It is moments like these that make being a "sports-parent" worthwhile. Autumn's gymnastics club was invited, along with three other local clubs, to present a demo at this year's Canadian National Gymnastics competition, held at the Olympic Oval. Our club, Stampede City Gymnastics, had 5 girls competing this year at Nationals - the most of any gym club in Alberta! Simply to sit in the audience and watch our girl on the floor at such an event, where the best female gymnasts in the entire country had just completed the finals for Floor, was sheer joy. I don't think we have any illusions that Autumn will be a national-level athlete...but she could be! She LOVES gymnastics, and is so tough, strong and dedicated. She is blessed with a truly great coach who specializes in training female gymnasts to compete at a high level. I will try and keep this blog updated with Autumn's progress!