Sunday, February 15, 2009

I could watch this all day...

the girls anxiously waiting to be called to the floor

So this has been a loooonnnnggg weekend filled with lots of fake hair, hairspray, 15 yr old girls and puke!!! That's right, we had our State competition this weekend and I'm sooooo happy to say that our girls WON!!!!1st place!! They pulled off a p e r f e c t routine despite one of our girls getting the flu and throwing up 3 times right before we took the floor(bless her heart), they did it! They worked so hard this year and the countless hours my other coach and I spent working and reworking this years routine has paid off! The bus rides, basketball games, 7 day-a-week practices, being away from my husband, nose bleeds and tears have finally paid off and were so worth it! I'm so proud of my girls, they worked so so hard! We had a police escort into town with about 20 parent cars behind the bus, we made quite a scene! The police blocked all the intersections so we could just ride right on through! The girls loved it, they had the windows down, heads sticking out the windows yelling the whole way through town! They are now, what we always knew they were, the #1 JV cheerleading team in Illinois!!

Coach Mortensen & Coach Church with 1st place trophy

my wonderful husband who sits through cheerleading competitions!

10 comments:

Jeanette said...

Congratulations. That's wonderful. That poor girl who got the flu. Oh my. I couldn't even imagine. I got the flu once when we had the church basketball tournament while we were in YWs. That was awful but I wasn't throwing up at that point. Sheesh, she should get her own medal. :)

Hollie Gordy said...

CONGRATS!!! I know you and the girls have worked very hard to earn this title! The trophy is almost as big as you!! David wants to know if you are going to some cheerleading movie that is coming out?

Erica said...

Lauren that is soooo awsome! sorry i missed your call! I LOVE YOU SISTER! you did so good! E'ville you know! that movie is funny, that girl picked you up like you were a rag doll and that trophy is huuuugee!!!...to bad for varsity hahahaha...o

Karen said...

How exciting! Congrats to all you guys!

lizS said...

WOOHOO! go tigers! congrats bigtime, that is a truly awesome achievment!!

Porter Family said...

I was wondering how you guys did. Way to go!!! That's awesome!!

Erica said...

I just think its so funny how you snatched it out of her hands! you are so funny girl!

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To my defense...I don't even remember what was going on right there!

5rosebuds said...

Congratulations!! How exciting for you guys! You Rock!!!

Bruce said...

way to go. looks like fun. can you put your video up agenst mikies "the dunk" video. i think so because you won.