, Gabby, Alyia, and me. Throwers who play together qualify for Nationals together.

 Alyia Roberts(she is a year older and qualified in javelin), me, Gabby, Sarah, and Jennell.

 With Coach Dad. All 5 of us made Nationals in a total of 9 events. We dominated regionals!

 Meet Loftus, our throwing chicken. Got a lot of strange looks, but when we did so well, everyone wanted one. 

 Throwing discus. 

 Getting my 5th place medal in discus

 Kyla Bedel(5th--51'8"), Jennell Horn(4th--54'4"), Sarah Price(3rd--56'1"), Gabby Jones(2nd--58'4")

 Ready to head to Nationals!

Thanks Olivet College!

Happy 43rd Birthday, Dad!

 He got wood

 and Loftus, the rubber chicken

 and an ice cream cake