Everly's First Soccer Game

This year Everly started soccer. She is playing with 3-5 year olds at CCV and has had a couple of practices but Saturday was her first game. My mom, sister and brother were able to make it out despite it being pretty dang hot. It was the middle of the day and her game this Saturday is a bit earlier so hopefully it is not too bad. I was annoyingly nervous watching her. I didn't want to be nervous but I just wanted her to do good. The other team was really good. I think a lot of them had played before. Some of the girl's on Everly's team struggled with even going the right direction. Everly was actually really good at that and never had any problems going the right way. She needs to work on being more aggressive and following through but she did pretty good. She stayed involved and even scored a goal! We were all so excited and she was very proud. I think she is going to just keep on progressing each week and she gets more comfortable and competitive. I can't wait to watch her this Saturday.

Wednesday night practice and looking sooo big in her uniform!

Gotta get those aftergame snacks!

Good effort unicorns!

 

A little video of Ev taking a kickoff.

 

Labor Day Weekend in Review

Been a little busy lately so I am just finally getting to posting about the rest of our Labor Day weekend. On Saturday morning I got up and knocked out my first long-ish run in about 2 months. It was still pretty hot but I am glad I got it done. After my run I took Everly to Home Depot for the monthly craft. It was another back to school themed craft. They nailed together some wood into a frame and then put a white board sticker on it to make it a little white board. She painted hers purple and it even came with a little marker. She has been kind of obsessed with it and loves writing on it. We met Justin and Aspen at the mall for some play time before cousin Mae Mae came over for a sleepover. It was definitely a busy household that night but we loved having Mae over. Everly and Aspen slept in Ev's bed since Mae used the crib and they did really well together. It was so cute. On Sunday Everly and I were running more errands and we ended up stopping by to play with Cameron at a gym he goes to occasionally that caters to kids with special needs. Everly had a lot of fun and it was cool to see Cameron enjoy it as well. Monday morning I got in another run and the weather was great. I met the girls for bagels and then took them to the park while Justin went to the gym. Everly learned how to go down the fire pole. It took a lot of coaching but she finally did it on her own but now she is a pro. It was a great long weekend!

Thanks Home Depot!

 

Mae Mae loves to eat!

Sister love!

Fun at Rock the Spectrum gym!

Love this girl!

 

Sisters are the best!

Labor Day Weekend: GCU Soccer!

We had a great long labor day weekend which included 2 visits to GCU to watch my sister play soccer. On Friday night we packed dinner and picked up Jimmy Johns on our way out to the game. It was still pretty hot and Aspen was a little fussy so that made things a little more difficult but they were playing NAU which is usually a decent rivalry so we wanted to go. Also, they were giving away Nike cool towels so we were excited to get those. The lope mascot was at the game Friday night and Mae seemed interested but as soon as she gave him a high five she freaked out and started crying and shaking. It was sad but also funny. They ended up killing NAU 5-0 which was crazy because it was their first win of the season. On Sunday night they had another game I decided to go just alone with Everly since Friday night was a little more difficult with Aspen. It was a little bit cooler and that made all of the difference. It wasn't a blowout, but they did win again which was nice. This weekend she plays in a tournament in Flagstaff and we are excited to go up and watch her. We are going to go up Saturday night and then take family pictures up in Flagstaff Sunday morning before watching her game. I am so looking forward to the cool Flagstaff fall weather!

Aspen stealing someone's yogurt and Mae before meeting the lope

Teddy and the blow up lope

If you give me a cute baby, I am going to take her pictures.

Friday Zoo Trip

I have been working a modified schedule at work so that I work 9 hour days and every other Friday I have off. It has been really nice and last Friday after I took Everly to school I met my mom and brother-in-law at the zoo with my niece and nephew. It was pretty hot, but thank god for splashpads. It is a little bit of a bummer that Everly had school and couldn't come but it is also good for Aspen and I to get some alone time together. Aspen's teeth were bothering her so she was a little fussy but we still had fun and it wore her out. She passed out in the car on the way home.

sweaty babes

hands in the mouth

 

Mae helps herself to any food and Aspen does not share well

Teddy and the tiger