It's True

I now have a myspace. So does my kid, but her's is set to private. You also have to have a myspace to see my myspace. If you do, I'm at http://www.myspace.com/kcz Come be my friend!

It's pretty cool!

A New Do!

Carissa decided she wanted shorter hair. She actually decided this during cheer season, but because she had to put her hair up in a VERY high ponytail, we had to wait. About a month ago we went to get it all cut off, but the lady was a little conservative and didn't take enough off. She probably cut about 4 inches off of it, but Carissa wanted about 8 inches off! We went this Friday to have her hair relaxed again, and Carissa got the haircut she's been wanting. She is very excited, and it looks really cute!

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All Dressed Up

Carissa was invited to a birthday party this weekend that required that she dress up. We had to go buy a dress (and shoes, and accessories, of course) for her since she didn't have one. She looked great!

West Orange Habitat For Humanity 5K

Carissa was invited to run in a 5K this Saturday in Oakland, which is in west Orange County near the Lake County line. Sarah's dad has helped organize this event for a couple of years. Since the county track meet was cancelled this weekend, Carissa decided to participate. She spent the night at Sarah's, and they got up at 6am to get to the race on time to help Sarah's dad set up. At race time, Sarah's dad ran with Sarah and Carissa for the first mile and a half. They were doing well, so he left them to themselves. Carissa finished in 31 minutes and 26 seconds! She did great - especially since it was her first race. The most exciting news is that Carissa won 1st place for her age group, 12 and under! There was only one other kid there in her age group, but at least it wasn't a 6 year old or something. The other kid was an 11 year old girl. Congrats, Carissa!

A New Gym, A New Team!

Carissa had tryouts this week. She did AMAZING! She landed her standing tuck (a back flip in the air from a standing position), had great running tumbling and jumps, and solid stunting. The results were posted on Wednesday and she made a senior team! The girls are a little bit older than she is, as they can be up to age 18 on a senior team, but I trust that the coach/owner Brian knows what he's doing and knows Carissa. He was her coach at the old cheer gym for two years. Each squad at the gym has a nickname so they don't have to be referred to as "Senior All-Girl level 4," etc. The gym decided to go with a baseball theme, and each squad has a different baseball team for a nickname. Carissa is on the Dodgers.

We're very excited and glad that we made the decision that we did. Everything is very positive and running smoothly with the transition of the two gyms combining.

Yes, there will be a parent team, too. The team nickname is "The Old Milwaukee Brewers." hahaha! I like it! My dad's favorite beer was Old Milwaukee. It makes me think of him. =)

New Cheer Gym!

What an exciting and stressful couple of weeks with cheerleading! A new gym opened up in town, and 2 of the coaches from our gym decided to go over there. The bad thing is they didn't tell the owners of our gym until the day before they left! It was very ugly. So our gym's owners got a little nervous because so many kids were going to the new gym, wanted to make sure their business would continue to be successful, and decided to merge with the local rival - OFC. It's been tough on everyone. It really divided our old gym. Probably more than 1/2 of the kids went to the new gym with the coaches (called Cheer House) because OFC had a pretty bad reputation at one point. Several people didn't want to go there because of that. We're trusting the owners of MAC and hoping for the best. So farewell MAC All-Stars. We are now Orlando All-Stars. Be Ready.

Steve is 42!

Today was Steve's 42nd birthday! We had to go to Carissa's track meet and she also had cheer tryouts. We bought Steve a bunch of Spiderman stuff and he also bought some recording equipment to use for his summer job. He's pretty excited about it. He said he had a good day.

Happy Birthday, Honey!