They are going to Nationals!

Our summer started off in warp drive with Eli and Jon getting up at 3:30 am the day after school got out in order to catch a flight to DC.  Eli and his two teammates had successfully competed in a variety of levels in order to reach the History Day National Competition.  Back in February at the regional meet we had no idea that this ride would just keep on going all the way through June.  I'd say that the most intense moment for this proud mom was when they were announcing the finalists at the State competition.  There are so many categories and Eli's was announced about last.  They announce a handful of honorable mentions, then start with the fifth place team, counting down to 1.  The top 2 go to Nationals.  Arriving at the meet that day we really had no expectations, but the more films we watched (Eli and crew did a documentary- their topic was the 1862 US Dakota War) we (the moms) started to realize that our boys had really created something special.  Anyway- I think this photo kind of sums up our excitement at realizing the boys were going to nationals- this was snapped as they announced the third place winner and so we had calculated that the boys were either 1 or 2. It makes me laugh.