4TH PLACE AT NATIONALS

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!

ON A WINNING STREAK

Okay, the boys are doing totally AWESOME! They won all their games today and are now gauranteed no less than 4th. They are doing so awesome as a team, I have just been amazed. They are playing the best team work I've seen here yet! I'm sure there are others as I have not seen all games played, but our boys have done the best team work that I have seen. I love this for them so much seeing how this is there last year to quiz together, and what a way to end their quizzing together. They are making a huge memory for themselves by playing the way they have played. I'm so proud of them both and we are going to hate to see them seperate as quizzers, but time and places does have a way of changing things. We love Austin and have fun with him, and we will miss the quality time we have had with him during quizzing. WE ARE VERY PROUD! Oh, and we attended the Noah Musical tonight and thought it was wonderful. I was so amazed at the props they have for this drama and how fast they changed the scenes. I would say it is a must see for anyone who comes to Branson! Also, want to say a huge THANK YOU to anyone who helped support Haiden coming to Nationals. With you support he has been able to have fun, but at the same time be serious and play to best of his ability during quizzing. Thank you all for your help!