Junior Nationals Tournament!

This past week I have been competing for Junior Nationals. For this tournament you have to qualify to play. The top 5 teams of Southern California made this tournament and one of those teams was my team! We arrived in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday. We had 4 days of competition. (that is the longest tournament my team has ever been competing in) On Thursday we didn't play. We had a day just to hang out, watch some older teams play, and go the mall! :) That day was so much fun, just spending time with my teammates.

Our days of competition were so tiring we had to stay on a very tight schedule. The first day we had to play three matches. We won all three of them! I was so happy because if we won the two games the next day, we could place first in our pool! But then next day came and we won one of the games and lost the other! But we still moved onto the next round. After those two games my team and I went to go and see Toy Story 3! It was so great!

The third day my team went down...we lost two out of the three we played. That meant we didn't have a chance at winning the gold medal. But after that, we still tried to get the highest place we could. So we did! On the fourth and final day, we won both of our games, making us the champions of our division! I was so proud of my team! We also got a big shiny plaque!

Here are some pictures showing my trip!


Team Pic!

Carly and I watching the 14's play!

Jules, Jen, Riley, and Kuuipo at the restaurant

My grandparents and I watching older teams play!

My team in front of the front sign!

Lemonade -4- 75 cents

Today my sisters and I had a lemonade stand! It was so much fun! We started by posting up posters around our whole neighborhood. It was so tiring though. After that we were ready for business. We had a small turn out in the beginning but towards the end we had more and more people wanting some Buzzy Lemonade! Our total at the end was $38.00! We were so happy! :D It was so much fun that I would do it again! :)


Lemonade 4 Sale Poster.


Courtney and Paige ready to sell some Lemonade!


My grandparents came for some lemonade! :)


Me and Brooke posting up the posters all around the neighborhood.

Love NEVER Fails

Have you ever thought about this phrase? I have lately. Whenever I think about the phrase "Love Never Fails" I always think about Christ's unconditional love for us. God has done so many things for me and I have messed up so many more times, and he still loves me the same. I just think that is amazing! The fact that I am worshiping a God who cares for me that much is indescribable!

There are so many verses in the Bible that explain God's unconditional love for us and here are a couple:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. - Deuteronomy 7:9

For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. . . - Psalm 37:28

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. -Proverbs 8:17
Here are the lyrics to Love is Here by Tenth Avenue North. I hope you enjoy them.

Come to the waters, you who thirst and you'll thirst no more.
Come to the Father, you who work and you'll work no more

And all you who labor in vain
And to the broken and shamed

Love is here love is now
Love is pouring from His hands from His brows
Love is near it satisfies
Streams of mercy flowing from His side
'Cause love is here

Come to the Treasure
You who search and you'll search no more
And come to the Lover
You who'll want and you'll want no more no more

And all you who labor in vain
And to the broken and shamed yeah

Love is here love is now
Love is pouring from His hands from His brows
Love is near it satisfies
Streams of mercy flowing from His side yeah

And to the bruised and fallen
Captives bound and broken hearted
He is the lord He is the lord yeah

By His strifes He's paid our ransom
From his wounds we drink salvation
He is the lord He is the lord

Love is here love is now
Love is pouring from His hands from His brows
Love is near it satisfies
Streams of mercy flowing from His side
Streams of mercy flowing from His side
'Cause love is here love is here


This song really speaks out to me. I hope it does the same to you!

GOD'S Love NEVER Fails
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