Soccer

This year was the first year we had three boys playing soccer.  It was a bit crazy, with James practicing on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-6, Landon practicing from 5-6:30 Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Davis practicing from 5:30 to 7:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays also.  Dinnertime was always interesting with taking boys to and from their practices.  Luckily, each boy had a couple good friends on their team, so with Madeleine’s birth only a couple weeks into the soccer season, there were always people willing to take or pick up the boys, and I felt comfortable leaving them at practice without me. 

The boys learned a lot and had a great time playing this season.  It was fun to watch them learn and gain more confidence as the season went on!

Landon: 

I somehow didn’t take many pictures of Landon playing soccer.  This one below shows him with the ball, playing at his old school, Fir Grove.  Landon’s season went the longest, and he had his last game the second Saturday in November.  He had some great friends on his team, including Sam, Vance, and Carson, among others.  He had a fun time playing and improved on his competitiveness as the season went on.

Davis:

Davis learned a lot this season, as this was his first year where they played with a bigger field and more players.  He learned how to stay in a position on the field, and he got pretty good at dribbling and looking for the pass.  He even scored a few goals.  He has his good friends Ian and Kyler on his team, and their dads were the coaches.

   

One of Davis’s favorite positions was goalie.  He did a pretty good job of stopping the ball when he was in!

 

James:

This was James’s first year playing soccer, and boy was he excited.  For weeks before soccer even began he would ask when he was going to go to soccer.  Once practices started, he asked every time if it was a game, and he could hardly wait until their first real game.  He unfortunately fractured his arm before his first game and had to sit that one out, but luckily it was a tiny fracture, so he was back in the next week.

James was a good defender, and he would stand mid field and run back and forth, following the ball, waiting for it to come to his side.  He could dribble the ball down, pass it, or score pretty accurately by the time the season was over, and he would score a couple goals each game.  Most of all, it was fun to see his excitement for the game!

        

James was lucky to have his best friend Ty’s dad and brother as his coaches, and his friends Hudson, Owen, and Ty on his team.  It was a great team!

   

Now on to basketball season …