Soccer

 

I love watching the kids play soccer.  I love playing soccer myself.  All three of the older kids played this fall.  All three had a great time.  Soccer really clicked for Reagan this past year.  She loves playing and is actually quite good.  She started to think about strategy and would really go after the ball. She loves playing offense and managed to score goals every game.  

One day she told me, "mom, I figured out that when there is a group around the ball, if I sit back and wait, the ball will get kicked out of the group and then I can take it."  Reagan used to be a little scared of the ball hitting her (she took a pretty big hit this spring) until we went to a BYU Womens soccer game.  Reagan watched a couple of girls take some big hits and she was surprised by their toughness.  From that time on, the fear has been gone.  

The pictures were taken one day when Ainsley, Will and Paige were happy playing on the sidelines and I looked up and realized that we live in a pretty amazing place.  The scenery alone was breathtaking.  It is a good time right now.  Busy but very good.