I would just like to share some random things that happened to us back at Stanardsville a couple of weeks ago. :)
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| Squeaks the mouse :) |
First of all, the girls caught a little mouse! We all thought he was so cute and thought maybe we could take care of him and keep him as a pet. We named him Squeaks. However, I guess he needed some more care than we could give him (i.e. bread crumbs, grass, and water)...and Mrs. Van thought that he would not be the right pet for us :) ...so...we let him go back into the forest.
The last night of our competition at this school was on Thursday night. It started to rain just as we were to begin registration. We moved everything into the gym. The storm seemed to be passing, so we the girls were sent out to scout for any lightening in the area. The storm was really not coming our way and we enjoyed standing outside keeping watch. Because the rain had cleared the atmosphere, the moon was easy to spot...and we took a picture (Have you ever attempted to eat the moon??)!
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| Janna is about to eat the moon! |
Well, the teens came back out to play Spoke Tackle in the now muddy grass! This really adds to the game!! :) As soon as everyone was situated and began playing, the electricity went out!!! The cars that were around all turned on their lights and shined them onto the field for the teens to be able to see. It was quite a night!
Since we were not scheduled to hold a teen activity on Friday night, we made the most of our extra time! The Van Gelderens took their trailer on to the next church in Fredericksburg, but Stephanie came with the rest of us to Washington, D.C.!!
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| White House |
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| Washington Monument and Capitol Building |
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| at the Lincoln Memorial |
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| Air Force Memorial |
