It was an early morning!

The J.V. WCA cheerleaders as they leave for state camp and competition. This picture was at 5:40am! The bus arrived at 5:45, and they left shortly after, at 6:00am. Left to right: Coach Jen, Emily, Karagen, Marissa, Rachel, Saenea, Lucy, Ashton. Not pictured was Aly, who made the bus by the skin of her teeth around 5:59am. 

Cheer Camp & Competition

This summer our J.V. WCA cheerleaders went to a wonderful camp and state competition for their level of cheer. They took all 3 top top honors- first place: dance performance (aka Home Pom), Overall Cheer, and Most Improved. They were truly exhausted after those 3 days, but became a much closer squad. Along with the aforementioned honors, they were also the first team for the year to win trophies to be displayed at the new WCA campus location! We are so proud of them all. Praise be to God!! The team- back left to front right: Coach Jen, Lucy, Saenea, Aly, Ashton, Karagen, Marissa, Emily, Rachel. You have seen a few of the girls from the team in previous blog updates over the past year.  

Winner winner

Karagen (Spirit Captain), and Emily (Head Captain), just after having won one the Spirit Awards. Karagen is holding the spirit stick that says UCA Spirit. Emily is wearing a ribbon around her neck to display her individual award for All Amercian staus. She won this as a special prize that was reserved for some of the top cheerleaders at camp... you should see this girl do a double back handspring tuck!

The waiting game...

The girls while they are waiting to hear which teams took the top place honors. Coach Jen is on the right (french braid in her hair) telling the girls a funny story about her days as a former WCA cheerleader. Trying to get their nerves settled as they waited anxiously...

Giving thanks

Even though it was a tough few days, they were all so thankful for the experience.

Happy family

We were all very tired, but so happy to be there for this very important event in our lives.

Next up...Summit Camp in Colorado!

This summer, Karagen also went on an amazing adventure with her youth group...to Colorado. This is one of our favorite photos of Karagen. The beautiful girl on her left, Hannah (you have seen her in previous posts), also went to camp and they took this picture on the front deck of their cabin. More information about Summit Camp and photos...to follow.