Tristan's team is made up of 9 kids ages 9 and under. So there are some 7 and 8 year olds on it as well. There's this one kid, Connor who is 7 right now and who looks up to Tristan in such a cute way. (And I don't mean looks up as in looks up because of height). They have so much fun when they're together and the other day I asked Tristan who his best friend was and he said Connor. It's sad though because I don't think his parents will have him move up with the team next year just because of his age. His soccer abilities are awesome and sometimes far outweigh those of some of the 8 year olds.

Anyway, Tristan's 1st pair of goalie gloves were getting worn and beaten up and it was time for another pair. Connor knew he was getting a new pair and asked Tristan if he could have his old pair. This past weekend Tristan gave them to him on Saturday. Last night I saw Connor and his dad at the soccer clinic and we were talking. At one point he goes “Connor has been playing goalie with the gloves Tristan gave him since Saturday. He loves them. It was so nice of Tristan to give them to him”. I thought that was TOO cute!  

it's been so far today! The kids don't have school, Knoxie is at the kennel until we pick her up at 1…it's been a calm, relaxing morning. The kids actually slept until 8:15 too. It felt so nice to just lay in bed and not have to get up to take the dog out. I know that sounds awful, but it's NICE. I might actually be putting her back in the kennel next weekend – I'm having a Surprise/St. Patty's Day party here for Sean and there's about 9 families coming so having her here will only add to the craziness.

Our weekend was so much fun yet again. Got there Saturday around 2:30 for the team to start warming up. The game started at 3:30. Unfortunately they lost 2-0 but the boys played really well. Tristan played goalie the first half and then forward the 2nd half. The other team just outplayed them. When you get this far in a tournament you're going to come upon good teams.

Right after the game was over we headed back to the hotel where 3 other families (2 of them were the same ones we hung out with last time down in Naples) were staying too. So we all met at the pool, sat around and chatted drinking beer while the kids swam. For dinner we ordered pizza because the kids were having so much fun in the pool (and so were we LOL) that we didn't feel like going anywhere. We ended up not going to bed until 10:30 and as soon as the kids heads hit their pillows they were out.

Sundays game wasn't so good. The kids played really well again (well at least ours did – didn't play dirty)….Tristan made some REALLY awesome saves, but they lost 7-1. And my peanut got hurt. The other team wasn't playing fairly. With this age group, when the goalie has the ball, you back off, you don't keep kicking. Tristan was playing goalie at the time. The first time it happened he didn't get hurt, just kicked in the knuckles. The 2nd time I thought I was going to throw up. He got kicked in his upper thigh with the cleats and he went down hard. He was down for about 5 minutes. I wanted to run out there SO badly but couldn't. It's not allowed. Coach was there so I knew he'd help him. And bless his little heart, Tristan got right back up and kept on playing goalie!!!! He was limping a bit but even after he let nothing go by! I was so proud of him (wanted to kick the other coach's ass for letting his kids play dirty like they did) but I was very proud of Tristan and his team.

We got home yesterday around 3 and just hung out doing nothing. Sean went to mow the lawn (it so needed it and I need it done by next weekend) and blew up the mower somehow. So now we need a new one and the lawn is half done. LOL