Big showcase weekend in FL for M and Connor’s Team Won 1st Place in a B-Ball Tourney

Weekdays:

• Monday - Clint picked up Connor's basketball uniforms in the evening and ran Maci to and from practice while Connor and I went to get his haircut at 8p.
• Tuesday - House got cleaned and Alyssa (our designer in the 'hood) came to lay out our picture wall for the living room.  Connor had basketball practice and Maci had soccer practice in the evening.
• Wednesday - Clint had to pick up Maci from school to get her to practice on time. Then I picked her up after work, ran Connor to baseball training, did a Target run for Maci ahead of our trip to FL and then came back to pick up Connor.  While we were doing this, Clint was at his Baseball Board meeting.
  
• Thursday - Connor had no school for teacher report card planning. I held Maci home and worked in the morning/packed before Clint drove Maci and me to the airport at 1030a.  We hung in the Delta lounge and had some lunch before we took off at 1p.  We had a nice easy smooth flight into Tampa, got the car and drove with Jess/Annie to Sarasota (1 hour), ate a dinner at a Bistro and then got into the hotel in time to chill for the evening.  While we were getting settled into FL, Connor and Clint headed to basketball practice.

Friday:

• Nice Friday morning of work in the hotel for me
• Maci had breakfast and a walk with her team while I worked
• We had game 1 at 1p ET against a top New Jersey team - it was a hard fought battle but we lost 3-1
• We went back to the hotel to hang for a bit then headed out to beach fun/team pictures/dinner.
• The adults wrapped the night in the hotel bar while the girls swam.
• Back home, Clint and Connor enjoyed an early start to the weekend with another no day of school for C Man and Clint played some hooky to go to a movie with him in the afternoon.  They then went to the Theis house for their annual Christmas tree lighting and booze for the adults/dark tag for the kids.

Saturday:

• We started the day watching Connor's 1st b-ball tourney game and a big W
• I then watched game 2 as we were heading to brunch on the beach with Maci's soccer team. Thankfully another W!
• I watched the championship on our way to Maci's 2nd game - fortunately they did it again and pulled off the Win - 1st place in tournament 1!!!
• Game 2 for Maci was against a Virginia team.  We had a great showing and a 4-0 W!  The goals went Annie, Maci, Maci and Lauren.  Maci's 1st goal was a CRAZY good boot with her right foot.
• Maci got player of the game, so proud of her and we were off to figure out dinner.
• We ended up deciding to do Dominos and let the girls swim at the pool.
• The adults hung by the pool laughing and having some drinks before calling it around 10p.

Sunday:

• We got up, packed up, ate breakfast and then headed to the fields for Game 3 vs a FL team.  It was a total slug fest and we got down 0-1. Maci was on fire this game, maybe even more so than game 2.  There was a great set play from Lauren to Quinn to Maci for a GOAL!!!!  Maci had 3 of the 6 goals on the weekend!!!  Then there was another moment where it was 1v1 breakaway, the other player stumbles on her own, Maci is wide open with the net and they call a foul!!!  Our sideline lost their minds!!!  I was screaming bullshit and our coach was yelling at the ref in Spanish.  It was such a clear goal scoring moment and would have been 2-1 UGH! So is life.
• After the game, we hustled to the IMG store to get some swag for the girls and brothers back home. Then we were on the drive to the Tampa airport.
• Fortunately our flight was only 15 mins delayed so Jess and I hung in the lounge and let the girls go get Potbelly, snacks, Starbucks etc.
• We board and then SIT and SIT and SIT.  We ended up being on the plane waiting on a Tarmac for 2 hours and 45 mins.  If it had made it to 3 hours, they would have had to go back to the gate and deplaned us!  Thank you Govt shutdown and insane delays with air traffic control.  We got home safe and sound, landing at 12a instead of 830p UGH UGH UGH

What a wonderful trip with my Maci girl, her teammates and some awesome parents + a wonderful tournament weekend for Connor/Clint but what a trashy way to end it with the flight home.

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C