{Friends}

I just thought this picture was too precious not to share!  These three are so cute together!  They are in school two days a week together and they are all playing on the same soccer team.  They were born within two months of each other and all the parents have been friends forever!

Abbie, Hayes and Jae resting during their soccer game.

How precious are those three! 

{Score!}

Hayes has had a very successful soccer season.  We are already looking at some Academy's and special training programs for him this spring.  They say he might be able to try out for Classic soccer next year if he keeps up this success, the scouts are really positive and encouraging.


I kid, I kid. He has had some stellar goals the past few games one of which I caught on camera. Yay for me! I was actually using the thing which I lug around for the purpose in which it is intended! Brace yourself, picture overload...

Hayes has the ball...he has dribbled out in front of the pack of 3 year olds...

 He makes it down to the goal.  He SHOOTS....

 And SCORES! (and immediately turns to see the crowds reaction)

 Beaming from ear to ear as he hears the roar from the crowd, his friend Jae rushes to catch up with him to give him some props...

 "Sweet Goal," Jae says, "give me a high five"....

 Alright! Well Done!

 (wait for it, wait for it)....

YEAH!

 Let's go do that again!

I mean at least that's my interpretation.  How stinkin' cute are those two! I love those kids!

{Soccer has begun}

This fall was Hayes's first chance to have his own activity that he got to do.  We picked soccer for him because he loves to run, its pretty easy to catch on to, and we have some great friends whos kids were playing too so we would get to experience this together.


As we were getting Hayes ready for his first game we were suiting him up and started to give him a pep-talk for the game.  It dawned on us that he had only been practicing with his team and hadn't ever really learned what the game part might look like.  I told him there were going to be some other players on the field wearing other color jerseys and they were going to be playing against each other. "Huh?", he said.  We were laughing and headed to the game thinking..."here we go, let's see how this turns out."



Apparently it was natural to him or my husbands instruction of just get the ball and shoot it in the goal worked because he did GREAT!

Here is his team lining up for the first kick off of the season. Their coach is a great friend of ours and is amazing with the kids!  Thanks coach Dusty!

Hayes is all smiles on the field! He friend Abbie is the little girl in the pink and Jae is right behind them.