My older brother Tyler (age 22) is in the process of owning a gymnastics gym called Jenny's Gym. Jenny is a sweet lady (around 24) who has a husband and three little ones of her own to take care of, and no longer wants to run the gym. It is VERY small, but with a good manager, and God's help, I think Tyler can make it a go. Owning a gym is something he has wanted to do since he got into Tumbling about 7 or 8 years ago.
Jenny's Gym had the very first Homeschool Gymnastics class yesterday, and I am now an official gymnastics teacher! I'm so excited! I did Tumbling for 5 years, until I hurt my back in an unrelated incident, and could no longer do high impact training. I loved Tumbling SO much, and I'm so glad that I will at least be able to teach it :D
The teachers will be rotating, and yesterday I had the 3 to 5 year olds. They were absolutely darling! One of the 5 year olds, his name was Matthew, called me "Coach". Oh! My heart melted! I love being called Coach! I had five kids in my class, two were 5, two were 4, and the 3 year old was the only girl. Three of the families that came were from our church, and I have had the pleasure of babysitting most of their kids. There were 19 kids in all. A great turn out!
We learned front rolls, and cartwheels, then on the mini tramp we learned straight, tuck, and straddle jump. I think they had fun. I know I sure did! Here's to hoping I can teach the older kids just as well :)
Please pray that Tyler will have a booming business, and that he will earn enough money to help get the gym out of debt before he becomes the "Official" Owner.
~God Bless,
Amy K
This is a video of Tyler training in 2008. Since then he has gone on to Nationals several times, and just this year he retired from competition (by choice).
Grasshopper Nymph (He was about 1/4 of an inch)
Male Cardinal
