Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Elizabeth’s Tournament

This past fall Elizabeth had a soccer tournament in Asheville, NC. Bob and I joined Elizabeth for the weekend, and spent the time watching her team play 3 soccer games. The girls did not qualify to play in the fourth game as the games were all worth points (3 for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss) and we did not have enough points compared with our competitors to move on. 

It was a really nice getaway with just the three of us. This was Elizabeth's first (and last as she has aged out) season with this team, and she didn't really jive with too many of the girls, so she spent a lot of time with Bob and I instead of hanging out with the girls from her team. (It's hard to make friends/acquaintances with girls who have been playing together for years, and you are the new girl who only will be around for one season.) We loved having her with us as it was nice to spend time with just Elizabeth. 

We had really good weather which is always a plus when you are committed to a weekend of soccer games. There wasn't too much time to do many activities in downtown Asheville which was okay as we have been there multiple times prior to this weekend and weren't really missing anything. In fact, we had planned to spend Sunday afternoon exploring Ashville after all of the games had been played, but we ended up just going home after the third game because we were all pooped. 



Elizabeth's soccer team wearing their sky blue uniform tops with navy blue shorts are sitting on and around the team bench before a soccer game. The field is turf. The sun is shining and the field is surrounded by a chain link fence. Three sides of the field are surrounded by trees/woods. The 4th side of the field (the one in which the picture was taken and is not in the picture) are metal bleachers.

Dad, Me, and then Elizabeth taking a selfie in a restaurant parking lot. Dad is on the left, I am in the center, and Elizabeth is on the right hand side. Our arms are around each other. Dad is wearing his glasses and his green fat-heads tshirt. I am wearing sunglasses with my hair down and straightened. I am wearing a black and white striped t-shirt with my purse strap across my chest hanging over my left shoulder. Elizabeth is wearing her pink dr. pepper tshirt with her hair pulled back into a ponytail. The sky is blue and the sun is out. In the background of the photo are random cars parked in the restaurant parking lot.

This is a photo of our "hotel" room. I had to take it because the room was run down and gross. The deal dad got - he got for a reason. The walls are all painted white/off white. There are two full beds in the picture both with matching yellow(ish) comforters and white sheets/pillow cases. The sheets are pulled down slightly on the made beds. There is a nightstand with a lamp on it in between both full beds. On top of the farthest bed are my bags. I brought Elizabeth's rainbow bag and also the floral fabric shopping bag that Aunt Jessica gave me.
We tease Bobby because he is always looking "for a deal". He described this hotel to us as some luxury resort and was pretty stoked to show it to us. We were not impressed and Bobby got bamboozled. This place may have been luxury in the 1970's, but it was anything but luxury now. We told him he was no longer allowed to book lodging for us without showing us the accommodations prior to making the reservations. 

Another selfie of the three of us in some random parking lot (I think - its hard to tell). The sky is blue with white fluffy clouds here and there. There are a couple of stop lights in the distance with several trees scattered here and there. Dad is on the left of the selfie wearing his blue fatheads t-shirt, glasses, khaki shorts, and crips white and black sneakers. I am standing the middle with my hair pulled back into a bun with my sunglasses placed on top of my head. I am wearing a black tank top with my fluffy mustard green skirt and black flipflops. Elizabeth is on the right. She is wearing a blue bike MS t-shirt, black shorts, and very clean, crisp white tennis shoes. We all have our arms around each other.

 

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