Rachel finishing a round. She’s in the center with the bun.
Allow me a mom moment here. All of my kids do interesting and sometimes unusual things, and this week I got to take our younger daughter, Rachel, to compete in the nationals for archery. She qualified last year too and got eighth in the country! Since my only experience with archery was at summer camp as a kid with arrows shaped more like boomerangs, I am lucky to still be alive. We have no idea where she got this talent.
Nationals were held in Louisville, KY and we took my mom along too – three generations together for girl time. It’s a really interesting thing to do, actually. There are thousands of archers from all over the country and they are competing hundreds at a time. Rachel has moved up an age division, so this year she was competing against her grade and also the two above it. She had an arrow go bad in the second to the last round, but she still tied her personal best competition score and took 22nd. We were so proud of her! I don’t know how she does it, but she stays cool as a cucumber.
Thanks for letting me brag a bit. Hopefully I’ll get to do it again next year. 🙂