We had a day off school and Nana Arden came to bring us McDonald's like she did during virtual school. Aaron, his mom, my mom, and I went to the mall together and then went out for Andy's afterwards. We try to get as much time together as we can. Our family went to the MU volleyball game with Lilah, Aurora, and Avonlea and mom and dad went on a date night later while I watched Emily. Our family also went to Jacob's birthday party.
Mom and I went to St. Louis with Grandma Kathy for the MEQ volleyball tournament. It was such a great weekend! We were undefeated the first night! Papa Ron and Linda came the second day and we got first place in our pool and had to play a cross-over match to make it into the gold bracket. Lilah got sick and we ended up coming from behind to win! Unfortunately, we lost the in the first round in the gold bracket on the third day. We tied for 10th place, not too bad! This was the start of spring break.
Over spring break, I got my hair cut, spent a day at Aaron's, helped clean up the youth room at Church, and had volleyball practice. Mikayla told us that she accepted a job at Texas A&M and would not finish the season with us. I was pretty mad and devastated. Because of all the volleyball and track, I haven't been able to do much with the play, but I did get to spend some time during an early release.
Aurora and Avonlea came over one afternoon and ended up spending the night. We had a squirrel's nest blown out of a tree and 2 baby squirrels fell on the ground. We rigged up a bucket in the tree to see if the momma squirrel would come back overnight. She didn't and one of the squirrels (Oliver) died, but Coconut survived! A rescue worker ended up taking him to her house to heal and release into the wild. I had plans to keep him in my bedroom downstairs!
We had a our first track meet on April 4th. I ran the third leg of the 4x800 and the 1600 at 6:55. I was so excited to break 7:00 and can't wait to break 6:45 this season! I ran the 4x800 in the Smith Cotton meet and decided to not run the 1600 because my hip was hurting pretty bad. I am hoping it gets better so I can keep improving my times.
We had a three day volleyball tournament (the Show Me Qualifier) over Easter weekend in Kansas City. Robin and Craig Sherman coached us in our last tournament. They were truly amazing! We finished up our volleyball season at Regionals in Kansas City. Mom and I went up to stay with Jill and Ale the night before, and then Dad and Emily came after her soccer game got cancelled. We played incredibly well our first day and then ended up losing our first round in the gold bracket. We just got too far behind and dug a hole and couldn't recover. We had beaten this team earlier in the season and should have won this game. It was a really hard way to end the season. Looking forward to next season already!
Hanging out with friends, ready for the MU volleyball game
Dancing with Lilah
