2-1-1

The Junior Varsity girls' soccer team that I have been a part of coaching this semester is off to a good start. Last year I think our record was about 0-7. So it is exciting to have TWO WINS IN A ROW!!!! The girls are really learning a lot, not only about soccer, but about team work and trusting each other to play their position on the field. Good life lessons mixed in. Of course we always encourage the girls to be a good example of Christ through all of our games. It has been really fun...two more games next week. We will see how they go!

Check out my Slide Show!

Story of the tournament...

Today we had a soccer tournament at Brookhouse school. There were 8 teams involved. We were split into two separate pools and we played the first game. The girls started off a bit sleepy but they worked hard. The team we played against appeared like they were not going to be that good (did not really have uniforms, some in pants, some with hats…things like that) but they ended up doing really well. The first game ended 1-1 and we knew we were going to have to work hard. We rested one game and then played the next which we won 1-0. YEA! We rested another one and played again and won that on 2-0…YEA YEA! After the games for our pool finished it ended up that we tied with the first team we had played (with points) so we had to have a shoot out. WE WON THE SHOOT OUT! Which put us directly into the semi finals. We waited one game and then played our fourth game winning 3-0. This then put us into the FINAL game. The girls played hard the whole game….1 minute left and the referee called hand ball in front of the goal (TOTALLY WAS NOT A HAND BALL…EVEN THE OTHER COACH SAID SO). So, they get a free kick….shoot…and our goalie blocked the goal and caught it. WE REJOICE! Referee blows his whistle and calls a re-kick. He had not blown his whistle before the penalty (HIS FAULT) and the girl kicked too soon (THEIR FAULT). So, they got a re kick and scored on the second one. 30 seconds left in the game….we pushed our whole team up the field and attacked hard…but unfortunately were not able to score. It was sad end to an AWESOME day. The girls ended up in 2^nd which was more than we hoped for. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a lot of fun! YEA YEA YEA! Much better than 7^th place like last year! HA! We have all learned a lot since then…thankfully!

Girl's Soccer Tournament...WHAT A FUN DAY!

Hanging out between games. Trying to find some shade!

Some of the boys came to support the girls also...they had lots of coaching advice too. They are all very good kids!!!

Little bit of coaching during our semi final game.

Our AWESOME Athletic Director came to support the team!!!

Accepting their awards for 2nd place.

We were excited that the day had ended well!!! So proud of those girls!

Crazy Hair Day

CRAZY HAPPENINGS IN FIRST GRADE....

The boys making a "big A"

The girls' practicing how to make a "little b"

searching for living things...

she found some :)

They have clay to play with when they get done with their work...just keeps them occupied and in their seat for a bit longer...messy but so GREAT!

working together on a Bible project...they are good friends :)

working on drawing out the story of the paralyzed man who was healed...they like artistic things

Best looking PE teacher!!! :)

Here is a little bit of what Craig's new job includes...teaching MS boys' PE. I must say I was definitely ok with passing that class off to him! :)

Explaining what happened during the play...and why he is out. Good job teach!

Making sure everything is going as planned!