Tell me a story..........Alexa Beall!

Alexa Beall...awe look at those baby blues! . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexa being silly.....she looks like she's giving a speech! . . . . . . . .. .. . . Most people have heard the saying "the squeaky wheel gets the oil." ...(or something like that) Seems like our little Alexa Beall tends to fall into that sometimes. With all of the hustle and bustle of the Busse house.....it is easy to be swept away with all of the daily events and we forget to stop and truly enjoy our accomplishments. I want to try so hard to not let that happen. ... ..

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Two weeks ago Beall competed in the invitational UIL tournament. She is on 2 teams....math and storytelling. (basically public speaking) When we pulled up to the tournament I noticed that the cafeteria seem to hold an endless amount of children and the buses were from miles around. (they can really pack 'em in a place around here) This meet seemed to be an especially big tournament. Beall really enjoys these meets and wasn't intimidated by the vast number of kids competing. (she just wanted her snack bar money and for me to be on my way) Usually, I receive a call to come pick her up about 2 hours later, but the call never came. Instead, I received a call from Beall that she had made it past the first round and was in round two! Yay Beall! I was so very excited for her that I kept checking the phone to see if she had called. (kinda like the expecting dad waiting for baby news) When she did call it was for a ride.....I braced myself for a disappointed little girl (just in case) When I picked her up....she was all smiles....seems she had made it all the way to round 3. This had never happened before.......they had never had a round 3. I couldn't believe it when she told us they wouldn't know the winners until Monday at school. (it was only Sat.) How could they do this to me? uhhh...I mean her. ........ .......

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. .. So Greg and I picked her up together on Monday..........yep.....she had the trophy in hand! whoo hooo! Way to go Alexa Beall! She placed 2nd in the storytelling! I never knew what a good public speaker she was. (she got that from her dad) Mom and Dad are so proud of our little genius! Although she didn't place in math (they compete against 4th graders) she did get the 2nd highest grade in her school!...(and she gets the math smarts from me!) We love you Beall!