So close.... but no prize.

Last night we went up for an annual Young Life golf fundraising event, and both Strider and Pete entered the Ultimate Putt Contest. There were 4 rounds, and then championship head-to-head putt-offs for both the adults and kids, with big prizes at stake!

Sadly, Pete lost in the 3rd round (so no big Great Wolf Lodge vacation package for us!), but Strider made it all the way through to the finals! It came down to just him and one other kid... it became very suspenseful..... but in the end, the other boy made one more perfect putt than Strider did. Oh well, no big Wii prize this year. :( This is a picture of the final 2 kids in their championship head-to-head round:

But the event was very fun anyway.... and Strider got a kick out of seeing Joe Gibbs (of NFL coaching fame) there, and getting to compete against Gibbs' grandsons. In the picture below, Strider is standing directly in front of "Coach," as everyone calls him, in a picture of all the finalists. (Pete was daydreaming that he would be in the head-to-head finals against Joe, but alas, it was not to be.)