i love CAMP! (cheer camp part 2)

Ok, this was the BEST day at camp!! We always have one day at camp to wear whatever colors we want- just to break up the one million red white and black tshirts in our closets! So as I was looking around for some fun, different shirts I ended up looking at some blogs I read....and found THE PERFECT shirts for camp!! My sweet online friend,   Wynne is adopting a sweet little boy from Ethiopia and naming him CAMP!!!! How precious! and was selling these shirts to help raise money for the adoption. I knew right away we must wear these!!

 I mean seriously, how cute are these!! My girls loved them and LOVED the story behind them!

 So we get to the morning rally and give a shirt to all 4 of our buddy counselors! They immediately put them on and wore them for the rest of the day!! Cameron (below) wanted to know all about them so we start telling him the story. And then....he has all 64 FWC Cheerleaders stand up so all 450 campers can see our shirts and then asks the girls to tell everyone what they're about!! It was the coolest thing!

 3 of our buddies wearing CAMP shirts!

 We wore them all day around the TCU campus and I cannot tell you how many people asked us about them! At some point in the day I started handing out notebook paper "business cards"! So many of the staff and other schools wanted to go to the website and order shirts too!!

It was such a blessing to get to wear these and get to talk about a sweet little boy who will soon be home with his forever family! AND after she had made these shirts they found out that they actually get to adopt TWO sweet kids! Camp now has a sister... Asher! We cannot wait to watch this story unfold and see these 2 precious children come home!! As a squad, we will be praying for them and will all celebrate the day they get to be with their mommy and daddy!

CHEER CAMP 2012!!

Just got home from an amazing week at TCU for NCA Cheer Camp! All 4 squads did wonderful, improved in so many things and bonded as teams! It was not all without a hitch but we took all the obstacles and ran right through them! And, of course, I took a million pictures to document it all!:)

 Just gonna warn you right now- there are 26 pictures in this post:)

JV was abandoned by me for a time while I had to deal with some varsity injuries- they just kept right on going and didn't miss a beat- so proud of these girls!!

 Practicing hard all day, every day. I spotted these cutie 7th graders practicing their motions on the way to dinner:)

 I am so blessed by this Varsity and JV- they are all amazing sweet girls and I just love them!

 Above: 8th grade   Below: Jr. Varsity

 Shirley's the best! We had a great time together! I'm loving my hair and bow exclusively done by miss Kelsey!- thank you very much!

 Just a few pics of some serious talent:) Ok- one is my daughter but she seriously rocked it at camp!

 Tianti and Marlee- both GREAT flyers and learned so much at camp- we're going to have some fun stunts this year!

 8th grade friends!

 This is Chandler trying out for All American! She did SO good!

 (8th)

 (Varsity)

 (JV)

 She got All American!!! SO proud of you Chandler!!

And of course there were some wonderful moments and events at camp that took my breath away to see the Lord working in powerful ways! The BEST day at camp was "I LOVE CAMP" day- seriously God is awesome and we had a lot of fun witnessing Him move and stir some hearts at camp- those pictures and stories are coming tomorrow!!! I can't WAIT to show them!!

DON'T JUST GO...GO XTREME!!

We had an exciting weekend around here! Chandler competed in the NCA National Championship in Dallas!! She did GREAT!!! We had so much fun and we were exhausted but it was all worth it!:)

 Her and her teammates have worked so hard all year, been to several competitions, and have given it their all each and every practice! And it all came down to 2 minutes and 30 seconds on that blue mat. They rocked it!

 She is the last one on the right:)

 After the first day they were in 1st place....now we just had to go back out on the second day and do it again- and they did! It got down to the first and second place teams on the mat waiting for the final awards.....

 1ST PLACE- SPIRIT XTREME COURAGE!!!!!

So much fun! They presented us with the trophy and banner and then....it was off to the "jacket room"

 I love this picture of her! She was so excited!

 And of course we can't stop stunting:))

We spent about 7 hours there the first day and 12 hours the second so Grami needs a shout out for all her support!!

Chandler and I love when Grami comes!! KayKay also came as well as 2 uncles, an aunt, and 2 cousins! She is well loved:)
When we came home the boys had a surprise for her....they had decorated the house, made signs and bought her roses:) SO SWEET!

 (they were already "technically" in bed but got to come down when we got home- hence the blankets:))

 A competition we will never forget!!