St Louis Bound!

We're officially at the end of the marching band season! The RHSMB left for St Louis on Thursday morning for their final competition - the Bands of America Super Regional! It was a blast dropping Ava off and seeing the 5 motorcoaches head down 3 to pick up the kids, and then to see Big Blue (the semi hauling their pit and large instruments) heading out, as well.

The kids got to STL safely, and had a great first day on Friday. They rehearsed and performed in prelims at 8:45pm on Friday. The 14 highest scoring bands will move into finals, and those bands should be announced shortly (less than one hour from now!) Can't wait to see if RHSMB moves on up. They had a fantastic performance in prelims, and the parents who are there said they received many compliments - for both the band, and how supportive all of the RHSMB parents are. We love to hear that!

Dropping Ava off at the high school on Thursday morning - look at that smile!

Pria misses Ava...

In other news, the house has been quiet while Ava has been gone, and we've been counting down the days until G's birthday. We have less than 24 hours before he moves out of the single digits, and into #10! We're excited to celebrate him this weekend (and also cheer on Ava from afar!)

It's not St Louis, but a replica of downtown Rosemount, created by our favorite Lego artist!

Stay tuned to see what happens next...

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