God's Girlz two-team TBQ Premier

 Both God's Girlz teams about to compete for REAL for the first time.

 The most amazing bunch of girlz!

Family shot.

Hannah had her first TBQ match yesterday. Not only did God's Girlz debut in the "A" league but there are now TWO God's Girlz teams. Not to confuse anyone but we now have God's Girlz/Grace Keepers and God's Girlz/Kingdom Seekers. Hannah is on the Grace Keepers team. Last year's team had 4 girls & one girl would always "sub" waiting for a girl at the table to quiz out so she could enter the game. They were a powerhouse team but adding 2 more girls would mean 3 girls had to sit out & wait for a turn at the table. That's how the two teams were formed. Everyone is at the table & we have no subs. Got it?

Sooooooo, personally, the biggest news from yesterday is that Hannah was the #1 individual scorer. She earned 1070 points! Her team scored a total of 1945 points. They were the first place team yesterday overall. But there are no awards at each meet. That happens at the end. If she keeps up this pace, she'll be a top scorer, I'm sure. She also quizzed out in each of the 8 rounds. That means she answered 5 questions correctly, earned 20 bonus points, and had to leave the table. That's a good thing! They were 7-1 for the day. They lost their first match of the day but won all the rest.

Her sister team had a record of 5 wins & 3 losses and came in 3rd place for the day BUT the difference between 2nd & 3rd place was only 5 points. Very close. Five of the six girls had multiple quiz outs. 

After getting home around 4pm, Hannah had a short rest before going to her friends' house for a celebratory slumber party. Not much slumber happened so she's napping now. She & her friends deserved it!

Here's a picture I stole from their coach. I had to be an official so I only got to see her quiz when she came through my room. There would be more pictures if I had been following her!

State Fair 2013

 Hannah's Hobbit House cake. Picture was taken at home before the cake got old looking at the Fair. She got 1st place (and $5).

 Joshua's minion cupcakes. I can't remember now if these took 2nd or 3rd....

 Hannah's melted crayon art.

 Hannah's "experimental" minion art. The Minion is made with shaving cream,glue, & food coloring so it's a little puffy.

 Joshua and his minion art.

 Joshua and his melted crayon art. These were fun to make.

 Joshua's excellent mixed media art. Too bad the judges must be bitter Coyotes fans as it didn't place. Seriously? Look at how awesome the Blackhawk is drawn!

 Joshua's recycled art (Hannah made one too but without the paint splatter). The "tree" is made of brown paper bags for the trunk & cut up toilet paper tubes for the leaves.

 Joshua's watercolor giraffes.

The State Fair was pretty successful in terms of ribbons & prize money. We found all their student art (free to enter but lots of competition from public schools AND no prize money),home art/crafts ($1 per entry,less competition because of the fee, & prize money if they place), and culinary arts items (also $1 per entry & prize money if they place). 

Let's just say they entered a lot more stuff than the pictures show. Between them they earned 28 ribbons and $70. Not too shabby!

JBQ Meet #1 for Compass Kidz

 The 2013-14 JBQ Team!!!!!

 A picture at the buzzers.

 Silly faces (above)

 Cupcake break (above)

 3 of the top 10 high scorers.

 Joshua earned 2nd place in high individual points (435 on the day).

Joshua and his team, Compass Kidz, had their first meet yesterday. They had 6 rounds of quizzing and won each round! They went undefeated & had 3 kids in the top 10 of high point scorers for the day in their league. They are in the "B" league-meaning they are first time quizzers. Hannah was in the "A" league when she started because 3 of the girls on her team had already been in JBQ.

The kids were a little nervous. At least Joshua had the "experience" of knowing what to expect from watching Hannah's meets. He has one teammate who knew what to expect because he has sisters on TBQ with Hannah. But four of the kids had no clue what was going to happen. They did amazing. I actually felt a little guilty at how badly they beat some of their opponents. But their hard work paid off. As long as they don't assume they'll always win & don't become prideful, then I hope they can always strive to do their best even when they make mistakes (which they did).

Here's how the rounds went down:

1. Compass Kidz 205 points to -25 (this one I felt REALLY bad about)

2. 230 points to 100 points

3. Ended in a tie at 80 points so we had an overtime tie breaker. After 3 OT questions, Compass Kidz won with 100 points to 90 points.

4. 225 points to 40 points

5. 240 points to 20 points

6. 160 points to 80 points (this was against another team who had not lost a match yet)

So we're pretty proud of Joshua for his accomplishment. It's more than the facts/scriptures he has memorized (although that's important). The fact that he wanted to do this after saying "no" and that he buzzes in/answers the questions is huge for this shy kid. There was a time he wouldn't go up on a stage in front of a 100+ people to retrieve a ribbon. He went up there with no problem. It's a breakthrough!

He seems to be enjoying practices and being friendly with his team mates. His next meet is in November. Hannah's first TBQ meet is in a couple weeks. She'll be quizzed over 1st & 2nd Thessalonians. 

