A family with four children (three sons and a daughter) compete in the Ninja World Championships. The children, Ashton, Payton, Cason, and Paxton, have been training hard and have made it to the championships after winning medals at state and regional levels. Each child faces their own challenges and setbacks, including Cason's fear of heights, but they all show courage and determination. Meanwhile, their father's wallet is stolen, but he uses an AirTag to track it down and eventually retrieves it from a dumpster. Despite the setbacks, the family is proud of their children's accomplishments, and Ashton even makes it to the finals, where he faces a tough course but ultimately falls short of winning the gold medal.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The narrator's children have been competing in the American Ninja Warrior Junior competition.
2. To reach the Ninja World Championships, the children first had to qualify by winning a medal at the state championships, then win at the Regional championships.
3. The narrator's youngest son, Cason, is scared of heights.
4. The family is at the Ninja World Finals championships.
5. There are over 100 ninjas competing, and the top 19 move on to the finals.
6. The competitors do not get to know the obstacles until right before the race and are not allowed to practice on the course.
7. Ninjas get one point for every obstacle they complete correctly, but three strikes and they're out.
8. The narrator's children, Ashton, Payton, Cason, and Paxton, are all competing.
9. Payton did not qualify for the finals.
10. The narrator's wallet was stolen, but they had an AirTag tracker inside it.
11. The AirTag led them to a dumpster at the mall, where they found the wallet.
12. The cash was missing from the wallet, but the credit cards and other items were still there.
13. The narrator was relieved to have recovered their wallet, even though it was missing some cash.