Day 12: was getting ready for Harvest War and helping set up the site. There was so, so, so much to do! We were setting up all the fields and the "buildings" we would use throughout the week.
Day 13: More war. Today was my big day to get the archery range set up. It rained all morning and didn't quit until it was almost time for the actual tournament so getting it ready was a bit hectic. We had a great tournament and I lost by TWO points. I actually had an arrow that hit a line but didn't break it. If it had broken the line, I would have added five points to my score and the outcome would have been totally different. I love how competitive it was. I hate tournaments where someone is so much better it isn't fun to shoot. I then went to the Thrown Weapons range and helped Azir set it up and then ran the tourney to show I could run the line. I'm trying to get my TW Marshal. At court on this day, I had two scrolls presented for the Shire Archery Champion and the Shire Thrown Weapons Champion.
Day 14: More war and more archery. I was supposed to run two tournaments this day. The morning one was based on bandits. There were four of us that shot it. And then we got all set up to shoot zombies in the afternoon with about 15 people and the rain came again. I had to call it and we all ran back to camp. I then sat under a shade making thread covered buttons hoping I would dry out. When that didn't happen, I finally changed clothes and got ready for court. I have to admit. I'm a court junky. I really am. And, I knew Kaitlyn was going to get her Award of Arms at court. I also had another scroll that was going to be presented. After it was presented (and I loved his reaction), I thought I would just sit back and relax but low and behold, I was called to court! The Barony of Gryphon's Lair gave me a service award. It was awesome. Then, as I was getting up to leave court, Their Majesties told me to scoot over. So I kneeled down in front of them and they gave me an Award of Arms! I was pleasantly surprised. Here I am getting my A and my belt (which means I can now bear arms in the presence of royalty).
Then, as I was getting up to leave court, the Queen took me by the elbow and just moved me to the side and they called up Kaitlyn so she could get her AoA. Now, the fun part of this is that I did her scroll (pic coming soon! I don't have my camera cord with me right now!). I added a family joke to the text and when it got to that part, she just lost it. She was just laughing so hard!! It totally made my entire weekend. The good I did for someone else was returned 1000 fold in that one single moment. Seriously, I will look at these pictures and just smile for the rest of my life. It was such an amazing moment. Here is her reaction.
Such a great picture of her unbridled laughter in that moment. Love this girl!
Day 15: I spent the morning helping to pack up the shire stuff. It took all morning but was all put away by noon, which meant that everyone could leave in a timely manner and it wasn't just 1-2 people doing it all for the rest of the day.
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