Ready, Set... Play Soccer!

Soccer season officially started yesterday. Of course, this meant that Mother Nature would plunge us back a few weeks into winter... ugh. The weather was horrid, especially for 8am games!

Kenna and Jake both had 8:00 games. Jay went with Jake and was a line ref, so no pictures of Jake. I went with Kenna and was really wishing that I'd thought to bring blankets. Josh lasted through the first quarter (barely) and spent the rest of the game in the van. Smart kid, he is!! So, just how cold was it? Trusty weather.com said it was 35°, but it only felt like 25°. Freaking cold pretty much describes it! Kenna was a trooper, but I think she'll do more layers next week if it's still cold out.

I hate to say it, but her team stunk. Several of the girls just stood and watched the ball roll by and you could tell a real difference between the two teams. I'm not sure how evenly the good players were distributed among the 4 teams this year because it really seems like Kenna's team was shorted. I was proud of Kenna for hustling on the field though. She tried her best and that's all we can hope for!

(She's #11.)

Joshua's game was at 1:00, so the weather was a little more reasonable. It had warmed up to 55°, although it was really windy so it didn't really feel all that warm. Josh moved up from the baby fields to the big field this year. It was a lot of fun to watch these boys play and really give it their all! He has quite a few go-getters on his team and they out scored the competition by 4 to 1.

Go Sharks!