Thunder Bike Classic St. George Meet ~ 1/30/2010

Jaden had yet another meet this weekend, luckily we only had to travel across town, instead of across the state. When we got to the meet my heart sank a little knowing that instead of competing against nine year old boys like he usually does, he would be competing against 9-12 year old boys. The other meets have been hard enough, the other teams practice SO many more hours than we do. I wouldn't change the hours that Jdog practices, I think he is already there too much, but it is hard on a kid not being able to place when he works SO hard. I didn't let Jaden know about the age group, he had enough on his mind already, and I am sure that would have freaked him out!
When I picked the kids up from school last week Jaden got a big smile on his face, turned a little red, and said I asked Kenna if she could come and watch me at my meet, and she said YES! It turns out we need to have her come to every meet! Jaden has never been so focused at a meet! He wanted to good for his coach, for himself, for his family, but most of all he wanted Kenna to be proud of him. They have a true friendship, the kind that it doesn't matter that one is a girl, and one is a boy. The kind that even if they haven't been around each other for a long time, they are still completely comfortable with one another, and pick up right where they left off. He is so cute about her, and I am glad he has such a good friend! It is also nice that she feels comfortable with our family. When she is with us it is not unusual to see Koda give Kenna a big hug, tickle her, or even tackle her.
Bailia and Koda were delighted to be asked to be runners/score keepers for the judges. At one point I looked over at Koda and he wanted to have a little chit chat with the judge, right in the middle of the event that he was judging! The judge didn't seem to mind, and Koda sat and waited for him patiently to answer. Bailia looked so cute standing tall with her score board, and it was a great job to keep both of them entertained.
Kenna sat with me while we waited for Jaden's meet to start, they were running behind so we had to wait quite a while. I asked her if she was bored, she said yes-but I'm still glad I came. The meet finally started and Kenna cheered Jdog on at each event. He loved it!
This is the best Jaden has competed at a meet, it was so exciting! His lowest scoring event brought in a 6th place medal, a couple of 5th places, a 4th place, and the highlight of his day was taking 2nd place! He wanted a first place medal SO bad, but standing on the podium you could see the pride beaming from his smile! I am SO very proud of him, and still get teary eyed just thinking about how well he did, and how excited he is!
Kenna made Dog a cute card while we waited in between events, and also gave him a package of strawberry Whoppers, he LOVED it! We finished off the day with our Saturday obcession of Fish Tacos at Cafe Rio! What a GREAT day!