Hello Week/Mini Drill pt. 2

Thursday night Sierra could not sleep due to a severe stomach ache and eventually puking every hour. I texted her drill coach to let her know that most likely, Sierra would not be performing in the Hello Assembly in the morning. Because drill is so strict, they require you to come even if you are sick...but you don't have to dance. 9 times out of 10 the girls feel better after a while, or really aren't that sick. So although I knew she was on her death bed, we dragged her to practice at 6:00. With her performance gear, pillow, blanket, pepto-bismol, and puke pan. The poor girl was a site. But she was determined she was going to be ok by performance time.

I came back for the assembly and her coach said that she definitely was not well and would not perform. Not a surprise, but Sierra was devastated. She has worked for 5 months with the drill team and hasn't been able to perform once. She missed some practices when we went to Las Vegas and so she wasn't able to do the summer parade, or perform at drill camp. Then last week she couldn't perform at the first football half-time because they hadn't respaced the dance yet. Now this morning for the assembly and most likely the Mini Drill event tonight. I stayed to support the team for the assembly and to haul Sierra off the minute they were done. They did a fantastic job...but tears fell as I thought about all the hard work Sierra has put into this and hasn't been able to enjoy it yet. Life is funny that way.

So she slept the ENTIRE day and still did not feel well when it was time for the football game/Mini Drill half-time. So she was going to have to sit out again. Justice and Montana were both very excited and couldn't wait to get going. They both did a fantastic job and had so much fun being out on the football field with a whole crowd of people screaming for them. I've tried a couple of times to post the video but it won't work. Here's what you would have seen...Justice is in the purple group, front row, second from the end. Montana is in the yellow group, front row, with the big yellow bow in her hair. We were so proud of them! Sierra is on the grass in the white tshirt that has a Number One and "Shushie" on the back (that's her drill nickname).

Here's some fun pics too!

How Sierra spent the day! Montana and Autumn Justice