Mother's Day Weekend...

After driving 2 hours Friday night, we got up in our hotel at o'dark thirty to watch Jordan's team play in what could have possibly been her LAST CLUB game... in the Sweet Sixteen round of State Cup.

they played hard!

and ended up winning the game 3-0!

(Jordan's scored the 3rd goal, but unfortunately I was texting my friend about the game & missed it.) Lesson learned: NEVER TEXT AND SPECTATE, MY FRIENDS, it could be dangerous to your relationships... Jordan wasn't too happy that not only did I not SEE her goal, but I also did not get any pictures of it. The good news is that her soon-to-be college coaches DID see the goal, and really aren't they the IMPORTANT ones these days?

Once the game was over, these two athletes had to rush home...

and a few hours later they were transformed into these beauties...

All I asked of Jordan that day (the day before MOTHER'S DAY, I might add) was that she & Kara get a picture together during the dance. But because she left her camera in the car, you'll have to settle for a PS creation taken with a photo of Kara that I had to "borrow" from FB.

Now, if I had one day, one hour even of my life where I looked like this, I think I'd be taking pictures of myself constantly...


Soccer girls!

The girls... I swear the parents must have spent 10 minutes taking pics of the girls in this pose...

While toe poor boys were lurking. Don't worry, we eventually threw them in there too...

The clock struck midnight, the carriage (Hummer Limo) turned in a pumpkin (4Runner) & it was time to get some sleep & drive 2 hours AGAIN to play in the Elite 8 of State Cup. Again, it's single elimination so 1 loss & they're out. Club career over.

Sunday they played a serious rival. A really good team. A team that once beat the first team Jordan played on 7-0 (or maybe it was 7-1, only Michael, Jordan & Andy, her coach at the time, can remember).

GOOOOALLLLL! (I saw it this time, but alas, it wan't Jordan)

And again... after 90 minutes in the hot, Florida sunshine,

Game over! Final 4 in 2 weeks, baby! Woohoo!

and THAT was Mother's Day in my neck of the woods.