As soon as school ended in June, Annaliese started practicing twice a week with the high school soccer team. Practices weren't mandatory, but for those who want to play high school sports, these summer practices are a good idea! Plus, it's fun to get together with friends to do something you enjoy!
Last weekend, the girls competed in a summer tournament, the Summer Bulldog Classic. Apparently they went last year for the first time and won the whole thing, so they wanted to go back and defend their title! The tournament was in Montesano, WA, which is about 3 1/2 hours away (without traffic.) The team headed out last week Thursday, with games starting on Friday at noon.
They all stayed at a hotel and had a lot of fun along the way. They made quite a few cute videos, went out for a fancy dinner and sang lots of songs!
Annaliese is #7. We weren't sure how much the freshmen would get to play, but the coach did a really great job giving them all playing time. It was really fun to watch...these girls have gotten a lot better since their last 8th grade game just a few weeks ago! The level of speed, aggressiveness, and physical contact is much different!
They won both games on Friday and both games on Saturday, putting them into the championship game on Sunday. Both teams were undefeated and they were playing the host team. They came away with an easy 4-0 victory! |
| Annaliese is the white jersey on the bottom left (by the 10 yd line) |
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| The two teams! |
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| The LC parents and girls! |
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| This The freshmen girls! |
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| They made lots of fun little videos along the way! |
Meanwhile, I decided it would be more fun to camp then stay at a hotel, so I found a cute little campground called Friends Landing. Kyle had to work all day Friday, but I wanted to get there on time for their first game, so Haleigh, Lydia and I left early Friday morning and made it just in time for the game. Grandpa and Grandma surprised us by meeting us there! We set up our camp, played at the playground, made smores and went for a walk around the campground.
Kyle joined us Saturday morning, and we did more of the same. We did fit in a trip to the hotel, where Haleigh and Lydia were hoping to swim. Unfortunately the pool was closed for cleaning, so we watch a bit of the World Cup in the hotel lobby before heading back to our campground in between games.
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| Haleigh and Lydia by the Chehalis River |
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| It was a little chilly in the evening! |
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| Flying a kite! |
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| Haleigh and I went for a run around this little lake |
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| The kite is way up there! |
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| We ate dinner in the tent because it was so windy outside! |
Sunday, after the championship game, we all headed home. Kyle headed off to Spokane for work meetings for the week. Annaliese took the bus home and Haleigh, Lydia, and I hopped in the van. We ran into a ridiculous amount of traffic and our directions led us astray and into downtown Seattle. (The map and signs on the road indicated that I-5 was closed...turns out that wasn't the case...) Haleigh thought all the people and cars was exciting...we have different ideas of exciting!
Needless to say, we found ourselves on I-90 East and were able to get onto the 405 N which finally had us heading back in the right direction!
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