Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics, London on Mar 3rd, 2013 No Comments »
It is no secret that Caleb dislikes competitions. If they came around more often and involved more of the team, he may think differently about them. But, because they happen so infrequently, there is quite a build-up for each one, which goes hand in hand with Caleb’s stress level. He was happy to learn that [...]
Posted in Becca, Caleb, Cami, Friends, Gymnastics, Travel, site-seeing on Sep 16th, 2012 1 Comment »
A year has come and gone since Caleb’s last gymnastics training camp in Bulgaria. This year we had a change of scenery as we went to Girona, Spain. Having learned from last year, a couple moms and I took over the planning of the trip to make sure we had a hotel with a pool, [...]
Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics on May 8th, 2012 1 Comment »
We’ve lived in the UK for 2 1/2 years now. Caleb has been training at the same gym the entire time. By British Gymnastics ruling, Caleb cannot place in any British Gymnastics competitions, although he is allowed to enter just for the experience. We are told that 3 years is the magic number when that [...]
Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics, London on Mar 5th, 2012 4 Comments »
Last Friday we ventured out to East London (2 hours away) for Caleb’s first gymnastics competition of the year. However, it wasn’t a ‘real’ competition as Caleb isn’t ‘English’ and wouldn’t be able to place. We knew that and Caleb was just using it for the experience, as there aren’t very many competitions or even [...]
Posted in Family, Gymnastics, London on Jan 13th, 2012 2 Comments »
As London gears up for the summer Olympics this year, there have already been events to test the venues. Many of these test events serve as the final qualifications for the 2012 Olympics. We were able to get tickets to two gymnastics events last week. The gymnastics venue is The O2 in North Greenwich. One [...]
Posted in Christmas, Family, Gymnastics, Holiday on Dec 23rd, 2011 1 Comment »
The tree is up, with ornaments placed ever so strategically. The cookies are all baked and delivered joyfully to neighbors and friends. The ward’s service project held at our home was lovingly done. Santa managed to appear at our ward’s Christmas party, even when we didn’t have our own building to use for it. Caleb [...]
Posted in Becca, Caleb, Gymnastics, Travel, site-seeing on Aug 30th, 2011 2 Comments »
Bulgarian Training Camp We were back in London for almost 12 hours when Caleb and I were off again . . . to Bulgaria! It’s a good thing we washed clothes before leaving the states – we didn’t have to do too much unpacking just to repack. Caleb’s gymnastics coach, Evgeni, is originally from Bulgaria. [...]
Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics on Jul 19th, 2011 No Comments »
We are still getting used to the British way of doing things. One of the hardest has been the way the British gymnastics does their ‘seasons’. There is no district, state, and then regional competitions. From what we’ve experienced these last 18 months is that Caleb averages two unrelated competitions a year and he’s done. [...]
Posted in Caleb, Gymnastics, London on May 10th, 2011 2 Comments »
The London Olympics are almost a year away so promotions for the different events are in full swing. Last week Caleb’s coaches were asked to bring their boys’ team to participate in the gymnastics display in downtown London. The boys were excited and had a great time performing without the stress of a competition. Between [...]
Posted in Gymnastics, London on Jun 12th, 2010 No Comments »
This team has been all the talk at Caleb’s gymnastics club. After they won Britain’s Got Talent this last weekend, they have come to Heathrow Gymnastics to train and prepare for the World Championships. This group is amazing! If you haven’t seen them in action yet, please watch their final performance!