Lindsay has been a cheerleader at Garland Christian Academy since she was in 6th grade. In fact, when tryouts came along at the end of her 5th grade year, she had absolutely no desire to be a cheerleader. I really wanted her to try out, but I didn't want to push either, so I mentioned it once or twice, then let it go. One afternoon, a fellow 5th grade mom called to let me know the cheer coach wasn't holding tryouts for the next year's middle school squad....just show up and you're on the team.
I was apprehensive about approaching Lindsay with the idea, because she already told me she wasn't interested and I didn't want to seem forceful. I told her that she could just try it and if she didn't like, she didn't have to do it. We were talking about it just now, and she told me the only reason she even agreed to try it was because she knew I wanted her to cheer. She also said she wasn't interested in the first place, because her expectations were different from reality. I guess she had never really paid attention to cheerleaders....she didn't realize they would have cute uniforms and go to cheer camp and cheer at all the games.
Every year the girls usually have 2 cheer competitions (one in December and one in February) with CCA (Christian Cheerleaders of America). They've been at different locations, but they're mainly held at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie. Last Saturday, February 4, the cheerleaders competed in two cheer competitions. The morning competition was with CCA at SAGU. This was Lindsay's final competition with CCA as well as her last time to compete or perform at SAGU as a high school student (milestone #3).
She was elbowed during one of the stunts as you can see below....
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| About 5 minutes after it happened |
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| About 24 hours after it happened...it also bruised above her eyebrow |
Milestones #4 and #5
The GCA cheer squad competed in the Texas Showdown Championship Cheer Competition for the Fellowship of Christian Cheerleaders. Not only was this the first time in the history of the GCA cheer program to cheer for any other assocation besides CCA (milestone #4), this was also Lindsay's very last high school cheer competition (milestone #5). Lindsay was very honored that her coach chose this year's cheer squads to compete in an FCC competition; however, it was very emotional. At least she has something to show for the day!!
Making wonderful memories with my beautiful daughter....
Collette :)
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