Final Marching Band Competition

Wendy and I drove to Tyler and Jaylen's home on Friday evening to avoid an early morning drive on Saturday.  We stayed in the freshly painted and organized baby room which will soon be occupied with their new baby boy sometime in early November.  I had set an alarm for 3:15 a.m. to call Jeffrey to make sure he was up, and of course he was.  He had an early start to drive to Utah.  This morning we got ready and drove to the American Fork High School to attend the Timpanogos Marching Band Invitational.  Century High School was competing in the 3A Division along with three other schools, and they were among the first bands to perform.  We were joined by Tyler, Jaylen, and Baylor, and Caz, Ashley, and Camden.  We were all bundled up as the temperature was below freezing.  Century performed well, and the awards ceremony was scheduled for 2:00 p.m.  We left to eat lunch with Tyler and Jaylen at Wallaby's BBQ.  We returned to the competition in time to see Green Canyon perform.  It was good despite the fact that there was a cold, stiff wind blowing across the field.  Century won three awards for Best Color Guard, Best Percussion, and Best Music, and they took first place in the 3A Division.  It was a good way for Jeffrey to end his high school marching band experience.  We returned to Tyler and Jaylen's home to rest and warm up.  Jeffrey stayed with his classmates until the end of the Invitational, which didn't get over until after 10:00 p.m. We drove to the Outlet stores, and Wendy and I found winter coats on sale at the Columbia store.  We only paid $94 for two good coats.  Then we drove to Caz and Ashley's home after stopping at Smith's and Cafe Rio.  Caz and Ashley retuned home shortly after we arrived.  They had attended a Halloween party at the next door neighbors.  We stayed up to watch a British Bake-off show, and Wendy made a batch of Molasses Cookie dough.