The first two hours of the trip were the worst...

Koby at the Olympic Training Center, Col. Sprgs.

The first hour included basically going back to the house 3-4 times,

because we forgot stuff like chains for the tires,

wet wash cloths for sticky hands in the car,

a map,

phones,

etc.

The second hour, passing through Cedar,

included finding out that Koby forgot his video music player,

AND his gameboy DS system,

AND finding out that we had

completely forgotten to

CHECK THE WEATHER!!!!

Was there snow in the forcast?

I guess so.

And so guesses the lady in the minivan

that we almost hit on the freeway due to sliding almost into her.

After a minor "freak out" reaction,

she reacted perfectly and let off of her gas and got behind us.

We were in a blizzard from Cedar

to Beaver...white out conditions.

We could see the car in front of us and that was it.

The snow plows had not been informed yet, and we were

just following the tracks, cause we could not see the road.

Sorry, too nervous to take pictures.

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Hubby assured me that the tires were bald,

I didn't believe him.

That is, until we stopped in Richfield for lunch and

4 BRAND NEW TIRES that we can't afford

(but we figured were cheaper than 5 funerals or a new car).

Then I checked the tires so I would have an arguing point.

The front tires were as smooth as the bottoms of my boots.

(You know, the ones I slid down the hill on Cmas Eve in?)

We had to wait for 1 1/2 hours for them to put the tires on our car.

Mostly because our car has electonic sensors that tell our dashboard how much air is in them and it takes a while to line them up right.

It better snow some more, dang it, to make sure that stop was worth it.

No worries.

It went from this

to this

to this...

in less than an hour.

and it happened more than once.

jammed his knee warming up on floor which made it hard to finish his front handsprings

12th place

tie for 6th

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...

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12th place, his worst event and he got his personal best score!

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6th place, (couldn't even do a "giant" in January.)

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10th place

tied for 5th

(with a big step after the landing, which means he'd have gotten a lot higher if he'd have stuck it.)

"Gymnasts, salute."

His 6th place on the vault.

(Ties are settled by the All-around score.)

Finished with an all-around score that was almost a personal best.

which is nearly impossible to do at a competition

of this caliber.