Our Little Gymnast

Ashley, our youngest niece, has the perfect little build for a gymnast. Nathan has been saying for the last few years that she needs to start gymnastics and I guess my sister thought so too! Ashley has been in gymnastics for several months and she really seems to enjoy it! Ashley has always been fearless. As a toddler, she would stand at the edge of the pool and while in mid-air, she would yell, "Catch me, Aunt Nickie!" She knew that I would and she didn't even worry about going under water. When she walks, she barely touches the ground. She kind of floats and skips a few inches above the sidewalk. She loves for her Uncle Nathan to throw her high in the air. She loves for her dad to hoist her up toward the sky in the swimming pool. She's a gutsy little girl! It's no different on the balance beam, uneven bars, vault and floor. I went to her first meet and she did great!

Here's Lacey, me and Ashley right before the meet began...
Here's Ashley on the uneven bars. She got a first place ribbon!
Here she is on the balance beam. She got a 2nd place ribbon!
I couldn't get close enough to take pictures of her floor routine or of her on the vault but she got 1st on floor and 2nd on vault.
Congrats, Ashley! I'm so proud of you!!