Coops Scoops: A.C.E. Convention 2009

Well we are back from a week long event -- A.C.E. Convention 2009. It was a GREAT event, that our high school kids competed in, and did very well! Jerry & I were asked to be chaperons this year, and of course we were very honored to be asked! This was a very exciting event, but it was not an easy one. We were up around 5:30 every morning and we didn't go to bed until around midnight, every night. We ran our legs about half off, but the good news is, we all lost about 10 lbs, HA! HA! I had a group of girls that I was responsible for and they were; Courtney Murray (my niece), Yajaira Baltierra and Britney Soloman. These girls were great and they didn't cause me much trouble at all : ) Of course I had to do a lot of "mothering" throughout the week like: "time for bed", "take a shower", "pick up your clothes", "take your medicine", "iron your clothes", etc. etc. I enjoyed "taking care of" these girls, and I hope they enjoyed having me take care of them. --Since this was a first-time event for our kids, we weren't for sure how they would do, but they did wonderful considering it was a first-time for most of them. I think we had 3 girls that have done this before, but the other 16 haven't. We had a few take 1st place; Maria Coleman for her Poetry/Recitation, Ray Garcia for the boy's Soccer Kick and our Radio Broadcast Team; Charles Norfleet, Maria Coleman, Jordan Waggoner and Alex Fry. Our Bible Bowl Teams took 4th, 5th and 6th places, our girl's Volleyball Team took 4th (after not winning any of their games at all this season), the boy's 3-on-3 Basketball Team (Ray Garcia, Joel Cooper, Jordan Waggoner & Alex Fry) took 3rd, our girl's Track Team (Margret Coleman, Brittnay Beagan, Britnee Derscheid and Maria Coleman) took 3rd in the 400 Meter Relay and our girl's Quartet (Maria Coleman, Jewel Cooper, Megan Brubeck and Britnee Derscheid) took 4th (I think). We had two students place for their Photography; Britnee Derscheid 3rd and Austin Albaugh 6th. In the area of Clay work, Janae Waggoner took 4th and in Metalwork, Courtney Murray took home a 4th place metal. Charles Norfleet took home 4th place in the Male Solo category and Britnee Derscheid received 4th place for her Piano Solo. Dalton and Andromida Pippenger took 5th and 6th place for Table Tennis, Alex Fry took 6th place for Physical Fitness and 3rd place for the 200 Meter Dash. All 19 of our kids went home with at least one medal, so we are VERY proud of them! I know I have forgotten some, but as you can see...our kids did a WONDERFUL job!!! We are SO excited to start preparing for next year, it will be some great fun!

Our crew -- Back Row (LtoR): Dalton Pippenger, Andromida Pippenger, Britnee Derscheid, Austin Albaugh, Megan Brubeck, Ashley Fulton, Jordan & Janae Waggoner, Maria Coleman, Alex Fry, Mr. Coleman and Ray Garcia
Front Row (LtoR): Brittney Soloman, Charles Norfleet, Brittnay Beagan, Jewel Cooper, Courtney Murray, Yajaira Baltierra, Joel Cooper and Margret Coleman

Mrs. Dennis Joslin A.K.A the Candy Bar Lady : ) She would throw out full-size candy bars to the sections that were the loudest. She gave out over 200 this week.

Me and my "little" niece Courtney! I can't believe she is 13, where has the time went?!

Me and "my girls"; Yajaira, Courtney and Brittney.

Andromida, Yajaira and Courtney

Dalton after receiving his 5th place medal for Table Tennis!

I can't believe "the twins" are all grown up too : (
This is such a nice picture of you guys, Janae & Jordan! She asked me to take this, she said "we probably won't ever have a nice picture like this of us again", LOL!

Janae gave me A LOT of good material to work with this week, HA!
Here she shows her love for Mr. Mt. Dew : )

Here Janae and Maria show their love, as they battle it out for this tough guy : )

Alex receiving his 3rd place medal for the 200 Meter Dash

Austin receiving his 6th place medal for Photography-Still Life

Janae waiting to receive her 4th place medal for her Clay work

Ray Garcia receiving his 1st place medal for Soccer Kick

Courtney receiving her 4th place medal for her Metal work

Our Radio Broadcasting Team walking up to receive their 1st place medals

Our awesome leaders, Mr. & Mrs. Coleman

Mr. Coleman playing "Ronnie" from the A.C.E characters. Each morning they would have a skit and the sponsors were the actors and actresses.

Our girl's Volleyball Team: Brittnay Began, Britnee Derscheid, Brittney Soloman, Courtney Murray, Megan Brubeck, Margret & Maria Coleman, Jewel Cooper, Ashley Fulton, Yajaira Baltierra & Andromida Pippenger (I think I got them all : )