Rachel Cheerleading

This is one of my favorite pics. Mostly because we actually got one of one of her stunts. She moves too fast to get too many pics during stunts and tumbling. This was at a competition earlier this year in Utah. Rachel is so small but really tight from ballet that she gets to be a flyer. I've had mixed feelings about that as mom. They had a barrel toss (she was the toss) in their routine but she was dropped (on the soft mats at practice) and decided she didn't want to risk it on the hard gym floor during performance. Her coach commented that they wouldn't be able to get another girl at this age to be able to do the stunt, that Rachel had really mature strength and timing abilities.

Rachel loves cheer leading. She has had fun performing at local high school halftimes. Here they are opening for the Eastern Idaho Competition a few weeks ago. These pics are dark, we need a new flash bulb for our camera. She is the one in front on the first row.