Another weekend quickly slipped through our fingers dateless. I can't remember why we didn't go out last weekend, but this weekend was due to soccer. We had 5 soccer games! I have to admit that once upon a time, the thought of our weekends being filled with soccer did not interest me AT ALL!!! I loved having free Saturday's and didn't want to be burdened with commitments every weekend. However, this weekend was a lot of fun.
Aubrie had a dance practice from 4:30 to 5:30, and a soccer tournament game at 5:30. I pulled Aubrie out of dance 10 minutes early and rushed her to the fields. She made it there just in time. The first team they played for the tournament was the hardest team in the league. They were undefeated, and for a good reason. They have a player who is AMAZING. Aubrie's team held them till half time, and then they scored a goal. Towards the end, they put Aubrie in as goalie, and for some reason there was a penalty kick. My heart was in my stomach knowing how nervous Aubrie must have been. She actually blocked it, but then it put a spin on the ball that caused it to roll over the top of her head. Aubrie was holding strong after that, until another goal was made about 5 minutes later. She started to cry and looked like she was about to take her goalie jersey off, and then Ben started saying something to her, and she stopped. We never made a goal, and so it didn't matter that she had those two goals scored on her, after all, but she still was being very hard on herself. I kept telling her what a good job she did, and how I wouldn't be able to stop anything if I were in there. By the time we got to the car, she seemed to cheer up and forget about it.
When we got home from her game, we stuck around for the rest of the evening, waiting for a potential buyer to come and look at our table. YES, I finally listed it and we FINALLY sold it. I'm kicking myself for not getting on that earlier. (Like in November!) Oh well, I try to tell myself that that family is the one who needed it! While we were waiting for them to come, we started getting ready for our garage sale next Saturday. The boys grouped all their toys in Ziploc and priced them, while my Mom, Aubrie and I went through all the baby stuff, clothes, etc, in the garage. I was thrilled how much the kids got into it. Aubrie was the most enthralled. She was cleaning up old shoes, and collaborating with my Mom on what the best price would be for everything. At first she was expecting to get way to much for things, but by the end of the night was getting a good feel for it. I'm feeling pretty organized and prepared for this one. I hope it doesn't rain!
After the girl looked at the table, we put the kids to bed and headed next door to play games with our neighbors for about an hour. We have been praying that a LDS family with kids our age would move in there, and our prayers were answered. The kids get along great, as we do with the parents. It's been wonderful.
Saturday was a FULL exciting day. In the morning we cleaned the house and the yard, and I helped Boston work on his spotlight poster for next week. Our first tournament game of the day was Ethan's, at 12:30. He had two games, back to back. The neighbor kids wanted to come and watch. (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the kids telling them all about the free bounce houses, face painting booths, etc. that they have set up during the tournaments! LOL) Though it was fun, I was quite anxious trying to keep an eye on all of them. I started to wonder how people do it with six kids, and then Ben reminded me that typically they are not all under the age of 10, and your not so anxious watching after your own kids. Anyway, back to the games. Ethan did GREAT!!!! He played aggressively the whole time. It's like someone lit a firecracker under him. He was really enjoying himself, and did well! They lost the first game and won the second. After the games, they had an award ceremony.
Look at him...so proud of his medal.
I thought we would have some time in between Ethan's and Aubrie's game, but it didn't work out that way. By the time we corralled all the kids together and waited in line for pizza, it was time for Aubrie's first game. Craig and Jody came for Aubrie's first game to see the kids. Aubrie's first game was awesome. Aubrie scored a goal, kicking a high ball into the net. She was SOOOOO excited; jumping all over! She really needed that after the night before. That really bumped her confidence. She played so hard and Ben and I agreed she played the best ever. They won that game 1-0.
Then next game was INSANE. First of all, it started raining, and the wind was blowing like crazy. No goal had been made, and with about 3 minutes left in the the game, the other team had a penalty against them. The girl on our team got a direct kick and kicked it right over all the girls heads, barely making it in the net, winning the game for our team! The girls and parents were so excited. Aubrie's team ended up taking second place in the whole league in her division.
What a great experience this has been for her, being on this team and having such awesome coaches. We all went home on a high! Both kids wouldn't take their medals off their necks all night, even when they got in their PJ's they still had them on. This morning, when they woke up, they both put their medals back on. So cute!
