We had a blast this past weekend -- in Redmond for the Nike Crossfire Soccer tournament. We were lucky enough to score a room at the Downtown Bellevue Courtyard by Marriott (thank you, Rick Tupper, for the free room and the awesome upgrade to a spa suite!). It was so fun for us because it was our last family weekend together before Martin leaves for his trip home to Nicaragua next Tuesday. We checked in late Friday night and were delighted to get to our room and discover that we had been upgraded! The room was huge and the spa bathtub was awesome! A few minutes after we got to the room, there was a knock on the door and when we opened the door, we were handed a plate of hot chocolate chip cookies and cold milk! We munched on the hot cookies and had fun washing it all down with the milk. What a fun treat! The hotels in the area were all sold out due to this big tournament, so I was not able to secure rooms for the team. They had terrible luck at the Bellevue Days Inn and actually check in and checked out -- I guess it was just filthy. They moved to a different motel that was not much better (for $150!), then moved to a Motel 6 for Saturday night, which was also just terrible. No one got a good nights rest and they were all disappointed, tired and cranky. We all joked that we would never stray from Marriott again! I am so thankful that we had such a nice room for the weekend!
The bathroom was huge and the girls couldn't wait to get into the tub!
Ok, so after a really good nights rest, and then a quick breakfast at the hotel, we headed out to 60 Acres in Redmond (off Willows Road and 116th) for Audriana's first game of the weekend -- 11am playing the Marauders.
Here is the team below -- stretching and warming up before the game!
Bubs and Sofia.....waiting for the game to start. Bubs is Hailey G's little brother....
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| Martin is ready for the game, too! He just loves these games and is so proud of his girl, #14 -- Audriana! |
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| Audriana, Sailor, Bailey, Rachel and Dori |
A quick team picture before the tourney begins.....everyone is here except for Taryn (who was in Disneyland!) The girls did end up winning this first game, but sadly, they lost the next 3 games -- they played so hard and so well! The competition was very tough and we were proud of them all!
We were so happy that Uncle Tom made it out to Audriana's game......there was so much traffic getting in here, and he had to wait about 30 minutes to get parked, but he finally got to the game and was able to catch most of it with us!
Uncle T and Audriana
We found these slides on sale at the Under Armour outlet in Northbend -- they match their uniforms perfectly! Love it!
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| Very good soccer buddies....Rachel, Bailey and Audriana |
Audriana practicing her goal kicks with Hailey G.
The girls were all sad to walk away with 3 losses......but it really is a good opportunity to teach them to lose with pride. Losing makes winning all the more sweet! Nice job girls!
