Well Saturday was a fun filled day as we ventured to Tampa at the huge UST campus to watch grand son Sam compete in his jui jitsu convention along with what seemed thousands of others in all ages from about 3 to whatever.; both boys and girls and then we headed over to Brandon to watch son Bobby and his fellow coaches play a slow pitch softball game. Bobby's team won by a run and while it was a fun contest there were several over the fence home runs by both teams. We then went to his house and played with the twins and had a delicious supper before heading home around 7'ish.
I started the day much earlier than usual as we had to leave for Tampa around 8 for the 9 AM compete. Traffic this time of the year is out of control with the roads so clogged its unimaginable. We did our morning routines that start with the posting of this ramble after some quiet moments and then I headed out to hand water the gardens before we got ready to head out.
There were some many competing that Sam's class had been pushed back over 2 hours so all that hurry up turned in to wait. Sam initially was ahead on points in his first match but slipped and the boy was able to put him in a submission hold and Sam tapped out: and lost. He was very aggressive but got a little too eager and made a bad move so he was eliminated from that event and then the second event he was winning on points but again made a wrong move and couldn't hold out and lost. He was so dejected and we felt so sad for him but we tried our best to console him and congratulate him on his efforts. He is such a good kid and so dedicated to his sport.
We stopped at Publix after leaving the convention for some lunch and ate inside the store which is very nice. The most modern and well furnished store I've ever been in for a grocery store. The salad I had was fresh and delicious and Nancy had a Cuban sandwich. We then headed over to Brandon to the baseball complex and watched the coaches game. Gabe had won second place in the kids home run contest with 5 over the fence but another kid had hit 6. They had their morning opening ceremonies for the spring ball season and this is Gabe's last year. He will pitch and play second base but his bat will be the spark for the team and he is excited.
Ryder had an upset tummy after eating some blueberries and while he had no fever he was upchucking a couple times while we were there. So it was not the most fun with him, but Huck was his natural self and we so enjoyed playing with him. Bobby was making his famous turkey burgers and fries and we brought the fixings of a salad from the garden. One of Bobby's vendors in Texas overnighted him a huge coconut birthday cake so we had some and it was just absolutely delicious. We brought some of it home and shared with Amy and Ava as it was huge and we have enough to share later today with the Botbyl's. It must have weighted 20 pounds and big bucks to bake and send to him, LATER
