Michael Plays Soccer???

Sometime last winter, after Michael decided not to wrestle, he was trying to figure out what he was going to do to stay in shape. He was invited to go play indoor soccer with some of his friends, so he went. Now, you have to understand that Michael hasn't played soccer for a VERY long time. He played city rec soccer from kindergarten until about 4th grade when it conflicted with football, and football won. He came home from his first pick up game, and was so excited, he had a blast! Michael kept going to these games and picked up how to play the game better, then decided to try out for the high school team. We all thought, just have fun, enjoy your senior year, maybe play a little varsity but probably mostly jv. Big surprise, Michael was a starter on the varsity team and played most of the time in every game. Who would have thought?

Fully half of the starting varsity players had never played before, just like Michael. They were pretty rough around the edges, but won a couple of games by being better athletes than the other teams. One team even complained about having a bunch of football players playing soccer! I guess they forgot they couldn't tackle? They had a tough season, but had alot of fun!

Ammon Track

The junior high just finished their track season. It was a rough season, because of the weather. They had two meets canceled because of rain and snow, and lots of times they had to practice inside, which didn't do the kids much good. Ammon ran the 200 meter, 4 x 100 relay, and experimented with throwing the discus, long jump, shot put, and the 4 x 400 relay. There was a definite lack of coaching, so he wasn't able to learn how to do anyone thing very well. That's ok though, because Ammon runs track for the social aspect. He just wants to have fun!

Here he is with some of his boys.

This is Ammon running the 4 x 100 relay. The funny thing about this picture is that right as he made the hand off, he fell and rolled over!!



Ammon could have done really well at the long jump if anyone had been able to teach him the correct way to do it. At the one meet he tried, he jumped almost 18 feet, which would have been a winning distance, but he scratched every time. We can't wait until next year when he can get some good coaching.

Matthew's Spring Soccer

Matthew just finished his spring soccer season. They had a great team, and a great season. Their team was un-defeated until the final 3 games of the season. They had beaten all three teams previously, one of the teams practiced specifically to beat Matt's team, one got helped by the officials, and one got lucky.

Matthew loves soccer, and if only we could light a fire under him, he'd be pretty good. He is getting better all the time, we just need to teach him to be a little more aggressive.

The problem with spring soccer is that it is COLD!! We missed a couple of games because I refused to go. One time Matthew wanted to play so bad, even though it was freezing, I sat in the car while he played in the rain!

Good job Matthew!!

Jordyn's Dance Recital

Jordyn just finished another fun year of dance classes. She dances with "Miss LeAnn" at Esprit de Corps dance studio. She takes a combination class of tap, ballet, jazz and tumbling. Jordyn can't wait until she's old enough to dance on a team like the big girls and like her sisters did.

Jordyn let me put make-up on her for the recital, you should have seen those eyelashes!! Her class did two dances. The first was a tap dance to "Twist and Shout".


They also did a dance with maracas to "Conga". She did great, and it was fun to watch her!