Soccer, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Dance and more Soccer

That is what we are doing in January. HaHaHa...let me explain because there was a lot of soccers in there.

Racheal, Sarah and Colby are all playing indoor soccer this winter session. Racheal's team had a great first game but lost 19-15, they played a coed high school team that had 2 girls on it and the rest boys. She was very proud of herself when she got tangled up with an older boy and sent him crashing into the wall right before half time. When the boy was heading to the benches he was looking over his wounds on his knees and gave Racheal a dirty look. Well that was all Racheal needed to get more into the game. It is pretty funny how competitive she has become since she is playing with older kids. She has really stepped up her game. Sarah is on a team with friends from her school and loves indoor soccer, her team won 16-2 and she scored 3 right in a row. Colby also scored this week in his game, several of the kids coaches and some of their friends got a mens team together. Their first game was against the local college mens team, Colby's team lost but kept it close at 15-19.

Racheal is playing on our church YW volleyball team, Alissa wasn't interested in playing this year but comes to watch.

Sarah is learning about and playing basketball on a 5th grade school team and has her final jamboree on the 31st.

And Alissa continues her dance classes in the evenings and this semester she has a social dance class for school to count as a PE credit.

Racheal's soccer

Racheal's 1st indoor soccer season is over. They went undefeated the whole season and are planning on moving up to the next level next season and play with the high school kids so the games are more evenly matched. She is already looking forward to the next season that starts in 2 weeks. Here are a few videos and pictures of her last game.

Racheal scores! She is on the far side, gets a pass, shoots and scores!


Racheal's assist video, she gets the ball on the far side and then passes it to the middle for a score!


Racheal and Colby (he helped coach)















Racheal juggling the ball during half time.













Racheal pacing back and forth waiting for the ball.














Sarah, Haylee and Alissa on the bench watching the game.

Miley's Christmas

Miley was dressed up to play the roll of Santa, she did not appreciate it one bit. HaHaHa! You know Build a Bear clothes fit cats really well and even have a hole in the pants for their tails.
















Here she is laying on the presents Christmas morning. (glad all the Build a Bear clothes are put away)

Miley likes to jump up on the banister and hang over the edge and play with the garland. The jingle bells were her favorite.

Christmas

Our Christmas was really nice and low key. We stayed home and opened presents and played games, had a turkey dinner and watched movies. We also had plenty of snow to keep us home. I just love a white Christmas.

Ashlee's stockings

I finished Ashlee's stockings I was sewing for her, here they are...I still need to sew the tree skirt. I made one extra in case I can finally convince her to have another baby, if not they can use it for the dog.

Random Pictures

Look...Racheal and Alissa really can be friends!

















Stockings I am making for Ashlee's family, these are just the sides. I have made the inner lining and I am ready to put the top cuff, the lining and the sides together.






















Miley helping us put the tree up, we would fluff up the branches and then she would lay on them and make them flat again. Oh well!






















Racheal and Haylee

What is a dad to do?

So Alissa has this 'friend' at school who is on the football and wrestling team and the wrestling team had a wrestling night at school last night to determine who is on JV and who is on the varsity team. Anyway...so we (Colby and I) have not yet met this 'friend' so I was waiting for his name to be called during the introductions so I could see what he is all about. (Colby and I went because Alissa and Racheal wanted to go and most of Colby's YM are on the wrestling team) Well it took Colby a little while to realise that this GUY we were looking at on the wrestling mat is Alissa's 'friend'. Boys and crushes are a big topic in our house lately, but I still had pictured these scrawny little middle school boys in my mind. And umm...that is not a scrawny little middle school boy...YIKES! This is a HIGH SCHOOL GUY!!!!! So Colby realized who this GUY was and did a double take and turned to look at me with his mouth hanging open...like "ohhhh...we are in trouble" I just smiled and gave him a pat on the arm. LOL So now we are not only talking about boys and crushes, but guys and meeting up at the movies. And so it all starts...the end of Colby's peaceful night sleeps. It really was a classic moment in the life of a father of all girls. LOL