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Riley flew to Dallas Texas today to compete in the National TSA Competion. He went with Dixon Middle School class, with his Teacher, Mr. Wardle and 5 other students. Riley competed in Bridge Building and Flight. The bridge is built with balsa wood and super glue, and then they put weight on it, to see how much it can take before it breaks. The flight is he makes a airplane out of balsa wood and then they fly it to see how far it can go and not break on landing. He stayed at the Gaylord Texas Resort and Convention Center. It is a really nice 5 star hotel. The hotel had a water park next to it, so they spent alot of time at it. He was also able to spend a day with Carson and Ethan at their house and swim with them. Crazy to think that he was 30 minutes away from Cameron in Denton, but we are not allowed to visit him, and Riley really didn't have a way to get there either. He thought that they might get to go to Six Flags over Texas, but it cost to much to get to it, and then they tried to get to the Texas Rangers Baseball game, but it was soldout. They spent most of the time at the hotel. It had many shops and eating places right in the hotel. He did not get any awards or place in the top ten, but he was okay was that. He was just glad to go and be with the TSA group. He was gone from Tuesday morning to Saturday evening. While he was gone, Erika and I cleaned his room and filled up one whole trash can full of trash. We rearranged his bed, computer and dresser and it looks so much better. Now the trick is to keep it clean.
