Sunday, June 21, 2015

1st Annual Team JoMi Tournament Success!!!

 Long time, no post huh? It's been quite a while I know. May 22nd our first ever Team JoMi Tourney went off without a hitch and was truly amazing and a blessing to our family. We had a total of ten co-ed teams and I was just in awe of the support from people who didn't know us from Adam. Camelia Trophy Shop donated an amazing trophy for the winning team and Team JoMi had tshirts printed for the winning team and also to sell for those who wanted them. Thanks to David Bowen Sporting Goods for doing those for us! I will add photos at the end of this post. I still have tshirts available if any of you are interested for 15.00 and our original Team JoMi tshirts are 20.00.
  It was important to us to have the girls at the tournament but we knew it'd go into the morning hours with ten teams. That said, I put down the seats in the back of my truck and turned into a bed for the girls and parked it close to our tshirt table. Around 11pm I made them lay down and rest and the championship game started at 3am. You heard right haha...3am. Softball is serious down here especially when it's for a good cause! Half way through the championship game we woke the girls and got the trophy and tshirts ready to present and Brelan and Mileigh were able to give the trophy to the winning team. That was really important for me. Mileigh, our neutro, is very familiar with life with neutropenia and knew the importance of this tourney and what it would mean for our family in sending me to Seattle next month for the Neutropenia Family Conference. Brelan, while she isn't neutro, she knows neutro! She is the glue that holds this neutro family together at times. I am constantly blown away by her maturity and willingness to support no matter what it calls for.
  The Diamond Elites won the first ever Team JoMi Tourney and we were so blessed by every single team who took time out of their weekend to come help support our family. We were able to raise approx 1000.00 towards getting me to Seattle and also to assist with Mileigh's medical bills and I was truly humbled. I can't wait till next year. I hope to make this tourney an annual occurance. I am thankful to be a part of a Softball Family who loves us and our girls and who goes the extra mile when one of their own is in need. I know that our sweet Joeli was smiling down and so proud of her song being sung and people being introduced to neutropenia.  #singloud We are blessed by you!!!