Goooaaaalllll!

April 24, 2007

Well, it’s been a busy few weeks after grandma’s funeral, and life goes on. It’s now full-blown soccer season at our house, and both kids are playing on teams. The soccer league has about 8 teams from the different Christian schools around the area and are broken up into 3-4 grade and the older 5-6 grade.

This is Brianna’s first year at soccer and she’s really excited about it. After sitting around most of the winter, it’s taken her a few weeks to get into shape but her endurance and skills are coming along nicely. They had their first game last Tuesday and won hands-down.

This is Ryker’s second year of soccer, as he played indoor soccer last year in Spokane. He’s having fun as well, although it poured rain during his game last week and he ended up looking like a drowned rat during most of the game. The 5-6 grade team is a good one and I think they will give everyone a run for their money this season.

The funny thing about Ryker’s team is the difference in size between the players. Ryker is probably one of the smallest out there but still gets in there well against boys that are towering over him. I was afraid he would be more intimidated with some of these matchups, but he surprised me by stealing the ball from the opposing team’s best player 4-5 times during the game. Hopefully he will gain some confidence as he goes and start wanting to play other slots besides defender. He’s currently perfectly happy with others doing the scoring, thank you very much.

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