This past weekend I remembered my camera!!!

So we were back in Sugarland, but this time it was not wet and cold and muddy!!! But we were playing in the National Fusion Soccer CLub Tournament which is on the 59 and Grand Parkway side instead of the Eclipse side of Sugarland which is more in Missouri City. These fields were rock hard and parking was a NIGHTMARE!!!!

Keira got to the the bat girl for the Warriors this weekend so she LOVED being with her dad and big brother and a dugout full of boys and everyone telling her how cute she looked in her pink helmet. We had our adopted "nephew" since Kyle won't let me adopt him as a brother, Drew for the weekend (Kyle's best friend and one of Keira's many crushes). So it was fun for her to be with them.

It was fun for me to just have two girls as well. Kenna and I got to sit on the sidelines and then we hung out after the first game. We watched a movie in the car to relax and keep out of the wind but mostly just be together. Kelsey played great on the field and even scored a goal!! The disappointing news was two of our best girls were out this weekend due to injuries so we had to play girls in new places and new chemistries but I thought they did a great job and we made it to the finals playing against her old team twice. We lost in the finals 2-1 and got second place, but the girls played great and I am proud of all of them. It is sad that she can't play until May 24, 2010, but Coach Kim said she gets to be an assistant coach at the games and Kelsey was really excited about that. She even made sure she was going to the game this Saturday. What a miraculous turn around from where she was a few months ago. I really struggled with this move but always felt like it was the right decision. Every time I talked to Coach Kim I always felt like she understood the girls. When she held a parent meeting on Sunday before the first game she went over the schedule for the Spring and league games starting this Saturday, mentioned that Kelsey wasn't allowed to play, to remember to just cheer your daughter on, and then she said your daughters at this age are already competitive enough by themselves. They are unsure of themselves at this age and they are unsure of their skills. They need you and me as a coach to encourage them and give them confidence that they know their stuff so they will succeed when they are in those pressure situations and in games. So be there for your girls and encourage them and build them up. Even Kenna runs up to her and lets her pick her up and hold her and play with her. She is an amazing woman who cares about these girls as individuals. It goes back to what I have always said. As a parent you want the person you turn your child over to-to love them like you do-With Coach Kim you feel like she does. And this group of parents-they are all just as kind and compassionate. I maybe the only one on the team with little ones, but I don't feel left out or out of place-they are incredible and I know Kelsey is on the right team. It is not about winning or losing. She is developing a talent that may open some awesome doors for her in the future......and I look forward to next year when we start homeschooling and we get to spend even more time together as well. It is nice to be in a good place....

I don't have pictures, but Kyle and the Warriors had a great weekend as well in their first tournament of the Spring. They made it to the semi-finals. Kyle's pitching was off the charts this weekend!!!He was throwing something fierce and nasty and they could not touch him!! And his batting was just as wicked!!! Sometimes I wish I could be in two places at once!! Way to go Kyle!!!