State Gymnastic Results

Way to go Saginaw! The team placed 3rd in the state. As for Hunter, he rocked! Of the four events he competed on, he advanced to the events finals for Pommel and placed 10th. Not too shaby for only being a sophmore with less than two years experience in gymnastics. We are so proud of him.

Look how our Garden Grows

So I blogged recently about planting our first garden; which we refer to as "Adelynn or Ady's Garden". I am amazed at how the garden is growing. Our small efforts are paying off. We haven't produced a lot of vegetables yet but we are producing and that makes us so happy. We feel such satisfaction from knowing that we are trying to contribute more to our food storage and being self reliant.

Meet Nicholas & Allyssia Ramirez

* Nick met Allie at Reception for Basic Training. She remembers "the guy" wearing his

cowboy boots with his Army uniform because he didn't have any other shoes.

* Nick and Allie fell in love. At first it had to remain a secret (Nick is the only guy I

know that can meet a girl when there is supposed to be a "No Fratrinization in

Basic" rule)...figures!

* We met Allie at graduation from Basic in November and instantly loved her.

* Nick and Allie are both Combat Medics and therefore were both getting stationed at Fort

Sam Houston in San Antonio.

* Nick visited Allie for New Years in Pennsylvania. Her family and friends adore Nick.

* They really got to know one another quite well at AIT. Training for Combat Medics are 18

weeks long.

* They had planned on a long engagement. Not wanting to get married before Steve came back

from Afghanistan was important to them and Allie's sister was getting married next year so

they wanted to be respectful and wait until after her wedding. They had however discussed

that IF there were a chance for deployment than they would marry sooner. Allie is active

duty and has been stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. Her assignment has attached her to a

brigade that just returned from oversees in December and is already slotted to go again.

Therefore, they chose to get married sooner.

* They had a small wedding in front of the Justice of the Peace but has plans for a larger

wedding later on.

* We are so excited for the happy couple. We all just LOVE them together. I know many have

already met Allie, but I am anxious to let her meet the rest of the family...we think you will

love and adore her as much as we all do.

Combat Medic

After Nicholas completed Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in November they sent him to do his specialized training a.k.a. AIT in San Antonio, Texas. After an additional 16 weeks in training at Fort Sam Houston, Nick has graduated as is now a Combat Medic. We are so proud of our newest soldier.

Regional Gymanstic Meet

Regional Meet Highlights:

Parallel Bars- 3rd place

Rings- 3rd place

Pommel Horse- 2nd place

Saginaw High School...Regional Champion!!!!

I was able to attend the first evening of Hunters meet but was out of town on the second evening. My friend Anita was texting me updates. Aparently, they DID NOT have Hunter in the computer and when he and the coach realized that he was not getting his name called, they had already announced the winners. Once officials heard about their mistake, they made an announcement that Hunter had placed in those three events. He didn't get the "recognition" of standing on the podium but he got the medals and HE DID AMAZING. I hope they do the right thing and give the students who "thought" they had placed a chance to compete at State. Afterall, that would be the right thing to do.

State Gymnastic Meet schedule is:

Thursday, April 14th from 10:00- 1:00 (Compulsary)

Friday, April 15th from 10:00- 2:00 (Optionals)

Saturday, April 16th from 10:00- 2:00 (Event Finals)

Location:

Arlington Martin H.S.

4501 W. Pleasant Ridge Rd.

Arlington, TX

Parking is available in the St. Barnabas United Methodist Church on Pleasant Ridge

Fees:

$5.00 adults $3.00 students.

Hope to see you there!

Adelynn's Garden

Recently we have begun a vegetable cantainer garden a.k.a. "Adelynn's Garden." The reason behind this is because Ady followed Dax, our dog, out the doggy door and began helping us with putting the soil in the containers for our plants. It was too cute.

So far we have planted 2 containers of green beans, 2 varieties of tomatoes & both bell peppers & jalepeno peppers. Once we get our new containers we will plant the potatoes, esparigus, garlic and onions. We would like to have carrots if we are not too late.

We don't know exactly how to garden. This will surely be a trial and error season but so far after only 4 days, our plants have grown up above the tops of our containers...seems hopeful. Now lets just hope the rabbits don't get to them first. We want to can (and eat) as much as we can.

District Gymnast Meet Results

After two days of competition, here are the results from Hunters District Gymnastic Meet:

High Bar- 11th place

Parallel Bars- 4th place

Pommel- 3rd place

High Bar- DISTRICT CHAMP with a 1st place win!

Saginaw High School is: District Champions for their second year in a row.

There were 69 competitors and Hunter's overall rank was 16th place. Top three teams and/or individuals who placed in the top 10 in any event moved on to Regionals on March 31st and April 1st.