11/03/2012

1.  Early in the morning, Ben set up a bit of an archery range on the back side of our house, so now Joseph has a place to practice.  He was out there for about an hour practicing with his new bow, and the sight that his coach put on his bow on Thursday night.

2.  At 9:45, Joseph and I got in the car and left for College Station for Joseph's first archery tournament at Texas A&M.  It is a two hour drive, but really pretty this time of year.  Joseph and I listened to Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" on the way there and back.
The tournament itself was pretty interesting.  It took a long time!  There are 20 rounds, with the kids shooting 3 arrows each.  The kids are divided into two groups.  Group 1 shoots, then group 2, then all the kids go up to the targets to record their scores and retrieve their arrows, and then go back for the next round.  It all takes some time, and the tournament itself lasted about 3 1/2 hours.  Joseph sat next to the other boys shooting at his target, and I think had a good time hanging out between shooting.  I talked with some of the other parents which was nice.  I think I will bring a book next time, though.  :-)
Joseph came in 5th, got a medal, and had a really fun time.  He can't wait for the next tournament, which, thankfully, will be at UT.

3.  Back at the homestead, Ben and Brigham were hard at work.  They cleaned off the old master bedroom furniture set (bed platform and headboard, chest of drawers, and side table), spray painted them black, and attached new hardware on the drawers.  It looks really great!  Like new furniture!  I think Brigham is pretty happy about it all, although the furniture does fill up his room pretty well.  :-)

4.  I'm not sure what Mosey did all day, but I'm betting it had something to do with computer games and/or stuffed animals.  :-)  His stuffed animals have been under pretty heavy rotation.  He loved his raccoon so much, its tail fell off.  Luckily Mosey's mom is pretty good at reattaching tails.  :-)