We got to go to St. George for Whitney's soccer tournament, it was a blast. Spoiler: her team won the Championship Game in a shootout at the end, it was incredible!!
So here's the championship pics first:
comparing medals
happy girls and coach!
waiting to get their medals
Flashback to the day before: we shared a condo with Layla's family, and Camille and Taizley stayed over too.
Emma and Maris had a great time playing with Layla's little sister Liv.
Owen loved hanging out with Layla's big brother Liam! He was so nice. he's the only boy in his family too.
Whit played a ton of Cover Your Assets with her friends
We went on a fun hike with our Craven cousins
And we had a team party at the condo. They played Dalmuti,
And swam in the pool/hot tub. It was warmer than home, but still February and not super warm!
They got to practice penalty kicks after each game, which was good because then the championship game tied 0-0 and we had to go to penalties!
Here's Eric and the girls waiting to start the penalty kicks. It was so crazy. He asked for volunteers and only Rylee raised her hand. So he announced the other 4 he had picked, and Whitney tried to refuse but he was like "no, you HAVE to" because he knew she could do it and not many others could.
There's an awesome video on YouTube that Marcie took, but basically this is how it went:
The other team went first and made it. Saydee went first for us and hers got stopped by the goalie. the other team made their next one. Whitney went next and made hers! It was hard and well placed, she did awesome, and she was so relieved!! Then Brooklyn stopped the next shot, then turned around and shot one and made it! She was amazing! So it was 2-2. Then they made one, Then Megan went and made it, then the other team missed or Brooklyn stopped it, I can't remember now. So it was 3-3 and Rylee was up. SO much pressure but she stepped up and scored.....
....they were all just yelling and laughing and jumping around and hugging, it was so cute! We parents were all yelling and trying not to cry haha
attacking Eric to hug him
Eric handed out the medals and we all hung out for a bit savoring the moment under the lights. It was fun, Grandma and Grandpa got to be there to see it too.
The next day we played with cousins some more,
Went to pioneer park,
and then went home.
It was epic and we will always remember it.
<3
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