Mighty Giant

Even though we didn't have enough poms for Andrea,
she magically produced this over-sized one at the IKM game.

Get on the Magic bus...

Just another typical van ride to an away game.
Please pass the Prozac-
and the ear plugs!

Cujo Junior

Awww.

Cujo Jr. was SO shy at the game.
He was too nervous to try half the antics that he worked on in practice.

Complicated

“When you find out things about yourself
That you hadn't ought to know
When your grandma calls and books you on the Jerry Springer Show
And you find out you and your wife of 10 years
Just might be related

Brother, life's not over
It's just simply complicated.

There's other situations that might challenge you I guess
When your daughter tries out for the football team
And your son tries on her dress.
And you start to think that the devil's in charge
Of how you're situated.
Life is still worth living
It's just simply complicated

Life is complicated with its if's and and's and but's
It's alright to be crazy, just don't let it drive you nuts.”

~Jimmy Buffett

Man, Cheer is starting to get complicated this year.
So we were supposed to have ordered new uniforms last Spring, but we didn’t even have a squad until school started about a month ago.

So what we have is 5 cheerleaders, 2 of which are TOTAL rookies, and 4 ½ uniforms, 2 bags, 4 sets of poms, and only one megaphone (guilt-guilt & shame former cheerleaders!). Did I mention that 3 of those 4 ½ uniforms fit really bad? And we haven’t had time to think about new uniforms because we’ve hardly practiced so we hardly know any chants. (Let alone cheers and stunts).

Now some mixed-blessings- ever since the last game, several kids have approached me and told me that they’re planning on coming out for basketball season. AWESOME- although, if I want uniforms that fit, should I wait till after tryouts in November to measure & order? It gets more complicated…

One of my rookies must have felt alienated, like she didn’t have any friends on the squad, because she went to work and recruited two (for THIS season). One’s quiet as a mouse and while the other cheered last year in Junior High, is painfully shy and doesn’t want to perform in front of the whole student body at pep rallies.

Dilemma; rules allow 8 during football and 6 during basketball. I’m okay having 7 instead of 5, but I already only have 4 ½ uniforms, that don’t fit well.

It gets even more complicated- 3 out of my 5 Junior High cheerleaders are now ineligible because of poor grades, and one of the 2 left has a broken ankle, so she’ll be on the Disabled list for about 6 weeks.

Good Grief!
Your prayers and support are always welcome!

Cujo Junior

Our first Junior High MASCOT!!!
Here's Cujo Jr. (Brad) with his Varsity sister, Nichole at last Tuesday's Jr Hi football game.

Cujo Jr did a great job. He's short, he can dance, and really boogies with his "C-Walk."
We hope he'll like it well enough to do it for the next 5 or 6 years and then go on to rock the NCAA in college!!!

First Junior High game

Our first Junior High game was fun, but sad- not just because Manning beat the sox off our boys, but because we had 3 cheerleaders ineligible due to grades. Only Megan and Christine could suit-up- and Christine broke her leg and will be on cruches for 6 weeks.

Guess how she did it- she was watching a cheer competition on ESPN and decided to practice some chants at home. you should see the bruise- ichk!

Sasha has too much spirit. She can't wait till volleyball season is over so she can come out for cheer again.
Mallory

Nikki and Andrea have had enough of Cujo!
Mallory

Nichole and Nikki at the IKM game in Irwin, Fri 9-9-05
Mallory

Cujo and his veterinary psychologist, Nicolas, a kindergartener.

Mallory

Most of the 2005 football squad- Nichole, Heather, Rena, Cujo, and NIkki at the Manning Dogfight, Fri. Sep 2, 2005.

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