A Competitive Weekend

This has been a very busy and insane weekend for us. All three kids had competitions...simultaneously...on opposite ends of town! Max and Ben both had their Odyssey of the Mind competition this morning and their performances NEARLY overlapped. Chris accompanied them throughout their day. He got to observe Ben while his group performed. Then went screaching out of there and on to the next location to try to catch Max's. They had already shut the doors on that one...but he did get to at least observe it through the window! Meanwhile, I was down at the TCC with Clara while her cheer squad competed in the Cactus Jamfest. It was SO much fun to watch all of the little, and big, girls compete in dance and cheer! Her squad did SO awesome! They really nailed their routine and stuck every single stunt! I was amazed watching them out there. They were so bright and smiley and confident and sure of themselves. It was great to watch what at what time seemed like total chaos, really turn into something amazing. Here are some shots of the day!






Once the competition on Clara's end was finished, we headed back out to the other side of town to check out our boys! As we sat through the awards ceremony, we were thrilled and surprised to hear both of our boy's teams had performed really well and would be going on to the state level competition! This is awesome and exciting and a great opportunity for our boys. Of course...it totally complicates life as well! It means lots more late afternoon, after school rehearsals! Which means a lot more extra fun driving/mom taxi time for me! And it means being in Phoenix on the exact same day that my younger sister is flying in to Tucson for a week's visit! So we will arrive in Phoenix at the crack of dawn on that Saturday. Compete all day. Find out who scored well enough to head to the World level competition...then fly home like the wind JUST in time to slide on down to the airport and get Nikki! YIKES!!!! WHAT a day! It's not even here yet and I am exhausted!!!

I seriously could not be prouder of my kids today! All three of them competed so well and wonderfully! I am excited to be on this journey with the boys in Odyssey of the Mind again. I am excited to see my Ben pick up the torch and anxious to see how far he will dare to take it! I am thrilled that they made it to state level so that the next time they compete, at least will get to see it! It's an exciting time for all my kiddos! Even with JamFest behind us, Clara still has a lot of practice and preparation to do to get ready for her big recital. I am also nervous about that coming up, as it looks like she may have as many as four costume changes in the course of that short evening! Yikes! Big fun happening in the Roberts house! It appears as though it's going to be a wild ride from now until May! Yee Haw! Buckle down and hang on tight!