Cheer, Cheer, and MORE Cheer!

Well, it's the middle of February already. Things have been busy since my last post. Carissa has been at 2 competitions since then. At the local one they didn't have anyone in their division, so they took first. The exciting news is that at the most recent competition they DID have competition. They won! It's the first time in the 2 years she's been with this squad that they've taken first in a competition where they had someone to compete against. Usually they have someone in their division "cheering down," which means they compete a level lower than they should to win. It's like cheating. This time both teams were pretty equally matched, and our girls won! They also got jackets, to which Carissa promptly declared, "It's hideous." It's not THAT bad - it's a little windbreaker with "National Champions" screenprinted on the back. Well, next weekend is Atlanta and the biggest competition of our season. I'll post again about cheer after that.