Odd weekend without any photos to back up any stories, but Amy and I were both on Video mode and didn't capture any stills....also it was possible that our phones overheated and deleted all the film. We were outside of Chicago for an LaX tournament at "Pipe City"...a massive 50 field complex with teams from all over the US and a few From Canada. The temperatures were scorching hot and with few subs on the team Grace's team eventually had their legs run off of them by the end of Saturday's pool play. She did notch up a goal in the penultimate game to keep them from suffering a shut out. Storms rolled in hard Saturday night drenching the fields and with a continuation of Rain on Sunday morning the bracket play was limited to turf fields only and ultimately cut in half. Grace's team didnt make the final cut so after waiting around we headed home and stopped at a Cheesecake heaven for some chicken and waffles before heading home. Traffic was light, which we found out later was likely do to random shootings on 43N...only got bogged down in a construction zone when we had to slow/swerve to avoid a couple of kayaks in the road.
Ella is off camping with her boyfriend and a group of friends, for I think their second of 3 planned camping trips. Merrick was notified he was an AP Scholar for his performance and number of tests taken for the system. Sophia is in the hunt for a new job and we are waiting to see how that turns out for her.
