Remember a few posts back when I was talking about Carter has his hobby of cup stacking, well we were so impressed with his intense practicing most of the Spring/Summer that he begged us to let him go to the AAU Junior Olympics competition in Iowa. He worked really hard to qualify to get into the competition and he did it! This was a once in a life time opportunity for him! So, we went and he had the best time and left Iowa wanting to do more cup stacking and still talks about the AWESOME time he had there. We were very thankful for Matt's family for donating flight miles for us to be able to go to this tournament. Thanks for the support for Carter!
Carter met some new friends and they would hold cup stacking competitions in the hotel lobby and also met up in the hotel pool for swimming fun.
We were very impressed with Carter's ability to stay calm and enjoy himself because I was a nervous wreck waiting for him to compete. He was able to qualify for the finals and he was so happy about that! That was a goal he set for him self to make to the finals. He was slightly nervous for the finals but was able to beat his qualifying time and placed 7th in full cycle competition. Although he didn't come with a medal he was very satisfied with a ribbon and he is already planning on next year in Virgina...Yikes...! This was all started because of his fun PE teacher in 4th grade and Grandma & Grandpa Peterson supplying a gift card at Christmas in which Carter got his very first set of cups. I love that this sport brings out Carter's confidence and happiness in him!
After the tournament was over we ventured out in the city of Des Moines to do some site seeing. We ate at some fun restaurants. We found a place called Zombie Burger and it had the best milk shakes and the place was decorated in Zombie decor even the employees looked scary. It was fun! Then, we hit the science center to end our fun. Bright and early the next morning we caught our flight home and I couldn't wait to meet up with Ashlynn again. She was staying in St. George while we were away. Thanks Mike and Laura for entertaining her! This was such a fun experience for Carter and we are so glad that it was a positive experience for him to remember for a long time.
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