State Bowling Tourney

Micayla made it to state for Senior bowling. Me, Tom, Brandon and Tom's parents went to Des Moines Friday morning. It was about a 3 hour trip. We ended up taking mom and dad's van just because we need a vehicle for 7. Thanks to mom for letting us, as she got to use my car for the day. Once we got to the bowling alley, we ate lunch and I had a bloody mary! The bowlers were just getting to the bowling alley, they went down on Thursday night to watch a few other DBQ bowlers. So we got there pretty early, hoping to get a good seat. Well, as we were waiting for our food, one of the managers off the bowling alley said the "line" is getting pretty long, we didn't know what to expect, well, what happens is they close the bowling alley an hour and a half before the tournament starts. Well, here is what the line looked like.
Yes, we are waiting outside. Thank God the weather wasn't too bad. I think it was like 30 or so and most of us had our jackets and gloves. Once we got into the bowling alley, everyone knew what lane their kids were going to be in so we just had to go near lane 22. We actually got perfect seats, but the hassle.. it was quite amazing. The only down fall to my seat is that I was straight on looking at lane 22 so when ever someone bowled, the 2 rows in front of me, did the same think I did and looked around each other, so needless to say, I stood most of the time. But here was a picture, that I didn't realize I took. I think my camera was just clicking away and when I went to review my pics, here is what I saw and this is what was in front of me..
Yeah, seriously, I really had to stand. But anyway, Micayla did awesome she ended up 16th overall for women and her team ended up 6th. They were like 4 pins behind and would have ended up 4th or somthing like that. There were some awesome bowlers. Here are a few pics of the score boards. Micayla is under M.H. First game:
second game:
Here are few of her pics bowling. I think these were taking after a few of her strikes!

and then their little cheer that we knew nothing about, but I got a pic.. It was really cute!
So after the tournament we went to check into our hotel, yeah, we stayed the night in Des Moines. We stayed at "The Drury Inn" it was a super nice hotel. We got to eat hor de voure's in the hotel lobby from 5:30 to 7:00 or so and we each, adults of course, got 3 free drinks. Anything you wanted. I drank beer of course, but Tom had a margarita and then a couple of Tequila Sunrises. They were good. The food was, chile dogs, chips and salsa, mini chicken wings, salad and chips and pretzels. Enough to get us through the night. The hotel also had a really neat pool. The pool went to the outside area, yeah and Tom and Brandon went swimming. I just had a few beers and watched. The pool split from the inside to the outside. It was really cool, they could swim underneath to get to the outside. Look at the snow - they are outside!
Here they are on the inside
Well, needless to say, it was a lot of fun. Saturday morning, they had a hot breakfast, so we saved lots of money by not having to go out for dinner or breakfast. Our room was awesome as well, we had a 2 bedroom suite! Plenty of room for the 6 of us! After we checked out of the hotel, we went shopping at Gordman's. We had lots of good deals and I got myself a couple more shirts for my new job I start tomorrow. I'm so excited!

Today, Sunday, I went to a neighborhood baby shower. It was such a good idea. I didn't know there were that many people around our area. The neighbor lady invited all the women and when I got this invitation, I thought, this is weird, a baby shower and I don't even know the lady having the baby. But it was so nice. She, Joie, was 36 and it's here baby. So we got to meet the neighbors and we all talked about doing things this summer at each others house. I'm so looking forward to the spring/summer!

So now's the time to be getting ready for bed and hope to have a good nights sleep. I have to teach in the morning and then report to McGraw-Hill at 9am tomorrow. Wish me luck!