Indoor Soccer!

We decided it was time to enter the world of organized sports this winter and signed the kids up for indoor soccer.  THEY.  LOVE.  IT.  We also got all wild and crazy and volunteered to be the coaches.  What?!  Tim played in high school and I know what a soccer ball looks like - how hard can it be?  They are 4 and 5 years old, right?!  WELL.... it has been awesome!  Grace is one of the tallest out there, but she moves really well.  When she wants to she can take off and be super fast. She has scored a couple of goals, and become more aggressive each game. (She skips alot, but is having fun!)  Cooper is constant motion and SOUND EFFECTS.  That's right - full body soccer.  Not that he is running into other kids or hitting them (on purpose anyway) but he is a flailing sound machine!  I overheard someone talking during our first game just after he went in and I assume they were talking about him: "He is a little guy, but he's not afraid to get in there and mix it up!"  He will be right in the middle of things the whole time he is out there.  Again, LOVES IT.  (So much so that I type this on the day we signed them up for outdoor soccer!!)  As for our team, they are a hoot!  Jason is the one who kicks it far too hard ALL THE TIME.  He also is a yeller - at the other team, us, or his team mates.  Not to be mean, just his VOICE.  And our littlest - Heaven.  So cute.  She has been rescued more than once by coaches or parent because she was laying down on the field.  Or one day just ran right into the wall as if to hug it.  I spend a lot of time convincing her to "go get the ball!"  She also is very polite:  Tap on my leg. "Excuse me, coach...."  Cracks me up!  We don't keep score but we were pretty much killed each week for the first half of the season (three weeks) but after some great coaching (hee, hee!) our team has made a huge comeback being equally competitive each week!  We've dealt with real "soccer moms", snotty kids who call us losers, and down right physical kids, but we've loved it!  Kind of looking forward to outdoor soccer so we can just sit and enjoy the show!

Grandma and Grandpa have made every game (which Grandma was certain she would NOT do, in the preseason!!) and we enjoy going out to eat with them after.  Thank you!  Aunt Laura and Nick as well as Grandpa Gene, and Uncle Bill, LaRanda and Kaliya made it to a couple of our games as well.  It was a great time!