Anika

Anika...Anika...Anika...Where do we even start with her.  From the very second we heard her scream (when she can into this world), we knew we were in trouble.  Our peaceful, quite, calm life was over and drama reared it's ugly head.

I am SO AWESOME!!!!!! I am like CHEESYMCKFIZZ!!!!!!!! (See what did I tell ya)

Anika is 11 years old and in the 5th grade at Highland's Elementary.  This is her last year in Elementary and I'm not sure she'll even make in into middle school.  Keeping up with Anika is a challenge, but somehow we've found gynmastics.  Kinda interesting, I signed up for a week of gymnastics as a summer camp.  The first day her instructer's called in the head coach and they wanted her in their program.  So for the past few years, gymnastics has been a driving force in Anika's life(9 hours a week).  Just this past year, she's been competing as a level 4 gymnist.  Although she has yet to qualify for the all-arounds, she has consistantly medaled in vault and beam.  She says that vaul is her favorite and she sports around in an "ivault" tee shirt.  Just over a week ago Anika chipped a piece of her elbow while doing a round off back handspring.  Not good.  It has benched her for the past week (with practices centered around the sports conditioning coach - Jay.)  We head off to the Orthopedic doc tomorrow.  We both pray that they won't cast it.  It don't think they will, she has good range of motion.

We love Anika and all the drama she adds to our lives.  Just the other day while I was volunteering at the school book fair, a lady approached me when she found out I was "Anika's mom." She said, " I love Anika!  She has the gift of making others happy - no matter who they are."    That's my Anika.