Joshua taking 2nd place in high scoring at JBQ meet #1

Hannah's Minion B-day Party Invitation

JBQ-Here we go again!

I hope everyone understands the difference between JBQ & TBQ. 

JBQ=Junior Bible Quiz 

TBQ=Teen Bible Quiz

I thought when Hannah moved up to TBQ from JBQ that that would be the end of JBQ for us. Our friend has put together a JBQ from our church and guess who (after saying "no" many times) has changed his mind and want to participate? If you guessed Joshua, you'd be shocked AND right! He's been asked to learn the 30 point questions which are harder but there are fewer of them. He's had 2 practices so far. The first match is in October. Hannah will be helping with the officiating for JBQ. Todd designed a team shirt that we hope to get printed soon. Get used to his team name: 

Compass Kidz

There are 6 kids (4 boys & 2 girls)

Hannah's 1st TBQ match is in October too. She has all of 1st & 2nd Thessalonians memorized so far and is working on 1st Timothy now. 

Joshua's dodgeball team, the Waffles (don't ask), had playoffs last week. They didn't do too well but he wants to play again. Hannah has decided to play too. 

We'll be dropping off artwork at the fairgrounds soon. The kids did a lot of great stuff. 

No new pictures. Sorry!

Wet N Wild Day 9-2-13

Dodgeball

 Posed shot at Sky Zone-practicing for dodgeball.

Hannah with her TBQ haul of TBQ awards.

So I finally remembered to bring my camera to dodgeball & get a posed shot. Getting a picture while play is going on is near impossible so this is the best I could come up with. He's having fun & will probably want to continue. 

I took the picture of Hannah with all her awards for the achievement page in next year's yearbook. I have pictures of her when she got each award but none of them all together. It makes it easier for that yearbook page:) She's got:

2 plaques (1st place team over the season & 1st place team at State)

1 big trophy (1st place team at Regionals)

3 medals (individual high points for the season,at State, and at Regionals)

2 trophies for individual competitions (1 on 1 and a quote-a-thon)

1 Silver trophy for quoting 11 chapters of Matthew.

This picture also shows Hannah's new bangs. They're a little longer than she wanted but when the stylist started cutting, the hair started to curl so she suggested long bangs to begin with. We bought a flat iron so if she decides to go shorter then she can flatten out any curls. 

We're working on a bunch of art projects for the State Fair. That's about it!

Not much....

Hmmmm, no updates/photos since a long time ago! Not much has been happening. Regular summer "school"hours. Wet-n-Wild  is over but I never take pictures there for obvious reasons. Movies are over. 

Joshua did start playing in a dodgeball league a few weeks ago. I have never brought my camera because it's at one of those trampoline places. I know from experience that I don't get good pictures there. Too much fast movement. They all come out a blur. His team hasn't won many games but her's having fun. He'll probably want to sign up again when this session is over. 

Hannah starts TBQ practice tomorrow & theater starts up again next week. 

That's about it.

Ants'hillvania-last batch

 Hannah as an ant.

 Another cast shot w/director. I know I did one earlier. I just like it.

 Hannah's a spider in this shot

 The spider family.

 Awwww, pretty spiders. They don't look so bad.

Hannah and a few friends.

Last batch of Ants'hillvania. These are (mostly) the posed shots another parent took. He shot a few afterwards too. Fun times. Cheaper by the Dozen is in the Fall. Not the Steve Martin version. The original. I didn't know there was an "original". We rented the old movie & book from the library so Hannah could figure out who she wants to audition for.

Ants'hillvania Action Shots

 Hannah's on the right (as ant)

 I love this shot because of the look on Kenzie's face & Peter's too!

 Hannah's somewhere at the back of the middle line. I promise.

 Here's some pretty flowers. There's another picture below where they are being attacked by the awful weeds. For some reason that picture didn't load properly so now they're out of order.

 Miss Milliped & Mr. Worm.

 D.F. the Dragonfly=bad news

 See where listening to D.F will get you?

 Inside the "Pleasure Cave Inn". Hannah was Suzi Spider.

Here's those weeds choking the good seed.

Here are just a few of the many action shot pictures from Moezart. I still have to go through the posed shots another parent took because Moezart forgot to do those. It's hard to narrow them down! Also, I'm still waiting on the action shot from Wild West Tales. Yes, back from November:( I'll get those up as soon as I get the cd. It's not because I'm slacking!!

Hannah as a Beach Bum in "Blackbeard the Pirate"

 The Beach Bums

 It's so hot at the beach!

 Hannah and wonderful friends.

 Good family pics.

Last night Hannah performed in Blackbeard the Pirate with Missoula Children's Theater at the AFB. It was the week long summer drama camp they do each year. She got a part she wanted-a beach bum. She had quite a few lines. I borrowed 2 of her friends to come along to see the play. Hannah had fun. 

Enjoy the pictures!