so long saturdays

Saturday marked our first soccer games of the season.  There go our Saturdays :)

Nate had an 8 am game which made for nice weather (at least for most of the game)  The kids played well but lost the game by one point.

My mom, little brother and sister from Utah were able to go to the game with my other brother, sister and law and nephew Carter that live in Vista and my dad joining us for Luke's game later in the day)

Between games Derek took everyone over to shop at Oakley while I stayed home with a very traumatized Luke and got him ready for his game.

About being traumatized...

After Nate's game Derek and Nate left in Derek's car, the girls and I drove home in my car and my mom had my brother, sister and Luke in her car (or so we thought)  Once everyone was home we realized no one had Luke so I go tearing out of the driveway and head back to the field to find a very scared Luke roaming the parking lot.  

The tears (both his and mine) started the moment we saw each other.  It took him a long while to calm down and I apologized 100 times.  We are glad it all turned out well.

Luke had a late morning game and by the time he played it was getting pretty warm.  I like soccer in cool weather (which California seems to be lacking at the moment)

The Dynamites won the game and Luke played really well with only a few moments of staring off in the distance or kicking around grass.

This is what you get when your kid gets tired of you pointing the camera in his direction.

As much as I dislike Saturdays being tied up with games I have to admit it is nice to be together as a family enjoying the games.  The kids are all supportive of each other although Megan has a funny way of showing her support. 

black widows, trojans and cougars

Today was the season opener for soccer.  We started our day at the fields at 9 am for some practice before Luke's 9:30 am game - Black Widows vs Red Dragons.  

The picture below cracks me up.  The Black Widows has just scored - notice the smiles on everyone but the one Red Dragon kid in the middle.  His expression makes me laugh - he looks totally outraged by our teams goal.

While Derek and I were in the parent tunnel Emily snapped this great shot of Luke running though - good job Emmy!
When Luke's game ended Derek, Emily and Luke headed off to the Oakley family picnic and I took Megan and Nate home for a quick change into Nate's soccer uniform and then we were off to the next field for an 11:15 am call time.  By the time the game started at 12 pm we were roasting - it was so terribly hot here today.

Nate looked sharp in his Trojans uniform and he had a great time playing.  Both he and Luke have never played soccer before so they are learning lots but I was impressed with how well Nate did.


Love the action shots.  Because of the heat a lot of boys on our team were not doing well. We didn't have kids to substitute in so they all got worked hard but everyone managed to finish the game and I'm sure everyone was happy to climb into air conditioned cars.
We eventually met up with the rest of the family for the picnic until 4 pm and then it was straight home so Derek could plant himself in front of the tv to watch his beloved Cougars.  It was a very sports filled day.

goooooooooooal

Our weeknights have gotten busy with soccer practices for both Nate and Luke.  I decided to take my camera along to Luke's practice this week (Derek was at Nates and he's not one to snap pictures on the sideline so pictures of Nate will have to wait)

How cute is he? 
Nate on the sidelines watching Luke's team play.  He wanted so badly to get out there with them - he would inch closer and closer to the action.