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Heyy I just wanted to let you know...well if you've been watching my videos, I have been having quite a hard time with free-hip to handstand. We decided to take a few privates with a different coach. This time I had a private with Mr. Don. I think that he really helped me. We did this drill where he puts a mat laying against the high bar. I would put my feet on the mat and do free hip. This helps you with keeping your shoulders back when you go for free-hip. I was actually hitting a handstand and staying real tight. Below there's a video of the drill I was doing, to help explain it a little better.





~~~Majesta~~~

AQUAFINA TEAM CHALLANGE

Wow did I have a big weekend! It started out on Friday night... we drove down to Connecticut, which was about three and a half hours (talk about long time!). I got settled in and started walking around with the girls from my team. We had lots of fun but I thought that at 12:30 it was time for me to go to bed. I got up at about 8:00am the next morning (Saturday) to eat breakfast, I had it with my teammate Bailey. After that we went to the meet. I got there early so I watched some of the session before me. When our competition started, I found out that I started on bars...nerve wrecking much? I ended up actually doing free-hip on high-bar (yay me!!) and my routine was pretty good, for me, (I though anyways)......My score was an 8.45...and I came in 6th place. Next was beam, I just got new beam shoes and I didn't get to try them out on the beam before this meet. Oh well! Well I stuck my routine and got a 9.425 which took 1st place. Then was floor, I liked it. I thought that I had a pretty solid routine and I got a 9.125 (surprisingly that didn't even take a place!). And finally was vault, The landing was pretty hard and it hurt my ankles but I dealt with it, my score for that was a 9.15 and I came in 3rd place. In all around I ended up getting 3rd place with a 36.15. What a big day!!

That night we ended up back at the meet for level 9 & 10 event finals. Lauren (vault & floor), Haley (beam) & Mia (beam) qualified for the finals. Lauren got second place on floor, she won a video ipod. Great job to all!!!

It's not over though!! I qualified for event finals which were held the next day. Which meant we had to stay another night.... yippee!!(not!!) I qualified on beam...DUH! Well I had a lot of time to warm up but somehow I forgot to warm up front walkover... I did it anyways... I stuck my routine but got a low score of 8.9..... :'( I thought that I should have gotten better than that but oh well! It still got me third place which was a Vera Bradley Bag. I really wanted second place so I could have gotten the video ipod but..... things happen for a reason...
Well keep checking out the blog and leave lots of comments!!! =]
I'll try to post as much as possible!!
See ya later!!


~Majesta

SPRING FLOWER BULBS FUNDRAISER

Hi Everyone!

Majesta is selling Spring Flower Bulbs to support our gymnastics gym. Some of the profits from the sale will be put into her account at the gym to help pay for coach's fees, meets and etc... If you are interested, they are listed below. All of the Bulbs are $5.00 each.
You could contact me via email (KristieNix@aol.com) for payment. If you are paying by check, make check payable to "KMCGAPO".
All items will arrive the first week in April. All monies and order must be received by 2/29/08.
Thanks for your support!
Maria (Majesta's Mom)

A-Two Tone Hanging Begonia Garden
(annual) Grows beautifully in shady and sheltered places. Each kit includes
6" hanging basket, hanger, bulb and special potting soil (basket may differ from style shown).
Bloom all summer and fall, 18" tall
complete kit

B-Hanging Strawberry Garden
(perennial) For indoor or patio use. Kit contains 6" hanging basket, hanger, three virus-free plants and special potting soil. Lush foliage in 10 days; fruit in sixty days.
Blooms spring and summer before fruit, 10" tall
complete kit


C--Fancy Leaf Caladium

(annual) Splendid array of red, white, pink and green foliage with color contrasted leaf edging. Perfect in pots and groups. Bulbs need warmth to start growing.
August - September bloom, 10" - 12" tall
3 bulbs

D - Crocosmia Lucifer
(annual) Searing red flowers on wiry tems make this an ideal selection for borders and cut flowers. Hummingbirds love them!
July - September bloom, 24" - 36" tall bush
8 bulbs

E-Spectacular Gladiolus

(annual) Stately blooms in dazzling multi-colord assortment.
