Brittney is 14 and a freshman in high school. She likes gymnastics, cheer, shopping and twitter. I know I'm biased but I think she's beautiful and very talented!
Brittney, Sam & Ashlynn
This was taken after one of the only two gymnastics meets that Brittney could compete in this season.
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Brittney injured her foot quite a few months ago while practicing for competitive cheer. It's kept her sidelined for most of the gymnastics season. She was allowed back for one meet but was only allowed to compete on bars and vault. She was really down on herself because she hadn't been able to practice all season and felt really out of shape. But she placed in the top 5 on both events.
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Because she's still trying to heal her foot, she's decided not to participate in track this spring. It's unfortunate because she's really good at sprinting and pole vaulting, but I understand. I hope she'll take it up again next year. We'll see what happens. Competetive cheer will probably be the next high school sport she'll be participating in and that won't be until summer/fall of the next school year.
She has been working every Friday night at the Valley restaurant in Volga and babysitting most Saturdays. I know she likes earning money, which is another reason she's ok about giving up track. She's been really good about putting half of every paycheck into her savings account and the other half into her checking account. She wants to save money for a car.
Brittney got her driver's permit in September and is looking forward to taking the actual driving test in March so that she can drive by herself. I'm kind of looking forward to it too. One more driver to get everyone where they need to go, especially in this crazy schedule household.
In January, Brittney went on the missions trip to Guatemala with me. I think it opened her eyes to another culture. Even a month later, I think she's still trying to process the dicotomy between the materialistic US and the poverity elsewhere. But she also connected with the kids there so well that it helped her understand that kids are basically the same everywhere. It was an amazing trip for both of us and also allowed us to spend time together without the rest of our family.
Brittney's current boyfriend is Gerald. They've been friends for years but just a few months ago decided to take their relationship to the boyfriend/girlfriend level. They made it 'facebook official'. He's nice but they hardly do anything together because they're both so busy. I think Brittney likes it that way. No pressure! He gave up basketball this season to try wrestling but decided he'll go back to playing basketball next season. She spends way more time with her girlfriends and at the gymnastsics gym than she does with him so I'm not too worried.
So that's most of what's going on in Brittney's world.
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