What a Weekend!

Wow, what a weekend!!! I needed to get back to work so I could rest! Friday we spent the night at home. Even Jessi hung out with us. All of the craziness started Saturday morning. Jessi's softball team, The Flash, was in a tournament in St. Charles and Devin's NORCO soccer team was in a tournament past Our Lady of the Snows, in Ill. Our Saturday went like this, volleyball, softball, soccer, and then Trunk or Treat. Our Sunday went like this softball, soccer and more soccer.
Devin played his last volleyball game Saturday morning. All of the boys showed a lot of improvement during the season.

I really hope Devin plays again next year. I know we are busy but I think it is good for him to do something other than soccer. I also think his coach does a great job with the boys and she really knows volleyball.

The Flash played in a tournament this weekend. They started out well but struggled in the rest of their games. They have a break until after Christmas. I think their season may start in March. I will miss softball.

Devin and Andy at Trunk or Treat. We had to rush from the soccer game to be there. In case you can't tell, Devin is an escaped convict who got into a knife fight and Andy is Bobophet (I am sure I am spelling that wrong) from Star Wars.

Kyle, Jim, and Kevin hang out while the kids race around the parking lot getting hyped up on sugar. White Castles and candy can only lead to one thing......... an upset stomach!

We missed the first game of the tournament. NORCO tied 1 to 1. We heard we should have won but that we struggled some. We won our next two games which sent us to the championship. The boys have not always played consistently this season but they played well every game after the first. Here Devin is taking a full back kick. Our defense was great all weekend. Though, I may be a little bias since my son plays fullback.

Devin definitely didn't feel 100% during the weekend. He can't seem to shake his cough. But he played very well. This is one of his many corner kicks.

Here are the BFC 2007 tournament champs! The boys were so proud of themselves. During the championship game the opposing team's fans and coach were warned by the officials that they were going to be thrown out of the tournament if they didn't change their behavior. The officials did a great job of calling the game. Probably the best officials we have ever had. Our boys were physical but we were called for the fouls. So I am not sure why their fans were upset. They were encouraging their boys to hurt our players. One of their players ended up getting a yellow card for shoving one of our players after a play. In the Missouri soccer leagues the games are much more physical than what we saw over the weekend. Anyway, through it all the NORCO players, coaches, and fans were positive and good sports.

In the end, you can count on boys to be boys!