The beginning of soccer...

 A couple of weekends ago, Jon was gone on High Adventure for several days and Emily, Lindsey & Jack all played with their Murray Max teams in the Max Cup soccer tournament.    Between the three kids, they had 11 games in 3 days!  11!!   And no husband to help!!

Thankfully, I had the help of my older kids (when it wasn't their own games) and Annie Cowden came over both Thursday & Friday afternoon to watch the little kids.  Lifesaver!!  It was hot and sunny and would have been miserable to have the little ones at all of those games.  They certainly did come to several games and were good sports about it.

Emily's team did great!   They are a mix of two teams and have meshed together really well.   Emily played offense most of the time and scored a goal in each of the first 2 games.  She was so excited!   Her team won the first 2 games and lost the 3rd one 1-0.   They barely missed playing in the championship game. (I was dumb and didn't get any pictures of Emily playing :(  ).

Lindsey's team did great as well!  They won all three games and then played and one the championship game, getting 1st place in their age division!  Way to go Lindsey!

Jack's team also did great!   They are a brand-new U9 team and they also won their first 3 games and in the championship they lost, so winning 2nd place.   He's still got a lot to learn, but he had a great time playing. 

Here's to just the beginning of another fun, yet busy, soccer season!

(This is a pathetic picture - I finally gave in and sat way out of the way, so that I could have all my little ones in shade, so this picture is with my best lense)

 



Being a good sport about the whole thing!!