Soccer time!

Today was actually our 3rd soccer game but the first day I actually remembered my camera! I usually have it with me but the last 2 weeks we had other things going on at the same time as soccer (yard sale the 1st week, and a birthday party last week) and I just forgot the camera. Oh well! The boys are really enjoying the season so far. Cade scored his first 2 goals of the season last week and I missed them because I had the other 2 boys at a birthday party! When he got to the party the first thing he did was tell me about his game. He was so excited! No goals were scored by him today in his game but he played great defense and offense. Chance on the other hand did score a goal today...his first of the season and boy was he happy!!! It's taken him until today to really get into the game. The first week he didn't want to be out there at all....it was almost 100* at 9:00 in the morning so I couldn't really blame him! Last week he ran up and down the field which was an improvement from the first week but he still wasn't really into the game! Today though he was a whole different child. He played hard and loved it! Maybe it was the new cleats (new as in hand-me-downs from my awesome sister in a bigger size than he was wearing!!) He did tell me last week his cleats hurt his feet (told me this on the way to the game...can't really do anything about it at that point!) so we found some bigger ones after that game (he did get a blister) which he said felt GREAT! I'm just glad he finally decided he wanted to play some soccer! It just takes him more time to warm up to things than it does Cade. He's like that with most everything and that's okay although it can be frustrating!

Soccer Camp

I've gotten a little behind on blogging over the past couple of weeks. We've had a lot going on around here. Last week Cade and Chance attended soccer cub camp. It was a super hot week with temperatures reaching 100* a couple of days. I was worried the boys would get too hot and not want to be there but that was not the case. Everyday they left soaking wet saying "soccer camp is great!" I'm so glad they had a good time. I enjoyed seeing them play together. This was Chance's first time to go to sports camp. He LOVED it! They are both looking forward to starting soccer season soon.

I've been going through fall clothes for several days and finally got all of the boys things switched over. I now have tubs of summer clothes sitting in the boys rooms for those days when they still need shorts and t-shirts. The tubs are marked with sizes so I'll just wash and put clothes back in tubs for the time being. As soon as the cold weather is here to stay I can move those tubs straight to the attic. For now they will just have to clutter up the rooms a bit. It is a good feeling to know the boys closets and dressers are ready for fall and winter. Cooper helped me a lot by handing me hangers and taking his things to his room. I snapped this picture of him and just love it! He's such a sweet boy.


I haven't posted much lately but that doesn't mean we haven't been doing anything I just haven't managed to blog about everything. I also like to have pictures to go along with my post and I've taken very few pictures lately which is so unlike me! That's another reason I haven't posted anything. Fall is here and I love taking fall pictures so you can expect more frequent updates. I may have nothing to say but there will be pictures!! This past weekend Cade and Cooper had the stomach virus. They are both better now and the rest of us have escaped getting it for now. Cade had soccer and baseball games on Saturday. He scored 3 goals which is the most he's scored in a single game this season. He had 2 good baseball games according to Chad. I stayed at home with Cooper (who was sick) and Chance so I missed those games too. Cade did call me during one of the games to tell me he hit a home run! Chad says he had a great hit to center field and the boy on the other team held the ball a little too long which aided in Cade's home run....but a home run is a home run and Cade was one excited little boy!! That's about it for my update!

First soccer game

Today started our soccer season! Cade and his teammates played a great game. The weather was perfect and we all enjoyed watching the boys play. I didn't get to take as many pictures as I wanted but here are a couple from the morning

Theme-Sports in Action

This weeks theme at iheartfaces is sports in action! What a fun theme. This was taken last year during Cade's first season of soccer. He had just scored a goal and was SO happy. I also love that you can see arms behind him that belonged to his friend Carter who was happy and cheering for him too. I love to see kids cheer for one another! We are looking forward to starting our second season of soccer in just a few short weeks!!
Head on over and enter a picture of your own or just have fun looking at all of the great entries!

Last soccer game!

This morning Cade played his last soccer game of the season! He has enjoyed playing soccer so much. My friend Becky (whose son played on the same team) made scrapbooks for the boys to take home after the game. They were very cute! Thanks Mrs. Becky!!
Cade scored one goal in the game today. We played a team that had several boys that we attend church with. That was neat! Both teams played very hard and did very well.
Cade's scrapbook
a sample of the pages inside. Isn't it cute!!

A busy morning!

Well it's another beautiful day here. I absolutely LOVE the weather we've had this week. We started off the morning with Cade playing soccer. The boys all played great! After the soccer game we went over to spend some time at the BBQ festival. We had a good time.Cooper ready to watch Cade play...he only lasted about 2 minutes in this seat!
Cade ready to play some defense

We stopped at the car show before heading over to the festival. There were lots of really neat cars but these were our favorites
The General Lee
The Batmobile (the boys favorite)
Herbie.

The boys enjoyed several activities. One was a pony ride.



Cooper had fun watching the animals while the boys rode the ponies


They had fun sliding down the party jumper. They came down very fast!!



The whole family enjoyed a train ride. The boys were exhausted by the time we were ready to leave.

I made a GOAL!!!!!

Cade had a soccer game this morning. Once again the boys played great. They seem to be playing better and better with each game. He is enjoying soccer so much...even more than I thought he would! I took this picture after Cade made a goal. I just love it! He was so excited.

1st soccer game

Cade played his 1st soccer game today. The boys did a great job and played hard! getting instructions from the coach
Cade's turn to throw the ball in
working hard to get the ball in the goal (I think it got kicked out of bounds but it was a good try!)
snack after the game

1st soccer practice

Tonight I missed Cade's first soccer practice because I was at a good friends "mommy shower"! She's expecting her 3rd boy at the end of August. Tonight as we were getting ready for bed Cade told me that I needed to come to his next game (he meant practice). He actually said, "mom, you gotta come to my next game so you can see my stuff!!!" Stuff, as in his AMAZING soccer skills-haha! I told him while trying not to laugh that I would definitely be at his next practice so I could see his stuff! According to Chad (who is the assistant coach) Cade had a blast out on the field. He would kick the ball into the net and throw his hands in the air yelling "GOAL". What was so funny was that no one was even blocking the goal!! I'm really looking forward to watching Cade and the other 4 boys on his team play soccer this season!! It should be lots of fun to watch!!

Cub Camp

Cade started soccer cub camp today. Chance and I took him over this morning and stayed for 30 minutes or so to watch. Cade was loving it. Chance was too and really wanted to be out there with the other kids. He was very sad when we left! I think he's going to go over a little early with Chad and watch some before camp finishes up today. doing some warm-up stretches

Chance watching from the side of the field