Sugar Plum Tea and Shootings.....

It was another busy weekend around the Conde household! The boys had a tournament this weekend. They played 2 games on Friday night - they won one and lost the other. They got Saturday off, but Miss Emma had Nutcracker rehearsal. Today, the boys had another game and won. While they were at the ball fields, Emma and I attended our first Mother/Daughter Sugar Plum Tea. Her dance studio puts this on to raise money for their Nutcracker Production. The characters dressed in their beautiful costumes and visited us during the tea party. It was a wonderful sight, and made us even more excited for Emma's big performance 2 weeks from now! Here are some great photos from today.

Emma and her friends

Emma with the Arabian Dancer and Dew Drop

Emma with one of her favorites, the beautiful Snow Queen

Obviously, with the Nutcracker!

Emma with a Snowflake

So our plan was to finish up at the Sugar Plum Tea and go watch the boys' semifinal game for their tournament. The tournament was not being held in the best part of town....a common hazard playing baseball in and around Houston! Anyhow, Marcelo texts me at the tea to let me know the tournament was cancelled. Apparently, there was a shooting at the basketball courts in the park the tournament was being held in. How scary! We pray that the person shot recovers fully and that the one who did it is brought to justice. This was their last tournament of the Fall season.....and they were quite disappointed to have it end this way. What a day!!!