SLSG Elite takes on Phoenix

Peyton got asked to move up to the Elite team for the rest of the spring season.  She was super nervous about moving up, because Peyton gets extremely nervous about anything "new".  I couldn't really understand her nervousness, as she knows most of the girls.  She's played with several of them in the past, AND one of them is one of her best friend from school.  But, she went to the first practices in tears and scared, and by the end of the first few practices she was loving it.

Her first games with them were in Phoenix, AZ.  The girls played extremely well, extremely physical and fast!  Our last day there we had all day to do "other" things, as we had no soccer games and our flight wasn't until late that night.  We hiked Pinnacle Peak and went to Hole in the Rock Park.  Both of those adventures we had done on spring break the year before, but it was fun to do them again with soccer friends.

We shared a car with the Lorms', and Mr. Lorms quickly figured out that my sense of direction isn't exactly keen, and that his job as the passenger navigator would become very important.  We did fine, I don't think we ever got "lost"....,maybe had to bust a few U-turns, but that was it.

The temperature was FREEZING in AZ!!!  They had record setting temps when we were there....boo!!  We were looking forward to a little warmth in February, but no dice.  It snowed in AZ two days after we got home.  While we were hiking, it actually started sleeting.

We got home about midnight, and off to school Vita and Peyton went the next day......very tired, I'm sure!