Getting Ready

Next weekend is the big Battle In Seattle in Federal Way. It's a three day meet and the biggest in our region. This year they have a head count of 281 skaters. Ericka is really excited and can't wait to go. We are staying with some friends so that will make it even more fun. She has new wheels and has been going to a lot of practices to get ready. She is doing her division (juvenile girls elite/standard) a Juvenile 4 mix relay with Nate, elementary 2 girl relay, elementary 2 mix relay and a freshman 3 mix relay (some kids will be up to 5 yrs older than her in this race) if she places in the top 4 in her divison she will also do the jr grand champion race also. She will be at an advantage on the floor since it's the floor she originally learned to skate on and always does well there. It will be a long weekend but there will be world champion skaters there and it's always fun to watch them race. It's an invitational meet which means people from all over the country can come and skate with us. I will have tons of pictures by the time it's all done.
She is still doing good in school. She had a fun Easter and has been raiding her basket for candy as expected. She saved up all her allowance and bought herself some quad skates last weekend. She got right out there on them but they are no where near as fast as her inlines. She wants to learn how to skate fast in them so she can go to Nationals and race in the quad races too. Who knows, maybe she'll actually follow through and do it, we'll see.