Time for a post

It's been awhile. Just goes to show you how crazy busy I've been with work and all the goings on around the house.

Had a tournament in Granite City this past weekend. It's down near St. Louis.

Peyton was playing up on the U12 girls team. It was brutal. Lots of teams from Chicago (go figure) and St. Louis premiere league. We got our hind-ends handed to us in all three games. But then again, it was a learning experience for the girls. Only 4 of the girls on the team were actually true U12's. The rest were girls pulled-up from Peyton's U11 team. They played teams where all the girls were 11 or just turned 12. They had some pretty big girls to play against..it was brutal.

It was also the first time for all the girls to play 11 v 11. That means 11 players on your side vs 11 players on their side. Peyton and her U11 team have played 6 v 6 and 8 v 8 but never 11 v 11...so there was new positions and formations to learn.

The weekend wasn't a total bust. There was a pool at the hotel. Saturday night after the games we ate out and went to the mall in Fairview Heights. Brenna got some clothes for school and Peyton got a new pair of basketball shoes.

All in all, it was a nice getaway.

No pictures were taken, (sorry) but I kept forgetting to take the camera.

Later