Sleep deprived but exhilerated, I picked Bailey up from school at around midnight, after her three day odyssey with the robotics team at the Phoenix regionals. As many of you may have seen, the team won the Image Award, as well as the Website Award. This outfit is only one small part of the image they portrayed. For those of you curious about the CRUSH name- it stands for Creating Robots Under Severe Heat. They made it all the way to the Quarter Finals. So proud of the kids, the team, the positive experience that is this extracurricular learning experience. I just had to share the photo of silly Bailey. Love it!
Early in the morning, however, Wyatt, Charlie and I had trekked all the way out to the regional shooting range near the county fairgrounds. Wyatt competed in his first .22 competition. His friend, Jonathan, who also does poultry, competed next to him.
The boys forged a friendship over chickens, but competed side by side yesterday, cheering one another on, with the fathers helping coach them.
Wyatt was glad to have his Daddy along, they pulled and posted targets together.
This age group shoots prone, then sitting or kneeling, and last from a chair at a table, No standing/ offhand or rapid fire rounds for this age group.
We were tired, with much to do, and chose to not stay until the targets were scored.
So as I loaded the car, the boys said their thank yous and good lucks, and we headed off to breakfast at the TTT truck stop. This might sound crazy, but in college my friends and I would occasionally make runs for this truck stop which serves amazing deep dish pie hot with mounds of ice cream. The night Charlie propsed to me, after a night at the County Fair, we had gone to the TTT after the fair. So once on the runs back and forth during the fair season, we try to stop by and keep the tradition alive.
We did have something worth while first, but who photographs that? Then we shared a cherry and a peach pie to celebrate the shooting competition. It would have been great if Bailey could have joined us, but we know she was having fun at the robotics competition.
All in all, a good day. Bailey loved the time with the team, and Wyatt enjoyed his first competition. And good family time! Yep, the Fair season has begun. It's all crazy from here.
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