Football Tournament FUN!!

Last weekend we all went to a 4-on-4 tournament that Jason and Robbi were in. It was WAY east Mesa (a 45 minute drive for us), and an all day event. I was kind of nervous taking the 2 kids (not to mention being 37 weeks pregnant) on an all day trip, but it was actually a lot of fun!

We arrived there at 8:30am and it was FREEZING! I wasn't really anticipating it being that cold. The wind was what was making it unbearable. Just that pierce through your clothes type of cold breeze. Luckily, we had some blankets with us. So for the first hour or so we just sat there cuddling and shivering. It warmed up really quickly though and ended up being nearly 80 degrees by noon.

A cold morning!

The boys won all 3 of their games, and were placed 2nd seed in the playoffs. I wasn't able to get a lot of pictures, as I was entertaining two small children, but I tried! Someday I'll have to go without the kids and really try to get some good shots.

The kids had an absolute blast at the tournament. We watched Dad play for a bit while eating snacks (they LOVED to just sit and munch, it was too cute). Then when they started getting a little bored, we walked around the field a little bit.

Lining up for their first game

Look at that action!

We discovered a bouncy was set up for all the kids, so Jay and Xan really wanted to go on it. I made them wait until Daddy was between games to try it out...because if something happened and they needed help out, I wasn't really up for trying to climb in after them!! haha! They did extremely well bouncing, even though all the kids were considerably older. Xander kept doing summer saults (Daddy's been teaching him those, and with the soft landing, he was really getting into it!), and every time he fell down he'd continuously roll until he reached the other side. It was hilarious. Jayna was doing a great job keeping up with the older kids jumping. They both really enjoyed grabbing on to the sides (the netting) and jumping up and down. It was so cute.

They loved grabbing on to the side netting and jumping like mad!!

After a while, a few really rambunctious kids came in and it was starting to make me a little too nervous, so I made the kids come out. They weren't too happy about that. Luckily there was a park right across the way, so I bribed them by going there. We stayed at the park for a good 45 minutes. We were the only ones there, so they had the whole thing to themselves. Xander was really enjoying the little rocking horse on springs things, and Jayna was loving going down the slide on her belly . Then we all played "action fingers" for a while, until Mommy couldn't bend

down anymore.

Xan's favorite part of the park

We headed back to the field right as Jason's 2nd game was finished...we missed the entire second game...which is unfortunate because it was the one that they did the best in. We ate some lunch (I had packed ham and cheese and pb&j sandwhiches) and waited for the 3rd game to start. Jayna had brought her backpack (which she LOVES to pack up and take on trips) so we decided to bust that out. She had packed her entire tea set with play food, some stuffed animals, and cars/balls for Xander (isn't it cute that she packs for him, too!?).

The three of us had a tea party, played a little bit of ball, then walked over to Daddy's 3rd game. I got some nice pictures of that game. I could actually walk down the sideline on that one, so I could get some closer up shots. They won that one by a touchdown (an INTERCEPTION for a TD by Jason!) , which they were SO excited about because that team beat them twice in the last tournament.

By the time the third game was over, it was around Xander's nap time, and there was a 2 hour gap until the first playoff game. I was pretty tired, so I decided to head home early. With Jason's good luck charms gone ( ;-) ) they lost their first playoff game. That was frustrating for them, but it was still all-in-all a really fun game.