Soccer Stars

We have officially started the soccer season as of two weeks ago. Both K and B are playing this year and it has been interesting so far. This is B's first year playing and she is the baby of her team. The cut off to play is the first of July so she barely made it. With watching K for two years and her aggressive personality, we thought for sure she would be all over the field and taking people out to get the ball in the goal. Well, we were very far from correct. At this point, she is more interested in making sure mom and dad are watching her every move while she runs/walks around the field. Usually you can see her running the field, staring at you with a big cheesy grin, and totally oblivious to where the ball is! She has had a few times that she would have made goals if she knew what was going on. Maybe by the end of the season, we will see some progress.
K is also the baby on his team. He went up a level this year which means they have positions and a goalie. His team is double the size it was last year which is good since the field they run on is three times as big as they are used to! This will be a hard season for him and his team. With the goalie now it is a lot harder to score and the teams they have played are hard competition. He is so good at soccer this year compared to past years. He plays great as a defender and keeps the opponent right in front of him. (He even had Randy his soccer dad, impressed with his ability!) When he is a forward he also does a great job helping his teammates. It will be a grand day when his team get a goal.

Soccer in Utah is very sketchy....weather wise-as you can see by their layers under the uniforms! So far we have only had one game canceled for wet fields and one and a half games that we froze through. But we can't complain since some people we know have sat through down pours of rain or snow. GO BEARS AND BOBCATS!!