The Intermediate Class

 

The Beginning Class

Jacqui, Alissa, Summer & McKenna

Dancing to music from Cars

Tonight my gymnastics students had a recital for their parents. It went well. They did routines to music from Cars, Tarzan and other movies. They did a good job.

It has been so much fun to work with these kids. I am going to miss them. I have been teaching tumbling/gymnastics for 14 years. I can hardly believe it has been that long! During that time I have taught my own classes (Foreveryoung Gymnastics) and I have also taught at All American Gymnastics, Hot Shots Dance Studio, the Little Gym, in my neighbor’s basement, and in three gyms in Wales while I was on my mission. I have learned so much from all of my experiences teaching.

Originally I started Foreveryoung Gymnastics because I wanted to make gymnastics fun. I was a competitive gymnast from age 4 to 16. For the last four years I trained four to five days a week for five hours each time. I planned on competing for the BYU gymnastics team, but I injured my back when I was 16 and had to stop training. I loved doing gymnastics and had a hard time when I couldn’t do it anymore. 

While I was training, I wished it could be more fun and not so serious. I started teaching in my parents’s basement at first with camping foam pads. I was about 13 at the time. Gradually I earned enough money to buy mats. It took me several years to buy all of my mats, but it was worth it to have “real” equiptment.

I am so grateful I had the opportunity to teach these kids through the years. Most of the kids I taught at the beginning are married with a couple kids! Some went on missions. It has been fun to watch them grow up. I have taught a lot of their younger siblings too.

A couple months ago I decided to stop teaching gymnastics for a while. Some day I want to build a gym in my home and have a studio in my home. It has always been my dream to do this since I was little. It will be while until that happens, but I am excited for it.

It was hard tonight having our last recital. I didn’t say much about it being our last show because it would have made it harder. I was sad after it was over. I love those kids and I will miss them.

The 2008 Foreveryoung Gymnastics Team