Is there such a thing as too many pictures?
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Just received a massive image update from Adrienna. Check out the internationals adventure.
UPDATE: New round of pictures from Breanna.
Archive for July, 2009
Notes from Nats – Wrap-Up
Sunday, July 12th, 2009July 10
We all enjoyed our experience at the Minnesota Twins baseball game in the evening, kettle corn and all!
On our way back from the game to Crown College, we saw some impressive lightning light up the sky on the way back.
Favourite Quote from Jennifer: “Oh, you children are always so cold!”
July 11
Elimination Quizzing—we fought [...]
Notes from Nats – July 9
Thursday, July 9th, 2009Day #2 of the preliminary round was an exciting and encouraging experience. We enjoyed five solid quizzes and we feel we have been able to make some appropriate adjustments to our game plan. Through this experience, we have been able to grow as a team and we are looking forward to everything God [...]
Notes from Nats — July 7-8
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009July 7
We all had a blast decorating the windows of our two vans with finger paints and glitter glue. Our creative design included our names, handprints, the chorus of our team song, and a Canadian flag. While stopped at red lights, we noticed people taking in our artwork with “quizzical” expressions!
We were the [...]
Follow the Stats
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009We’re told that you’ll be able to follow our Western Canada international team (and the rest of the tournament) at biblequizstats.org. Nothing yet… but the quizzing has just begun.
Notes from Nats – Theme Song
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009“This is our team song for this year. We sing it every morning during our worship time.”
Notes from Nats – July 6
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009July 6 marked the end of our road trip to Minnesota (the way there, at least!). We arrived in Minneapolis at our hotel right across the road from the Mall of America at around 4:30 p.m. After almost three days in vehicles, we were glad to do some walking!
We have driven a grand [...]
Notes from Nats – July 3-5
Sunday, July 5th, 2009July 3 Late Night Caper: Sandy, Denae, Sara, Breanna and Adrienna all turned detective and tried to locate an invisible duck that “quacked” whenever the lights turned out (turned out to be a light-sensitive farm puzzle piece). We managed to get in our “quota” of twelve quizzes to close off [...]
Notes from Nats – Internationals Practice Day 1 Report
Friday, July 3rd, 2009Day 1 of practice was filled with both laughter and work; we all had a great time together alternating quizzes with fun activities. Who would have thought that quizzing all day would be so much fun?
Our first break found us jumping on the trampoline, followed by exploring the playground. At around lunchtime, we [...]