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Aug 7, 2017

Coach Friends...A Blessing

When I started coaching cheerleading 17 years ago, it didn't occur to me that I would make so many treasured friends along the way. My...

Jul 11, 2017

Camp & Clinic Success

There are a lot of fun summer camps and clinics available for kids. These camps can be a fantastic experience, but there are a few things...

Jun 12, 2017

Summer Camps - What are you doing?

I remember going to a Girl Scout day camp as a kid. It lasted a week. And then I went to the neighborhood pool, watched too much TV, and...

May 12, 2017

Parenting, Coaching, & Letting Go

A couple weeks ago I attended a lecture by Jessica Lahey, author of the book "The Gift of Failure." It was a lot of stuff I already...

Apr 11, 2017

Down Time Time!

It's Spring Break for a lot of us, and we finished Crazy Performance Season, so we have a little down time. I know, there is still plenty...

Mar 7, 2017

What is Rec Cheer?

It seems like an appropriate time to repost the original blog post from my blog, "What is Rec Cheer?" As the Rec Cheer Director for the...

Feb 3, 2017

Guest Blog - The Gift of Time

My friend Sabrina is suffering from brain cancer. In the midst of surgery, chemo, and radiation treatment, she wrote this blog post. I...

Jan 10, 2017

#proudmama

I have been a cheerleading coach for 16 years. I have been a parent for six years. Now those two worlds are colliding. I have twin...

Dec 12, 2016

Holiday Stress & My Big Secret

It's December. Everyone is stressed out. Holiday parties, Christmas shopping, wrapping gifts, baking baking baking, family coming, do...

Nov 9, 20152 min read

We want to compete in Rec. How do we get started?

I always get a lot of questions about competition this time of year. I’m hoping I can answer most of them for you. Please email me at...

Feb 18, 20151 min read

What is Rec Cheer?

I'm coming at this from a Washington State point-of-view, so here is our coaches association's definition of Rec Cheer: Washington State...