An Eventful Uneventful Weekend

OK - when I last wrote - we were on deck for a crazy busy weekend ... but as always - schedules and events are subject to change.

Thursday's PRIDE awards for hospitality went great - it was hosted at our property - and we had 9 people chosen as finalists.  We ended up with 4 winners - and the event went off without a hitch.  Unfortunately - none of the winners were my team members - but I'm still proud of them.

Friday was a long day at work - as it was our Employee Crawfish Boil.  Lots of fun - lots of crawfish, and an impromptu duet with my friend and HR Director Karl singing - "If I Had a Million Dollars".  I am quite sure it will end up on the internet somewhere ... I don't think you will find a link on this blog, though.  I'm sure it was brutal - but we still had a good time.  All in all - I think the team had a good time.

Saturday - Mallory ended up not playing in the tournament this week.  The team played, but Mallory chose not play with the Heat this week.  It is a long story - but let's just say, I'm proud of Mallory staying true to her friends and morals.  Unfortunately - it left the day wide open ... so the family went out to the fields and had our own practice.  Holden and I both had practices on Sunday - and it took me a day and a few bags of ice to recover from mine.

Mallory Hall displaying her awards
from the 2011 Softball Season

Monday was the Airline Softball banquet.  I was so proud to be Mallory's dad - and proud to be a coach to many of the girls on the team.  Mallory was chosen 1st team All-District Infielder - this was her 2nd straight 1st team All-District honor.  Also - for the 2nd straight year - Mallory was an Academic All-District honoree.  I hope she works hard on her off season regiment and continues to improve her skills - and I hope she can get her a state championship like her 2nd cousin Zach Gibbons did for Saguaro High in Arizona.  It was a great finish to a nice season for Mallory.

Monday also resulted in a 7-1 win for the Tigers against the Yankees (again).  Holden played a few innings at catcher, an inning at 3rd and one at shortstop.  He went 1-2 and made what he believes to be an error in the field.  We have our last game of the year on Thursday against the Diamond Kings which is going to be a tough game for our Tigers.  They need to have their game faces on for the big game.  Until then - keep rooting on the Tigers!