And the season is over

Well... just like that the soccer season has come to an end. The Palestine soccer team made their first ever appearance at the state tournament. The result might have not been what we were expecting but the experience was good none-the-less. We drove down to Round Rock on Thursday and checked into our hotel. The game started @6pm. We headed over to the beautiful Round Rock ISD stadium to watch the game. It must have been so overwhelming to our boys. They played Frisco and right off the bat it was 1-0. By half time it was 4-0. Our boys played great. I don't think they played their best game of the year but they all tried so hard. The final score was 7-1. It was tough for the players and the coaches losing like that but it was a learning experience for all. Almost our whole team got a chance at playing in one of the most important games of the year. Not many teams can say that. By the end of it all Christopher and I had lost our voice from cheering so loud. We had so many fans drive all the way there to see the game. It was so neat to see how the whole town backed the Cats. Julie and I had made the boys some picture frames for their gift. When they got to IHOP after the game they each had a frame on the table with a picture of them in it. It was so fun to see all of their faces when they saw them. They were all smiling and laughing. It really was great to see them pick their heads up. Many of them have already talked about there goal for next year to make it back to state. We are only losing 5 seniors and we have a lot of really great guys coming back next year. It was such an AWESOME season it was hard to see it end but we staying in Round Rock all weekend anyway. On Friday we let the boys sleep in and went and had breakfast. Then we all loaded up and went to the Main Event in Austin. It is a really cool place with pool tables, bowling alleys, laser tag, and games. We took the guys there to hang out and have a good time. It was a lot of fun. After that we went to a restaurant named Red Robin. They have really fancy hamburgers. They were so good. Then we went to the stadium to watch the 5a semi-final between Plano West and Katy Martin Ranch. Plano West won in a shootout. It was good for the guys to get to watch some of the game and see how other teams play. We then went back to the hotel so the guys could play a FIFA tourney on Xbox and Playstation. Logan was right there in the middle of all those high school boys. It was so funny. The next morning the guys got up and loaded the bus and came home. We all stayed there and went shopping, ate at the Macaroni Grill and came home Saturday night. We then went over and visited Jonathan's friend Wes and his wife Jennifer. They had their 3rd child on Thursday afternoon. Aaron Coletrane Canaday was born at 2:16 and was 8lbs 4 oz. We had to go over and see the new addition. He is so cute and looks just like his brother. We had such a busy weekend and to think we are leaving to go to Germany in 7 days for spring break. We never stop. That's what Jonathan was thinking yesterday. Gee whiz! Time for a break. We are so excited about the trip. Time to start packing. I'm sure we will tell all about it.