Back 2 Back !

This weekend I played in the Dixie State Tournament in Dothan. There were four teams in our division - Southdale, Montgomery Gray, Greenville, and us. We beat Southdale our first game, Montgomery Gray our second game, and beat them again in the championship game. Which made us state champions for the second year in a row !

But the trip didn't start out as great as it ended...

On Friday morning, the team met up at Chick-Fil-A to get breakfast & load up the cars. We left Decatur at about 9:30ish. Surprisingly we only made two stops. One for gas, and one for lunch. We had lunch at a place called Sisters, it was pretty good, I was definitely full afterward & took a nice little nap. We got to the hotel around 4, and we had to be at the opening ceremonies banquet at 5:30, so we had just a little bit of time to get ready. When we got to the hotel, I called my mom to see if she was about to be there because she had all my clothes in the truck. Well, she told me that her meeting had run late, and she was only in Birmingham which meant she wouldn't be there in time for me to change into my uniform before the banquet. So, being stressed out I just broke down, and of course everyone was asking why I wasn't in my uniform when we started to leave for the banquet, so the crying just didn't stop. I'm not sure why not having my uniform bothered me so much, but it did. Mom got to the banquet as fast as she could & she brought my jersey so I could at least halfway match the team. I definitely felt better after getting it.

After the banquet we made a run to Krispy Kreme, then headed back to the hotel. When Allie, Anna, Meg & I walked back into the room, it was really cold and our beds & everything felt wet. We couldn't figure out what was wrong, so we just delt with it. We took tons of pictures and just messed around for a while until we all crashed. When we woke up the next morning all of our throats were hurting us, we hoped it wasn't anything serious and it ended up that it wasn't. We played two games Saturday, one at 11:30 (more like 1) against Southdale, and the other at 7:30 (actually 9:30) against Montgomery Gray. We won both, which meant we were in the championship game. After our first game, we went to Olive Garden for lunch. We were there for a minimum of 2 1/2 hours, entirely too long, but we were thankful for a good lunch. Our second game was a hard one, but we never gave up. Winning both games meant we didn't have to play til 4 on Sunday, which meant sleeping in !

Sunday morning we woke up around 9:30ish thanks to the housekeeping staff, so much for sleeping in. So, we just layed in bed & watched the Teen Mom marathon until we left to eat at Golden Corral for lunch. After lunch, we went back to the hotel to chill for a little bit and get ready to play. Surprisingly, our game actually started close to 4 ( I think it was like 4:20 ) ! Although the other team didn't have the nicest fans or the best sportsmanship, we beat them 3-1. We got a trophy & medals, and had our picture taken a million times ! Our celebration dinner was at Outback, and they were much better prepared for our large group. After dinner, everyone went their own ways. Some stayed and some decided to make the drive back that night. Allie and I were the only ones left in our room for the night. We stayed up until about 4:30 without even realizing it, but it only helped for the ride home. I slept 3/4 of the way back to Decatur. Haha.

I had so much fun this weekend, I could go into detail about every second, but it would take about a week to write ! I love my team, and can't wait for World Series next weekend ! We're going with a winning attitude, and plan to come back to Alabama with a big ol 1st place trophy !

It's been a while...

This summer has been one of the greatest, hands down. Since I haven't written in a while, I'm just gonna slightly touch on some of this summer's highlights so far..I'm sure that I will forget something important though.










For my birthday, we grilled out at the campground and I had a few people come and eat. After we headed over to the Luau at Point Mallard, then just chilled at the campground. We all had a lot of fun just being crazy, which I'm pretty sure swinging around the flag pole by the Miss Point Mallard stage is illegal...oh well.






Like normal, when summer comes you see some people more than others. To catch up and manage to forget boys for just one night, and we had a girl's night at Allie's Nana's house. Its always fun to just be with the girls, and just be crazy. We ate pizza, swam, talked, and just had a good time. For some reason at one point in the night, Brittany went out to Tori's car to get something, and realized that the doors were Saran wrapped shut, and she sprinted into the house screaming " SOMEONE VANDALIZED OUR CARS ! " , we all just looked at her like she was crazy, but then we realized what she said. Haha. We are all convinced on who it is, and he knows who he is. My favorite part was probably just sitting around, talking and giving each other advice and making fun of ourselves and just being stupid. I had a lot of fun catching up with my girls (:




Since we have such a busy summer schedule, my parents thought that taking a big trip would be hard to do, so they decided to borrow my aunts camper and camp out at Point Mallard for about a month. It was nice to have, and I don't think there has been a day where I haven't been out there. Out of the many nights I stayed out there, there was never a dull one. Especially 4th of July weekend. I was really thankful for the camper when I heard how hard it was to find a parking place. Is it just me, or do the fireworks get worse every year? It lasted for a grand total of 15 minutes this year. I just remember them lasting longer in the past but, I love fireworks, so I enjoyed it.




Like last year, I am playing on the Dixie Debs All-Star team. We beat Underwood in the District Tournament again this year, and we are state bound on Friday. To raise money for state, we sold Krispy Kreme donuts. I spent the night with Allie the night before, we pulled an all-nighter ( fun, but NOT smart ), and got up at about 4 in the morning to set up on the side of the road and sold the donuts. We sold as much as we could, then we drove all around Decatur to sell the rest. Took until about 3 P.M. ( for me, this was 29 hours of no sleep ). I'm pretty sure I was ill, and probably gave too much of an attitude to some people, which if that was you, I'm sorry. In the end we raised a lot of money, and it was all worth it.

I spent the weekend with my best friend, and we had soooo much fun. Like always, of course! I can't even tell you the amount of times we finished each other's sentences, or said the same thing, or did the same thing at the same time etc..this weekend, it creeps us out sometimes.She always been there for me, and always will be. I have no idea what I'd do without her, she always knows what will make me feel better. Things as little as sending me a picture of Patrick Dempsey to make me smile when I'm having a bad day, haha. She is a big part of who I am today, and everytime we're together I'm reminded why she is my best friend (:

That is just a small part of how summer has gone so far, but it would take forever to put all the great moments. Its gone by so fast, and I'm not ready for it to be over. I take my senior portraits in a couple weeks, I think it will hit me then that this is really my last year of high school. It's bittersweet, and I'm looking forward to enjoying every minute of it.