Soccer x 3!!

Well I am a slacker as usual and I haven't updated for a while. It seems that when school starts life as we know it goes into overdrive. Between the kids getting home from school, homework, piano, dinner, scouts, achievement days and soccer practice, nights just seem to fly by. With school in session for five weeks already and fall on it's way, it is time for the soccer season to start. Clark, Ryan and Emma are all playing again and they are so excited to get back into it. They had their first game on Saturday and they all did great!!!!

Emma's team lost but they had a lot of fun playing. She was sad about losing but it was only her first game. She is getting so much better with every practice. This year she actually wanted to play volleyball, but with Clark and Ryan at the soccer fields and the YMCA clear across town I talked her into soccer and maybe next year we can try volleyball. Even though she wanted to play volleyball she is still enjoying playing soccer.

Ryan's team won, and the opposing team did not score while he was in the goal box. This is the closest the ball ever got to him while he was goalie. He had some awesome defenders to help keep the ball out of the goal. He did a great job!!! His coach pulled him out of the goal box and had him play defender part of the second half. The funny thing I think this season is that Ryan got Clark's coach from last Spring and Clark got Ryan's coach.

Clark's team also won. They did a great job and played together as a team. Clark played midfielder, he didn't get a goal but he was awesome!!! After his game he was still sitting on the bench and was asked by the high school rec team if he wanted to fill in for them (they had forfeited) because they still wanted to play. He played with them and with no subs he ran and ran for another hour. I don't think he realized how hard they play but he kept up with them. He did comment on Sunday that his legs were tired though. Way to go Clark!!!!

Our little spectator. He loves to watch the kids play. He even walks around kicking his ball around the house, yes, we train them young!!! If you couldn't tell he is even wearing a "Denver Bronco" jersey, I told you we train them young and hope they stick with it.
Just one of the boys! I had to put this on here for the fact he loves his brothers and he loves doing what they are doing.

Andrew as a Jedi! We had just finished watching a movie and one of the boys brought him into the front room dressed like this. He is just so adorable.

Jedi Fighting! He would hit Ryan's light sabor and then laugh. He loves playing with his brothers when they will let him.

Our little/big helper, he loves the vacuum, when it turns on he used to come crawling now he just runs to it and tries to help. Emma was cleaning the front room and Andrew heard the vacuum start and came as fast as he could into the room and had to help, see the grin on his face he was in heaven!!

Andrew has taken over Emma's Princess chair while he watches his Mickey Mouse.