Time to be crafty....lol

So, Peyton had to make a box for her "cheer sister" on her school squad.  This box is to keep their apparel and other junk in.  I think it turned out great!

PCIS CHEERLEADER!!!!!!!!

A BIG HUGE CONGRATS to our Miss P for making the PCIS football and competition cheerleading squads!!! You will do great and I love you!! I am very proud of you, P!!!!

If you are out and about...

on Veterans Parkway in the next month....right before you get to Gold's Gym (across from Old Moon Road, right past B.Merrel's) there is a huge billboard and it has Peyton's squad on it! It is congratulating them for winning the International All-Levels Championship! It will be up for a month.

Note: If you are looking at billboard, Peyton is the last girl on the right standing up!

And the results are in.....

In previous posts I told y'all about how Peyton's team, The Balled Pythons went to the International All Levels Championship and they cam in 2nd but the video of their performance would be sent out to other judges all over and the final tally from all the judges would decide the winner....well.......United Balled Pythons placed FIRST in their division!!! YAY Girls!!!! Nice way to end their 2009 season! (just found this out yesterday!)

Oh, and did I mention that we have ALREADY started practice for the 2009-2010 season...ummm.yeah......we have....started Tuesday.......only had a 3week break......big fun!

FYI.....

I will be posting more about the trip when I have a bit more time...especially the ride to PCB in which I was coerced by one Mrs. Sonya Whitmer to bring her hubby, Mr. George Whitmer down with me.....WOW what a ride!!!! LOL....LOL

and then the ride home....the AWFUL weather, driving in the pitch black, just me and my child....at 11:00 at night WHEN THE STORMS WERE HITTING!!!!

Check back.....hopefully will be posted soon.....

We are DONE for the season!!!!!!!!!

So we went to Panama City Beach to UCA Nationals held on the beach at the Edgewater Resort this past weekend....not a bad way to finish off a season of cheer considering they actually put the stage up on the beach and you get to sit out in the sand with your cooler and watch cheering all day. However, I have found that the mojito is now my new favorite drink! The girls finished off their season with yet another FIRST PLACE WIN!!! GO UBP!!!

My sister, Mother and nephews went down with us and all had a great time! Brodie and Blayd are so funny to watch! They do the funniest things these days!!!

International All-Level Championships

This weekend we went to Atlanta for the International All-Level Championships which our girls got a bid to...see a prior post about this....and they came in 2nd!!! Now they will be judged by an international panel against tons of other squads (the top 3 in each category were submitted) and the results from that will come out in early May, the 5th, I believe. I will keep you posted and keep your fingers crossed! Congrats, girls, you did a great job!!!!!

Peyton, Hailee, Shelby, Kiley & Kendall waiting on awards!

National Champs!!!

This past weekend we went to the UCA National Cheerleading Championship in Orlando held at Disney's Wide World of Sports and MGM Studios. Peyton's team, the Balled Pythons placed FIRST in their division, Small Youth Level 3!!!! It's about time too, we have been to this competition for 5 years now and they have never managed to get those National Champ Jackets until this time!!! Good job girls and congrats!!!!

Python Performance Night

If you can you should try to come to the Python Performance Night for Family & Friends who are not able to travel to competitions. The girls do their routines and it is a lot of fun for them. Each team from the minis to the senior teams and even our special needs team do their routines one last time before we head to Orlando for the Disney World Competition. It is fun to watch and if you are not involved in the competitive cheerleading world it is totally different from sideline cheering at a football game. Come on out, it will be worth the watch!!!

(It normally only lasts about an hour)

NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!!

February 14 & 15 we were in what I like to refer to as "the 8th level of hell" otherwise know as the Cheersport National Championships at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

First off, if you have ever been to the GWCC you know that this is like the largest, never-ending building on the face of the earth. Now, it does not look this way from the outside but it has some Hogwart's type magic and it goes on FOREVER and EVER! Up, down, left, right, down some more...it is unbelievable and you would figure that after five years of coming here I would be used to it but I think it grows every year.

