May 26
@ San Fran airport, it was freeeezing outside; super super cold!! so anyways, the younger boys team had 4 vans, the younger girls had 3 vans for their families&then the our team had only one van cuz we didn't have any supervision. on our way to the hotel, we had a DVD player in the van so we were trying to get the sound system &the DVD player to work.. well, that never happened the whole trip. kaz & shanyn were reading the manual &everything but the DVD player in the van never worked. shucks. so anyways, we unloaded all our bags at the Santa Clara Marriott, where we were greeted with FRESH Krispy Kremeeeee. then we went to Gilroy Outlet Shopping Center. i spent some $$$.. lots of clothes~ it's so cheap over there! i bought lots of stuff from Fox Racing, Billabong, Etnies, Rue21, Bath&Body, Puma, Quicksilver, Charlotte Russe & i forget the rest. but that shopping area was HUGE! WAY BiGGER THAN WAiKELE &ALAMOANA!... well not that big.. but you get the idea. by the way, i dropped my camera & it broke!! so it doesn't work now anyways, we shoping &ate at In&Out Burgers... that's some good stuff i tell you.. then we went back to our hotel &unpacked &settled in. @ night, me, kaz, danny &shanyn went out to iHOP for a midnight snack

May 27
woke up early in the morning to watch the younger girls' first game, they lost &then we had a game @ 12pm against the Sacramento Lady Barons, we lost. the younger boys lost the first game too. we went to eat at In & Out Burger for lunch again~ yay! then we had to go back to our second game, we played against Sacramento Lady Warlords, and we lost by 6 points. after the game, we went to Safeway to buy water for our teams. that's when *event one* happened. &then we saw this guy across the parking lot, & to make the long story short, he was 18 years old, his name was Sam & we took a picture with him... & then that night, we had a dance for the tournament players. All boys &girls teams from 7th grade - 12th. that was pretty intense.

May 28
the next morning, we had to go play in the Friendship a.k.a Special-Ed bracket. cuz we lost the first two games but we won the last game so we were Champions of the Friendship, how retarded does that sound? well it's partially my fault so... anyways, the younger boys lost the first game &won the last two so they won the consolation champs. the younger girls lost all their games. after all the games, we went back to the hotel &got ready for Great America Theme Park where there are CRAZY rollercoasters which i never rode. everyone was riding crazy rides but me &tihon were playing games & i wanted to win this basketball game thingy really bad & so i spent $20 so i finally gave it to tihon & she made it. in the theme park, they had the lunch area reserved! yay!! spent the whole day there: riding rides & playing games & watching fireworks & taking loads of the pictures. i got a awesome green & sunglasses !!

May 29
everyone had to pack. some of the boys & girls from the younger team went to the pool & none of us went to the pool. shucks, it's ok, the weather was FREEZiNG anyways. we got all packed up and left for Pier 39 & Fisherman's Wharf @ San Francisco. went to Ghiradeli Chocolate Factory & all these gift-buying shops & lots of other good stuff. anyways we ate lunch @ Hooters. walked down the Pier & saw the loads of seafood! we spent like, 4 hours there & then we left for San Fran. Airport where i crashed the rest of the flight & the flight arrived @ 9pm on a monday night & i went home slept some more.