Labor Day Weekend

Jimmy and Drew at Turner Field prior to a Braves game.

Drew and Jimmy at Dave & Busters.

What a hectic but fun-filled weekend. We started it off with Jimmy playing in his high school marching band at the Friday night football game. This was his first time marching with the band and playing in the stands during the game. He loved it. Shortly after the third quarter, we headed off to Atlanta. Jimmy had a 9:00 am soccer match the next morning, as part of the Atlanta Cup tournament. We drove all night, with Elyshia and I take basically 2 hour shifts at the wheel. We arrived at Mom and Dad Faulkner's house at 6:00 a.m. We had just enough time to get a quick shower and head off to the soccer complex, which was an hour south.

We spent most of the day Saturday at the soccer complex. Jimmy's team won their first match 2-0 and tied their second match of the day 0-0. They would need to win or tie their next match on Sunday to advance to the semi-finals. That evening we just hung around the Faulkner's house for some much needed rest.

Sunday morning we awoke earlier to make the hour drive and be at the fields by 7:00 a.m. for a 8:00 a.m. match. The boys played well, but we fell to a very good team 2-0. We were done for the tournament. Jimmy scored 2 goals and had 1 assist on the weekend.

After the match, Jimmy thought it would be a great idea to go to the Braves game that afternoon. With a 1:05 start time we head straight to Turner Field. Jimmy, Drew and I had a great time watching the game from the cheap seats and just hanging out at the field. It was breast cancer awareness day at the park, so to start the game they had 250 cancer survivors lining the infield and releasing balloons. I thought of our friend Kelly. It was a good afternoon.

Sunday evening, Elyshia, Drew, Jimmy and Mom Faulkner headed to Dave & Busters, while I did some work and Dad got some rest (he had not been feeling well all day). They had a great time.

Monday morning we slept in a little and got on the road around 9:30 a.m. for the 7 hour drive home. It was a great weekend.