Anna had a soccer tournament in a beautiful little mountain town near a lake all last weekend. She played Wednesday night, twice Friday and once Saturday morning. We got to go back and forth through one of my most favorite stretches of road through the mountains into a valley with a lake surrounded by charming rustic homes with huge stretches of green, green, green everywhere you look, and don’t forget you’re surrounded by breathtaking mountains.
Anna looks delicate and demure, but if you really know her, you know she’s neither of those things. From day one she’s had a serious feisty streak and is as tough as she looks dainty. That’s why she’s so much fun to watch play soccer.
She has the greatest team, they are darling girls who just adore each other and a fantastic coach. Here they are waiting for their game to start, playing “Big Booty”. Joshy sort of became their mascot.
Wednesday night they tied won. Friday afternoon, they tied 3 to 3, and Friday evening tied 0 to 0. They advanced to the semi-finals on Saturday morning. They played a team they’d played at a previous tournament and got killed by. This team has a player twice Anna’s size who has some serious skills. She scores all their goals, so Anna’s coach put Anna on her. I just loved every minute watching that. Anna was like the most determined mosquito you’ve ever seen. She’s not one bit intimidated by girls so much bigger than her, she just wants to win. Our girls fought hard, scored the first goal but then got beat 3 to 1. We were so proud of them, it was major progress from the 8 to 0 from their former match-up. They took 3rd place in the tournament.
Brennan had to go to Scout camp Friday night and got up at the crack of dawn so he could make it to Saturday’s game. After the game, he took Joshy home so they could both catch up on some sleep and I took the 4 big kids and one of Anna’s teammates to the lake with another family. We didn’t have swimsuits, but that didn’t stop the kids.
Such a great weekend!
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