Last weekend I went to St. Louis with Samantha and a couple of Gymnasts and Moms.
We had a great time (See I did not put relaxing).
We left Friday and spent 7 hours in the car driving. Got to the hotel and met up with some other families and went to Macaroni Grill. I had a fabulous Honey Balsamic Chicken. It was very good and not heavy. Shared a Teramisu and all was good.
Saturday we just vegged around the hotel and took it easy. Let the girls sleep in, shower and get ready. Shared a chicken Sandwich for lunch and headed to the meet at the American Cup center Downtown. We were a bit worried about finding parking and running into traffic because of the Mardi Gr as celebration but found our destination easy to find, just had to fork out $12 for Parking.
The girls had a So so Meet. Samantha did great on Bars and floor. Not so great on Vault (missed her second vault with off footing) and fell off the beam 3X's. She has not fallen off the beam in ages. But oh well, life will go on. In fact all the girls fell off at least once. They complained that it was padded and slanted on each side. The coach was having nothing of it and said they have to adapt to all kinds of equipment.
Samantha ended up taking 3rd place on Bars and 6th on the floor. She was very happy dispite the trouble she had on the other 2 events.
After the meet (6pm) we headed to Union Station and walked around in awe of the beautiful building. I love history on old building. Didn't appreciate in my younger years, but I do now.
We tried to eat at the hard Rock Cafe but would have had to wait for 2 hours to get a table. We chose food at the Food court and headed back to the hotel to watch the Olympics.
The girls all hung out together all over the hotel. Encountered a few drunk people and a Youth Minister that was very kind to them.
Sunday we got up and headed to the Arch before taking the long ride home. Though the nervousness that my stomach felt and my hands sweating, I did go up into the Arch. It was a neat experience.
The girls ended up doing handstands in the little 5 seat pod that took us up to the Arch because then they could tell they did a handstand on the top of the Arch. Also they did them outside of the Arch.
Silly girls.The ride home was long but we got safely home.
Luanne
Luanne
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