First Yo-Yo Tournament!

Colsen has been eager for some time now to go to a real live yo-yo tournament.  When we saw that one was to be held in Pittsburgh, we got excited to take him (having family there).... But when we saw it was the same weekend that some good friends of ours were getting married here in NC, we thought the tournament was out of the question.

Enter my parents!  They graciously agreed to transport Colsen up to the tournament, listen to his yo-yo prattle for 48 hours straight, and act appropriately enthusiastic when they spotted "famous" professional yo-yo-ers.

Colsen called me Saturday morning, about an hour after he had arrived at the tournament and gushed that it was already the "greatest experience of his life." 

He was star-struck when he ran into some of this YouTube heroes, and one of them, his favorite, even spent some time doing some tricks with Cole.  They are both left-handed, so they looked particularly good together.  :)

The competition included 29 yo-yo-ers and Colsen finished right in the middle of the pack.  He learned a lot about how to get points, things to avoid, etc., so he feels much more equipped now to compete next time.  (And he asks about when that "next time" will be quite often)

Here's a link to his performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONxmO4KQwfk

They stayed with my Uncle Pete and Aunt Lisa, had some time to visit with Uncle Bob and Aunt Marilyn, and also had a chance to see the Boyer family for a little while, so the Pittsburgh trip sounds like it was a "win" in all senses!