Well some know already and some do not, so here it the latest update from the Bible Quizzing Nationals. Our boys placed 4th out of 43 beginner teams! This is beyond awesome to me, and we are so very proud of them both. I've said this already but I must say again the boys played very good team work. One could not have came in 4th place without the other, and they did GREAT working together. I think this is the most awesome way for them to finish out their time of quizzing together. They have made a special memory that neither of them will ever forget, and have made a wonderful team for the past four years now. As I say every time though, the most important and wonderful thing about all of this is the word of God that has been put into their hearts. Nothing in this world can compare to what these boys have gained from the word of God. Also, at nationals Haiden made the all tournament team. He actually received a 2nd place trophy for the highest individual scorer from the top eight teams. There were about three other quizzers who had a higher average score than him on the all tournament team, but the top two are picked from the top eight teams. Yes, we are so very proud of him for this. He had a few bad games with very low points so we were not expecting him to get this 2nd place trophy, but even with the bad games, he played well in the others which must have made up for the bad ones. Haiden and Austin have done a great job!
After the awards on Friday, we went to a nice restaurant and let Haiden get whatever he wanted. He picked ribs to eat! His daddy told him don't get used to that kind of meal now, LOL! Then there were a few shops I wanted to go to before leaving town, and Haiden still wanted to play a game of Putt Putt. Needless to say we did not leave Branson till a little after 7pm and arrived home at 4am Saturday morning. What is crazy is that it did not seam like we were in the car for eight hours. My husband and I talked about Bible quizzing for 2009 a lot and this helped us both stay awake. Thank the Lord for a safe trip home and a wonderful week!
We had been keeping track online and watching the blogs so we did hear early yesterday!!!! We are so excited and proud of the boys. They have worked so hard. We are thankful you made it home safely...4am...Todd and I do this when we get started talking and the excitement of stuff happening at church we go on for hours. Its fun to get so excited about the work of God! See you guys in the morning!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! What a great accomplishment for you guys. Y'all have really worked so well as a team. We are looking forward to getting this program started here at Life Tabernacle and our support is with you.
ReplyDeleteWay to go!!! Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteWe are proud of you.
I, too, have watched the online page to know what was going on. I'm sooo excited for this accomplishment!!
ReplyDeleteGlad y'all made it home safely!
I, too, have been keeping track of their success, and this is AWESOME!! I'm going to need Haiden's autograph. LOL!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS, Haiden! I'm so proud of you and Austin. Bro. Holley said in his comment that he is looking forward to this program getting started in Life Tabernacle, so I have to say, I AM EXCITED about that! Ya'll can be the #1 WINNERS!!
ReplyDeleteWhoohoo for Haiden and Austin! And go girl for spanking Bro Chris at Putt Putt!
ReplyDeleteOh Haiden,
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful trip you had, I am so very proud of you for the hard work you put into the bible quizzing. I am also glad you got to have such a good time, I hope you will be able to remember these moments in ur life later when u are older. Again AWESOME JOB!!!!!
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