Spring Soccer 2011- Jacob

Jacob had a great season of soccer this year.

It had been 3 years since Jacob last played soccer. He decided that baseball wasn't as quick paced as he wanted so he went back to soccer. I am glad he did because I enjoy watching soccer alot more than baseball these days!!

Our season starts in April and in Idaho that means it is going to be cold for most of the season.

These kids dress warm and play tough! I didn't hear one of them complain about the weather.

Jacob's team was short players so Carter helped fill in when he didn't have games.

At this game, the team was short so many players that all three of the boys played on the same team. They did really good working together on the field.

Now if we could just get them to work that good at home.... :)

They were actually not ready for the season to end. I guess we will have to pick up another season of soccer somewhere to keep these boys moving!

Riding through puddles....

While we were at Pack Meeting tonight the rain started to come down. Some may have been disappointed or annoyed to have to ride bikes home in the rain....but not our family!!

 

We rode around until dark finding the biggest and best puddles to ride through!!

I only had my phone on me so I had to capture our fun with the camera on my phone.  The pics weren't the best, but the fun we had was spectacular!!

Carter wouldn't stop long enough for me to take

 pictures of how wet he was. When we got home, I

 rang out a puddle of water just from his shorts!!



 Kolby was trying to help his brother wipe the mud off his face...what a nice brother!

Kolby and Jacob were dripping water from their faces and their clothes were soaked!!

and then there is Aubree....what a girl. As the boys were riding through as many puddles as quickly as they could, Aubree just parked her bike and sat in the puddles!! It was a chilly 55 degrees and the girl wasn't even cold!

Spring Soccer 2011- Carter

Soccer for Carter is always fun. This is his 4th year of playing and he really enjoys playing.

This yellow team that he played on was a U-8 team. This is the age group that Carter should be in. It has been a couple seasons since he has actually played his own division. His team normally plays up a division.  Aubree did play up a division and played on Carter's team. This made it a little easier for me because all of the kids decided to play soccer this year.  Having the two of them on the same team helped me manage all of the games and practices.

Carter also ended up playing most of the season on Jacob's team as well.  Jacob's team was a U-10 team. They were short players and because we were at the games anyway Carter gladly stepped in and helped out the team.

He competed so good with these boys that were 2 years older than him. He is such a great kid!

 

Carter was great at helping Aubree out and showing her what to do and where to go.

and of course Aubree has to have all of the hugs....even on the field.

Carter had a great season of soccer. He had some great coaches and learned alot of new skills!

Spring Soccer 2011- Aubree

Aubree decided when the boys were signing up for soccer that she was going to give it a try too!

 Living in Idaho, it's pretty chilly when it comes to Spring Soccer. Most

 of the games it was either raining or snowing. Aubree was a

 pretty tough girl most of the time.

 Since all four of the kids wanted to play soccer, we decided to have Aubree play up an age level and play on Carter's team. This helped me out with one less team to try and make it to. Carter helped Aubree out with learning the positions and seemed to keep her in the right spots on the field.

The challenging part was keeping Aubree's attention. Most of the time Aubree would daydream or pretend to be some sort of an animal on the field(usually a dog since they like to chase balls).

 Hugging also seemed to be a little of a problem for her. When it was Carter she was

 hugging, that was OK, but she did start randomly hugging the other players. 

 We did have a fabulous coach, who was thankfully very patient with

Aubree and helped her to learn quite a bit.

She ended up having a great season and would love to play again next year, which really did surprise me.