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Our oldest came home from church one day last fall and said that he had been invited to participate on an Odyssey of the Mind team with a friend. He was involved with OM 10 years ago, and I knew a little about the program, so Sharky and I said yes. He has great Christian coaches, and is on a team with good kids. They practiced once a week for several months. Last month was the regional competition, and D's team won the right to advance to the state competition. Great for them, we thought, and the team swirled into action for another month of fine-tuning their performance. This Saturday was the big day - state competition in Orlando. We loaded up the family truckster and headed off for the big city. It was an all day affair, with the team competing both in the morning and afternoon. I took a break in the afternoon and drove the girls home to stay with a sitter for the big awards ceremony that night, while the others hung out in O-town with the team. That evening, the team, parents, and coaches all assembled in the arena to await the beginning of the ceremony. I don't know how many thousand people were in there, but they were all yelling and screaming at the same time :-) Boy, was I glad that the girls were safe and sound in their beds at home! It was a little overwhelming, but lots of fun for us oldies. The tension grew as the various awards were given out. Finally they were down to the top two places in my son's division. They didn't place second, which meant they were either out of the competition completely or they had won... The announcer got as far as the first word of the name of our local area and our team exploded with joy! They had won the state competition in first place and will now advance to the World Finals in Michigan! It was a fantastic day of celebrating and being together as a family. Now the team will spend another month tweaking their skit and getting the props in order for the big day in May.  |
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