2nd Annual Mud Bowl - I mean soccer tournament

A couple of weeks ago, Christian's soccer club in White House hosted our annual Spring Tournament. Unfortunately, we have a pretty early March date, so you never really know what kind of weather you're going to get. Last year, it was a mud bowl - seriously. Well, this year, it was exactly the same.

We had an 8am game on Saturday morning and it was raining and freezing. The boys played in the rain and it was miserable. The first few pictures below are of that game. Our whole family went and the girls stayed in the car and watched a movie and colored and stayed dry and warm. Sadly enough, we lost.

We went home for a few hours and washed and re-washed his uniform and cleats trying to get the mud out. We had an afternoon game, which I couldn't find my camera for so I didn't get any pictures, but by this time, the ran had stopped but the fields had become mud. Sadly, we lost.

Then on Sunday, we had one final game - a consolation game. It was played at another field in White House and it was COMPLETELY MUD. A funny game to watch since it was anything but a typical soccer game.... you can tell from the video below. Oh, sadly, we lost.....

So the best thing about this weekend was that when we left that third game, we drove to the lake for a few days of Spring Break!!!!!

Do you see the rain puddles?? And it was freezing!!

If you look closely at the trees, you can see the sheets of rain coming down

Christian trying to keep up - this guy was fast!!

Kick off at the 2nd game - this is Mark & Anthony beginning the game - do you see the mud they're standing in?

Daniel took a big dive in the mud - he's got a cast on his left hand. I'm sure he had to replace it this week.

Christian playing and had already taken a tumble, too

Our head coach was out of town so Matthew had to be the head coach all weekend. He later told me he doesn't like the pressure as much of the head coach job so that makes me glad that he's happy being the assistant!

Christian & Sawyer after the game

This video doesn't have Christian in it, but it shows you how difficult this game one was in the mud. The boys could not get the ball to do what they are used to it doing and you can see how funny it was.