What a good weekend with the kids! The three of us traveled up north to Redwood City for a soccer tournament. The team that Tori is on stayed at the same place the beginning of the season. The hotel was very nice and we felt like royalty. We packed the usual stuff were looking forward to seeing everyone else come in. One of the team Moms and I stayed up till two just talking about life and kids and the typical girl stuff. It was so nice to have another adult to chat with and understood the military lifestyle. We of course called it a night (actually morning) so we could get a little sleep before the first game at 9 meaning we had to be at the field by 8:15.

The hotel served a hot breakfast so we were up early and headed out for the days of games. The morning was a little brisk but we were prepared. The other family offered to take Tori to the field so we didn't have to rush. Tim and I hung out for a little while then we headed to the field. It was cooler there than at the hotel because the ground was so damp. The girls played pretty good and unfortunately in the end lost by one goal. Their spirits were down but they played good. We did a picnic type of lunch with the whole team which was nice because until this point I still didn't know who belonged to whom. The second game was tuff the team we played were very good but played dirty at the same time. Throwing high elbows and pulling on uniforms and things of that nature. We realize soccer is physical but there are some rules to the game and with agility this team had there was no reason to play dirty. We lost this one as well but the girls did their best to keep them from scoring the second half.

After the day we all went back to the hotel and had a pool party followed by a cookout it was nice to just relax some. Unfortunately I wasn't able to partake in to much since I had a migrane. I visited for a little while then went to the room to rest and try and get rid of my headache. It never happened though. All the older siblings hung our and watched movies while the smaller ones also watched a movie so it was nice to have quite time. I tried to do homework but with me head hurting so much I just called it a night.

Sunday our last game of the season and tournament. We played at 1 and the girls tried to play well but you could tell their spirit was gone so it was a non scoring game not the best way to end it but hey it wasn't a loss either. Tori sat the bench most of the game which was very disappointing and she felt as if being punished. I tried to bring her spirits up and she said that she is glad they have a break for a while. I am hoping to work with her over this break to strenghten her skills for winter season.

So that about wraps up my weekend and we all enjoyed ourselves and wished that we have talked and met each other sooner.