Soccer & Summer Fun

Last weekend, Phil and I ventured to the beautiful town of Holland for a soccer tournament that his u14 girls team was playing in. We stayed in a hotel in Holland with the rest of the team and their family along with about 6 other soccer teams that were there for the tournament as well. Friday night Phil took on a few of the girls in a pickup game of bball at the hotel (demonstrating why some of them are only soccer players).

Saturday they had games throughout the day, intermixed with swimming, eating, sleeping and of course just being their general rowdy selves. Saturday night the girls played at a school with a pretty awesome playground. Of course they wore themselves out on the playground before the game started and Phil was not happy. After the game, the girls played a rousing game of hide & seek throughout the hotel while Phil and I played euchre with a few of the parents.

Sunday was another game in the morning and then off to my favorite cousin Greg’s house for a spectacular Memorial Day bbq. It was a beautiful day filled with delicious food and great company. I spent most of the time hanging out with my favorite “second” cousins and hearing all about the last 6 months of their lives!! It was a lot of fun. After the bbq, we drove back to Kalamazoo to pick Tula up from “Grandma” Amsterburg’s house. We had lunch & more important ICE CREAM with Phil’s mom and then finally made it home to crash.

Phil playing basketball with the girls at our hotel.

Some of the girls on the playground before their game.

More playground fun.

Part of the team relaxing before their game.

BBQ fun at the Beviers.

My favorite second cousins!