Anywho, back to "the 8th level of hell". Now do NOT get me wrong, I love to go watch the performances, it is AMAZING what these girls (and boys) can do! But this particular competition happens to be like biggest one of the year. Something like over 900 teams, 8 stages and competition going ALL DAY LONG for two days from around 8 in the morning to about 9 or 10 at night. It is total and utter madness, glitter and hairbows in your face at every turn, CHEERLEADERS and DANCERS everywhere, it is like a forest of them and you have to find your way to the clearing at the other end. SIDENOTE: The little Starbucks kiosk lady became a REALLY good friend of mine....:)

So, not only do we watch the team our child is on we go back and forth from stage a to stage g to stage c and so on to support other United teams, which is fun, but tiring after a while...especially when one team goes on like a minute and a half after another and one is on stage a and the other stage h!

We were very proud of our United teams they all did fairly well, I believe, I am not even going to lie, after Peyton's awards...we were OUT of that place! Peyton's team, the Balled Pythons went up against 13 other teams in their division, Youth Level 3. The competition was tough....all the teams were on their A-game, however, the Balled Pythons placed FIRST!!!! Not too shabby. They got the National Champs jacket they've been working so hard for, FINALLY!!!!

You Just Got Bit!!!!!!

Congratulations to Miss Peyton and the WHOLE United Balled Python team for taking FIRST PLACE, Grand Champions @ Cheersport Nationals this weekend @ the Georgia Dome AND receiving a fully paid bid to WORLDS!!!!!!!!!

(Note: this is not a pic from this weekend but another comp. ...I am HORRIBLE about remembering to take a camera!!!!)

Some Gatlinburg Pics as Promised! (a few anyway)

Peyton, Stephanie and Kaitlyn on the SKY LIFT.....no way was I riding that

thing up a mountain!

UBP - United Balled Pythons

This pic if from competition the first day....you can see Peyton in the second stunt group from the left.
Peyton in her snazzy airbrushed pullover she just HAD to have!

Somewhat of a front view of the house we were in...I could not back up far enough to take a pic of the whole thing or I would have tumbled down the mountain into a log cabin!

Glad to be home!

This past Thursday through Sunday we went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee for the annual Jamfest Cheerleading competition. It was incredibly C-O-L-D the whole entire time we were there! I love the cold so I thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was actually cold enough that it snowed on some of the mountains and we were able to take the girls up and let them play in it for a bit.

We stayed at this AMAZING house on the mountain called Belvedere and it was spectacular. HUGE HUGE HUGE! It was very creepy though trying to maneuver a Yukon Denali up a twisty mountain driveway wide enough for a Vespa!! Very scary at times!

Friday night the girls rode a float in the annual Christmas parade and nearly froze to death it was a balmy 27 degrees out there with brisk wind! Needless to say we dropped them off at the meeting site and found a restaurant towards where they would end up and dined, drank and stayed nice and warm waiting on them!

Peyton post-parade FROZEN!!!


The girls came in 2nd by LESS than 1/10th of a point!!! However, they were psyched because they did really well and received the "Most Entertaining Routine" award as well.

It was a great trip and great fun and I did not take as many photos as I should have, go figure but I will post them ASAP.

Congratulations, Peyton!!!

CONGRATS, PEYTON!!!!
First Place this weekend at Athletic Nationals in Atlanta!!!
GO PYTHONS!!!!

First Competition of the Season

(Peyton & Brianna)

So, this past weekend we had the first cheerleading competition of the 2008-2009 season! I was excited to start it up again, it is always fun to go and watch them. We traveled to Cheersport at the Arena at the Gwinnett Center in Gwinnett County, GA. They came in 3rd in the Youth Level 3 Division which is not bad at all!

Peyton's friend from school Hailee went with us and had a great time even though she was stuck with me, Mother and Jared for the duration because Peyton has to stay with her team once we are there. She was a real trooper and really enjoyed watching all the different squads.

(Peyton & Hailee on the way up there)

It's that time of year again.....

to get ready for cheerleading! Peyton cheers for United All-Stars Balled Pythons. For those of you who are not familiar with this it is a "competition all-star" cheerleading team. This is her 5th year with United and she loves it! It is much hard work and lots of travel, time, energy and money but well worth it in the end! GO PYTHONS!!!!



I will have to write more about the competitive cheerleading world for those of you who are not a part of it or know nothing about it.....it is UNREAL......sometimes scary and almost cult-like but always a good time!