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The Bunch Go To Round Rock For State Tournaments

 

The team. They were pretty nervous being on such a big stage. 

We left for the Austin area on Weds. It was cold windy and not very pleasant here, but by the time we got to our rv park in Austin the weather was pretty nice. I had heard a lot about how bad the ice storm last week was in Austin and how several areas are still without power. The Austin area received about one inch of ice accumulation during the latest winter blast and I will tell you that the damage is real. Most, but not all, places have power now, but the struggle to clean up is real. No kidding, EVERYWHERE you go is piles of downed trees and tree limbs. Some have been put neatly in piles and are awaiting pick up, but most have just been dragged off of streets and haphazardly put out of the way of traffic. Whole yards are nothing but piles of tree limbs. The RV park we stayed at said they were without power for two days and also had several trees that fell, but by the time we got there everything was fine. It was a nice park. We originally had a back in sight, but our rig ended up being too big to fit in it so we switched to a 100 ft long pull thru. It was fantastic! It did cost an extra $9 a night, but it was really spacious and so few people were in the pull thru area that we had a whole row to ourselves, which was really nice for Maisy.

The venue was huge. It had six courts here and two more at another facility. Only players were allowed on the court. Everyone else had to stay on the second floor.

Everyone prayed together before playing. Nightmare team did not end up making it to state. Yay!!

L ironed my hair on Weds night while we watched a movie. It made me lose like 75% of my hair's thickness. I liked it, but not enough to do regularly since it takes about an hour.

After the first game, we went to check out HEB!

 I had planned to do a couple of fun things while we were down there, but T's team, unfortunately, just kind of freaked out at the tournament and we were eliminated on Friday and ended up not going to the championship on Saturday. D wasn't feeling so well so it worked out ok. I was a little disappointed to learn instead of one game a day that T ended up play one game at 1 pm the first day and then one at 8am, 1:40pm, and 8 pm on the second. I had planned to go to the zoo or aquarium on Friday, but lucky us, we got more basketball. We ended up just coming home on Saturday since D wasn't doing well and A had a little issue with the horses. We did FINALLY get to go check out an HEB and it was phenomenal! We bought some cupcakes and brisket queso, but they had so much neat stuff. Next year I am going to go to the HEB plus and have dinner at Salt Lick. My aunt loves Salt Lick and has always raved about it so I really want to try it. L was super excited because the HEB had some seltzer water she loves in flavors she never knew they had! She stocked up. I did learn after 4 games that one of the parents thinks their kid might have pneumonia so I am really looking forward to this week. I really don't have time to be sick right now. We are planning L's bday, graduation, and college stuff, getting ready for Nationals next month in MO, doing school, and trying to take care of D's stuff. I must admit I am a little overwhelmed. One step at a time right? 

Have a great week everyone!

This place was huge and had such an overwhelming amount of options!

We had fun quickly checking things out. D wasn't feeling too well so he didn't really feel up to a whole lot.

L was VERY happy to find her favorite water in so many flavors.


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