Well yesterday was an awesome day of family fun and get togethers that started when we left the house at 8AM for Tampa to attend grandson Sam's competition on the mats with hundreds of other Juijitsu players. Sam did a great job of competing on a higher level than his age and experience and came home with 3 medals one being a gold. He had 6 matches throughout the morning and won 3 out of 6 which was awesome. It was tiring while watching him compete against most who were larger in size and whose skill levels were better; but he was tenacious in his fights.
I started the day much the usual with a well before 6 roll out to my morning routines that start with some quite time to honor my Lord, give thanks and lift up several by name. All seem well as can be expected. Instead of heading out on my bike to the Rec we got ready to head out to the USF campus in Tampa and be there by 9. We stayed there until 1:30 watching Sam compete along with hundreds of other matches. I was surprised at how many young girls compete in this sports and against boys as well. Many of the matches were with real young players and those were more regulated due to their ages. Several older adults where seen on several of the 20 or so mats competing all at the same time. It was a busy event to say the least and Sam's wrestled on the same mat but at different times through the time we were there so we could stay in the area all the while standing.
We got a call on the way there from Bobby to see if we were available for supper as he had purchased food for another family and they had to cancel due to illness; so we accepted as we had nothing else planned and then spent the afternoon and early evening with them. Annsley and Gabe were there so we had fun with them and the twins plus a delicious supper of turkey burgers with Bobby's special recipe. We ate around 6ish or so then left for Seminole after the twins went down for the night at 7. We got home and saw where the Lightning were up one goal in this elimination game with the Maple Leafs.
It was a hard fought game and the Lightning held on to a one goal lead and finally the win in Toronto to go into the next round against the Florida Panthers. They are the best team overall in our division as was the Maple Leafs the second best team. Lets hope we can pull out another win in this second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, LATER
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