Fusion Fall Festival ~ Soccer Tournament

We left Friday night at 8pm, after trick or treating, to go to the Indianapolis area for a U11 soccer tournament with Quinn. We checked into the hotel at 11pm and Quinn was given a little goodie bag complete with a little sign to hang on the outside of our door. He was excited to be there! It was a beautiful weekend and so much fun! This wasn't Quinn's first Flames team. This was his "club pass" team... but his close buddies are on it.... Nate, Benjamin and Trevor. He played offense, defense and goalie as he was in and out of the games this weekend. On Saturday morning we beat the Plymouth, IN team 5-1.

We had several hours to kill before our next game. We drove downtown Indy and went to the IMAX showing of the Grand Canyon with 3 other Flames families. Afterwards we ran into Matt & Lisa and the boys walking down the street! We knew they were there because Josh plays in the Concord band and they were one of 10 teams in Class B that went to State this year. They played at the new Lucas Oil Stadium. We went to lunch with them at the Spaghetti Factory. That was a lot of fun... and very good food!

The boys won their 4:30pm game 7-2 against an Illinois team. The whole team and their families (52 people) went back downtown and went to Jillian's... where we ran into Matt & Lisa again. : ) The kids loved this place! It was LOUD! The first floor was the main restaurant and the second floor was filled with LOTS of video games and games that give you tickets that you can turn in for prizes. Madison and Quinn both hit "jackpots" and were able to get Colts teddy bears and several other trinkets with all of their tickets. How do you like Quinn's wild eyes in the pictures below? He was quite happy with life at that moment!



We didn't get back to the hotel until 10:30pm and then Tony took the kids swimming for a half hour. It was a nice way to wind down a bit. This morning we played a team from Carmel and beat them 7-0. Quinn scored a goal and because he played goalie most of the year, this was his first goal for the Flames... in the last few minutes of the season. He couldn't be happier! The 4th game we were supposed to play was cancelled... that team pulled out of the tournament at the last minute. No worries. Those 19 goals scored and only 3 goals allowed earned them the CHAMPION spot!! Yeah!!!


Look at the size of these Stanley Cups soccer trophies! Quinn was "living in the moment" for sure when the coach called his name to receive his trophy. Better than winning the Publisher's Clearinghouse for him. Check out the bottom right pose. The other moms were cracking up because they can barely get their son to stand still for one photo and then you have Quinn "modeling" for the next Sports Illustrated. Hilarious! It was a really fun weekend with great memories to take home ... and one very large trophy to start dusting! : )