We decided to let the girls play soccer this year instead of basketball and it's been really fun so far! They were in different age groups so they didn't get to play on the same team. Hannah's in the 4-5 age group and Emily's in 6-7. Both of their teams practice on Tuesday nights at 5:30 (thankfully), but then Hannah's games are on Thursday evenings and Emily's games are Saturday morning. Soooo...we've been busy, but the season is only 8 weeks long so the busy schedule will pass soon enough.
Bert is coaching Hannah's team and he's had fun doing it! They have 7 players on their team. They can only play 4 kids at a time during the game and they have four 6-minute quarters. The kids are SUPER cute running around chasing the ball.
Team meeting before the first game. Their team name is the Lions!
I love this cute little soccer player! She was nervous before the first game, but hasn't been since. She's had SO much fun!
Sibling cheering session!
I caught Emily giving Hannah a big hug after they finished their first game. Emily was so proud of Hannah!
Grandmama and Pawpaw got to come to this first game and we loved having them there!
Number 2 on the roster, but number 1 in our hearts! ... We thought this was a cute picture of Hannah waiting for her turn to play.
Emily's team is a little bigger. I think they have 10 or so kids on their team. They decided to be called the Red Cherry Dragons!! Ha! I loved their team name!!
Team huddle before their first game!
Emily's on the other side of the little boy in green socks.
The 6-7 age group has a goalie. They usually rotate each quarter who the goalie is. Emily loves getting to be the goalie and has stopped several balls from going in. Go Em!
Go Emily!!
We got a picture with Grandmama and Pawpaw after Emily's game, before they headed back home to Jackson! We'd had a fun visit with them!!
Hannah has 7 of her games on Thursday evenings and just 1 game on a Saturday morning, so Mimi decided to come up on that Saturday when Emily and Hannah had games back to back so that she could see them both. Hannah loved Mimi being there to cheer for her and I loved the help with Abby and Claire. Ha!
Go Hannah!
Claire asked Mimi to take this picture with her foot balanced on the soccer ball! Ha!
Abby likes trying to sit on the soccer ball. It's actually a perfect little seat for her!
It was a hot morning on the soccer field!
Mimi and Emily!
Em got to play goalie again, which she enjoyed!
This picture was from this past Saturday. Mary Pat and I enjoy chatting while we watch Emily and Haley play!
Toby got this picture of Emily and Haley with their arms around each other in practice one Tuesday. These two definitely aren't the most aggressive ones on the team, but they have fun! Also, don't they have a beautiful view of Paris Mountain while they play?!
Our friends the Dodge's have a son, Caiden, on Emily's team and a son, Eli, on Hannah's team. Our friends the Rothell's have a daughter, Shaelynn, on Emily's team and a daughter, Addie, on Hannah's team. And then the Flemings have Haley on Emily's team! It's fun to have so many friends for Claire and Abby to play with and for us to catch up with each time we're at the soccer field. Plus we've made new friends. We've met two families who both have a second grader and kindergarten at Paris Elementary (E and H's school). We've enjoyed getting to know them too!
Hannah was getting a pep talk from coach before she kicked it in!
Hannah has loved, loved having Bert as her coach. I loved these pictures of them!
We're over halfway through the soccer season. I'll be okay with a little more freedom in our schedule, but it really has been fun! Go Lions and Go Red Cherry Dragons!!:)
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