SCHOOL'S OUT!

I, along with most parents on the planet, have very mixed feelings about school being out. I love the unstructured freedom that comes with summer, but not all the boredom and trying to keep kids busy that tags along as well. Summer never seems long enough though, so I must love it more than I dread it.

3x3 Tournament

Sqwad FC- C Man's 3x3 tournament team and coach. (C Man in the Qatar jersey).

Princess P plays a purple cello at Arts Night.

MHS JV SOCCER 2016

I really love soccer and it has been so much fun watching C Man playing this year in his first High School season. He's been playing forward striker most of the time and had a good season. He's pretty devoted to the game and practices on his own A LOT, so it's been great to see his hard work paying off. Here are some of my favorite pictures from his Freshman season.

One of my friends caught one of his goals on film! I'm too much of a spaz to film during exciting times.

Corner kick.

Cuddling up with the girls during the Varsity game.

Good buddies! T, N, C Man and C.

Corner kick.

Throw in.

The MHS JV team for 2016.

Pre-game prayer. (C Man's happy about it).

MHS SOCCER SEASON

Boys High School soccer has begun. I'm sure no one is surprised that C Man is playing. He does love his soccer, but this year it was actually a hard choice for him. He was thinking of doing track as well (and would have done very well, too), but in the end soccer won. Team sports in high school and all the politics involved with coaches are new for our family. I've never had a child that wanted to participate in anything besides tennis or golf- and very casual participation at that. C Man is different. He loves all sports strongly, so I know this is only the beginning...

A cold, dark first game. C Man is #27.

The JV team plays after Varsity, so we ran out of light, fast. And it was SO COLD! We had been having a warm streak of weather the two previous weeks, so we were really taken by surprise by how cold it was! I really felt bad for C Man too because he sat on the freezing bench most of his game. He was very frustrated and I don't blame him. I went over to tell him I had to go and the coach finally put him in (last 10 min), so I stayed for a minute and watched.

Soccer in the dark!

I had to go to a meeting, though, so I walked home and as I got almost to our house I could hear the crowd cheer and I thought to myself "I'll bet C Man just scored!" I was right, I had just missed his goal (the winning goal, by the way) by three minutes. I was SO SAD! Next time I'll miss my meeting!

WORK & 3V3 SOCCER

C Man's obsession continues. The latest is his team taking 2nd out of 9 teams at the 3 v 3 tournament yesterday. He  was kind of sad they didn't win, but I am so impressed with him and his friends. They even played in the cold rain. 

The Team! C Man in the middle.

 Also in the news, Big C has Elder D right back at work. He hasn't been this dirty for two years. He says he has forgotten some things, but overall, he's glad to be back to work.

Form oil makes everything a mess!

SOCCER IN FERRON

C-man loves his soccer. He's so passionate about it. He practices everyday, even if it's just by himself in the backyard. If he wasn't so into it, I probably wouldn't drive him all over Central Utah to play. I do have to confess, I love watching him play! Soccer is one of the few team sports I enjoy.

It was stormy during their tournament games, that's why C-man has his arms in his shirt. He thinks he's pretty funny.

We had to drive to Ferron (over an hour and a half away) two Saturdays in a row. It was long and the weather was cold, windy, and rainy. That didn't stop the boys from playing well though.

C-Man (#14) bundled up in his warm clothes.

He started to warm up after he was playing a while, so he progressively sheds clothes. 

Look at that hair! 

Here's his team and coach. They were a great bunch of kids.

SPRING SOCCER

Warm weather has arrived just in time for C-Man to start playing spring soccer. It actually hasn't really been that cold this year. Our water levels are very low and it is definitely going to be a dry summer. But I digress... 

Princess P and I enjoying the sunshine and the soccer game too.

 C-Man is playing forward this year instead of goalie and enjoying it very much. He scores at least once a game.

C and his headband chase the ball.

C-Man in green.

I got fried!

MY SOCCER STARS

Princess P played soccer this year and did a great job! They cut the ballet program where she used to dance, so she decided (with Little C's help) to play soccer.

Princess P in the pink.

She really enjoyed it and really got so she was aggressive by the end of the season. She even scored once!

Go Princess P!

Little C.

Little C played forward and keeper this year. He even got a 'hat trick' one game (three goals in the same game). He sure loves it!!

Here he is in his new FCBarcelona jersey. 

SOCCER SEASON STARTS

Soccer season has begun. Here are some crappy cell phone photos of the kids' first games. They are both enjoying the season so far...

Little C as keeper.

I am Little C's team's assistant coach.

Princess P playing defender.

Princess P is glad that she is on a girls only team.