20250727 - Up early and to the ballfields at IMG Academy. The first game was against a team from Taiwan and they were really good. Our boys held on and got the semi-final win. The best part was after the game the Taiwanese team had a ceremony where they bowed to the field, our players and parents and then presented gifts to our boys and got pictures taken. G got some cool stuff in the care package that he got. We had a break before the championship game and G wanted fried chicken, I thought wasn't a great idea and we went through Wendy's to get food and head back tot he hotel and relax int eh AC a bit. Time to go the field and the boys got a ride and the adults stayed back to stay cool and have a couple drinks before roasting. We all headed to the field and grabbed the bleachers and drug them back under the stadium so we could sit in shade. It was a really good game and G did great. At one point I got a ball and pen from the school and gave it to G's coach to have everyone sign it for him as this was going to be his last game... sad... the last out happened and our boys won their first championship of the season! Emotions were high as we got the trophy and boys realized this was the end of many years to baseball life... We got some pictures and the boys didn't really want to leave the field... We drove G through Zaxby's to get him fried chicken after the win and headed back to the hotel to eat. Then L&I headed to the beach to meet up with a couple families and get in the water again. One of the couples had a 10yr old girl that wanted to get in the water and all the other adults wanted to sit by the bar and drink so L&I took her way out the sand bar and she blah blah blah and dove through waves, it was a hoot. People got hungry and we all decided to head back to our rooms and get changed and meet up for dinner. The boys from the other families were asleep so they all folded and LG&I ended up headed out to find crab legs for G. We found a little fast food joint that served them in a vat of garlic butter and they were really good. It was pouring down as we headed back tot he hotel. Settled in for our last night here.