Bloom 90 days after planting, 4' - 5' tall
14 bulbs

F-Hosta

(perennial) Shade lilies, dramatic variegated foliage with bell-shaped flowers on graceful stalks. Stunning! Low maintenance border. Hardy.
Late summer bloom, foliage in spring, 18" - 32" bush
one plant

G-New Tiger Lilies

(annual) Exotic beauties of rich colors with curled and delicately dotted petals of red, white, yellow or pink. Vigorous growth of 15 to 20 flowers on each stem
July - September bloom, 3' - 4' tall
3 bulbs

H-Everbearing Strawberry Plants

(perennial) The best available virus-free plants! Large, red juicy berries throughout summer.
Blooms spring and summer before fruit, 10" tall
10 plants

I-Stargazer Lilies

(perennial) Strikingly beautiful blooms of fuchsia color, dramatic shape and pleasing fragrance. Hardy growth, excellent cut flowers!
July - September bloom, 25" - 30" tall
2 bulbs

J-Blazing Stars

(perennial) Very attractive rosy purple spikes. The stems are covered with a grass-like foliage of dark green. They grow well in poor soil. A very desirable plant for tall borders.
August - September bloom, 4' - 5' tall
12 bulbs

K-Anemone De Caen

(annual) Graceful pink star-like flowers blooming all summer long. Ideal for pots and planters.
Bloom throughout summer, 6" - 8" tall
18 bulbs

L-Elf Lilies
(perennial) NEW dwarf (ELF) lilies, ideal for pots, planters and borders in the garden. They have colorful and fragrant characteristics. You will be bery pleased and delighted with these NEW miniatures.
July - September bloom, 16" tall

3 bulbs

M-Mini Amaryllis

(annual) Graceful pink star-like flowers blooming all summer long. Ideal for pots and planters.
Bloom throughout summer, 6" - 8" tall
18 bulbs

N-Peacock Orchids
(annual) Hold on to summer with this sweet-scented late bloomer! Elegant, creamy-white 4" flowers accented with prominent purple centers on sturdy stems.
July to October bloom, 24" - 36" tall
18 bulbs



O-Bleeding Heart
(perennial) Romantic favorite from Victorian gardens with arching branches and delicate "HEART" flowers. Extremely vigorous.
May - June bloom, 2' - 3' tall shrub
one plant

P -Camelia Begonia

(annual) An abundance of full, double blooms in rich array of colors. Excellent for containers; requires adequate moisture.
Bloom all summer into fall, 6" - 8" tall
3 bulb

Q--Daylilly Stella D'Oro

(Star of Gold; perennial) Dwarf variety produces an abundance of golden-yellow bell shaped flowers with dark green foliage. Earliest, longest-blooming of all daylilies. SPECTACULAR!
Bloom all summer long, 18" tall
one plant


R - Persian Buttercups
(perennial) Delicately flaked blooms in a wide array of colors make these sturdy stemmed beauties ideal for both planters and borders. A favorite of florists!
May - July bloom, 12" - 15" tall 9 bulbs

Parkettes Invitational

OMG!!!
Well, I have to say that yesterday was a pretty rough day! It started out when we were driving there... you see, my mom thought it was at the school so we went there....wrong place!! Then we were driving around for the longest time (got directions from someone at Parkettes, they told us a wrong turn, ended up in Bethlehem). We finally got there about ten minutes before march in, I missed march in and kept warming up. We started on beam, I was the last one. I have to say just one thing about the beams, they felt awfully weird. They were like peeling and all old! Well anyway... as I started to compete on the beam, I did back walkover back tuck and fell. Then I also fell on switch leg leap... I got a beam burn all down my left leg. I ended my routine with an 8.15 and didn't place. After that, my knee hurt so I went to the person who helps you when your hurt and she gave me ice and wrapped prewrap around my knee to stop the pain. Then was floor, I was ok with this event. The floor was really springy and I liked it. I did my routine and got an 8.925 and got 6th place. Next was vault, my practices weren't really good and I got to do one tsuk before competition. In competition, I stuck one and touched the mat on the other one. I got a 9.225 with a 1st place. Last was bars, amazingly, I got a 9.1 with 5th place.
In all around I got a 35.4 with 4th place.
Well that was my meet!!

~Majesta~