Friday Favorites {#224}

Hello and happy Friday (the 13th!)

Are you superstitious? I am…about the number 13! That being said…fun fact: this is my 1,113th post that I’ve shared.

How was your week? We’ve had a really good full week, but I’m definitely ready for the weekend.

As always, I’m linking up with Andrea and Erika for this week’s Friday Favorites.

Here are some favorites from the week.

Taking it back to last weekend, I went with Hadley to Sevierville, TN for the team’s volleyball tournament.

Usually, the varsity team goes to Chicago in October, but this year, the boosters and coaches decided to pay for all three teams to go to this tournament. The girls left from school on Friday morning, rode a charter bus, received goody bags, and had all their meals paid for….and…bonus – they stayed at The Wilderness at the Smokies Lodge which has an indoor water park.

It was so fun to watch all three teams all weekend. The freshmen team played in the JV tournament, and had three games Friday night. We didn’t get back to the hotel until around 10:30. They won all three games.

Since the girls won all their games, they didn’t have to be up super early as their first game wasn’t until 11:00. They won their first game that morning which was the last pool play game. They grabbed some lunch, and played a couple of hours later. Since they were 4-0, they made it to the gold (best) bracket of the JV tournament. Unfortunately, they lost the first tournament game in three sets…and the last set’s score was 14-16! It was a nail biter.

They played their hearts out and ended up 6th/22 teams in the gold bracket.

We made our way back to the hotel, and the girls had time at the water park, hanging out in their rooms, and playing games in the arcade. They had a team dinner and ran around a bit more until time for bed.

The moms almost didn’t know what to do with ourselves since we didn’t have to be in charge of our daughters. haha

Another mom and I rode one of the water slides, and then we all met another friend at the roof top bar for a drink.

We had dinner and then went back to the room for a bit. That night, we hung out by the fire and enjoyed a glass of wine.

The next morning, we left and the girls traveled home on the coach bus. I got home and had a couple of hours to get chores and errands finished before picking Hadley up.

They had such a great time, and I was glad to be able to see her games and have some downtime.

Once we got started with the week, we got the proofs for their school pictures.

I swear, it costs an arm and a leg to purchase photos. I prefer the download option because then I can order picture sizes that I want. Anyway, I think they turned out great.

One day at school, two students came up to me with these cute signs. Now, of course, they were buttering me up to let them switch seats and sit by one another. haha!

I still appreciated the effort!!

I haven’t been to Trader Joe’s in a couple of weeks, but last time I was there, I picked up these “Apple Blossoms.” I finally had one this week with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top…they are so delish!

Favorite Mom Meme:

…but sometimes they listen…

Weekly Recap:

I had a few posts this week:

What are your weekend plans? For once, we don’t have much on tap! I hope to put out my fall decorations. If I don’t get to it this weekend, then I don’t know when I will.

I hope you have a great weekend.