Here we are again approaching my favorite holiday…Halloween is only 9 days away! We love going to the pumpkin patch and this year we had about 1 hour (including drive time) to squeeze it in between school conferences, a birthday party, and heading out of town to a soccer tournament. You know, just normal scheduling madness that plagues our family on a daily basis.
Of course it was cold, misty, and muddy and no one brought jackets, so it turns out that having only a little bit of time available was perfect! Although it won’t go down as our favorite trip to the patch, we made the best of it. Normally Reece takes a camera and takes a million pictures of pumpkins, Jake and Drew play catch, and Morgan strives for the best fall pictures she can post on social media.
Despite our short trip, we found awesome pumpkins! I spotted this adorable long skinny one and Morgan grabbed it right up and carried it all the way back from the patch. Let’s just say that we had a little bit of mud on our hands and clothes afterwards!
As soon as we arrived home, we all went our separate ways. Reece and I quickly packed up the car to head to Council Bluffs, IA for her first out of town soccer tourney. She’s been looking forward to it for weeks! I always get the kids a goody bag for the weekend. Sometimes more extravagant than others and it’s always more than we need. I really should tone it down some. During the 2.5 hour drive, she watched part of a movie, colored, and slept. Easy peasy!
We got ourselves all settled in to our room and the girls had drawn names to make posters for their teammates. Reece did a fantastic job on Alexa’s if I do say so myself! We all went out to eat, swam, and worked on final touches to their costumes. There was a costume contest component to this tournament and these minions were ADORABLE!
Somehow we didn’t win the costume contest which naturally leads me to believe it’s rigged. Seriously, look how cute they are!
In between the constant running around the hotel from room to room, eating junk food, cleaning out the arcade at Quaker Steak & Lube of plastic bracelets, and trashing Coach Kayla’s room during movie night, there actually was some soccer being played!
This was the finals. Reece was having a blast!
These girls took care of business in Iowa! Champions!
And why not commemorate your first out of town tournament with a tournament win and a $45 shirt. WHAT!? I need to be in the t-shirt business!
And even though she pretty much ditched me all weekend to ride with her friends, I enjoyed every minute of this tournament. You rocked it Reecie!!
Our room was on a different floor than the rest of the group, but it was newly remodeled and we had a great view of the river. We called it the penthouse 😉
Go Fusion Academy 2010 Girls!
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