Bara-Boo :(

We are back in the swing of basketball tournament action! Now that the regular season is wrapping up with just two games left, we move onto many weekends in January and February on the road to gymnasiums in small towns in central Wisconsin.

Today, we trekked down to Baraboo. I have never been there but always thought is was fun to say! We had no time to check out the town either. We caravan-ed from Rapids beginning at 8 a.m. and got home tonight around 8:30. Gone 13 hours and in that time, watched 4 exciting basketball games.

We lost our first 2 games (a close one to Auburndale and a not-even-close one to Baraboo) then won our last 2 games (over La Crosse and Wisconsin Dells) for a fifth-place ribbon. Boo.

I will say the boys, who were incredibly tired out by day's end, did not take it too bad at all. I think it helped to go out on a win! That helps carry some momentum into the next tournament in 2 weeks.

Since we squeeze in so many games in a day, Carter gets plenty of playing time to spell the starters. He did just fine today. Had some good rebounds and steals on defense and didn't make any mistakes on offense. That's always a plus.

After the tourney was done, there were 6 of us families who stopped to eat dinner at Famous Dave's BBQ in the Dells. Oh wow. That place always serves up good food -- and a lot of it! Love the cornbread muffins, too. I was so full I couldn't even look at the dessert menu!

It sort of made us forget about the bad parts of the day. And heck, if Carter is OK with his fifth-place ribbon to go along with his earlier third-place one, then we can be, too. It just means he has plenty of room in his collection for first and seconds!