Soccer Ends...

 Soccer has come to an end. Finally. I can't say that I will miss the rushing around every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening and having the boys complain occasionally that they don't want to play, even though I asked them countless times before we signed up to make sure that this was what they wanted to do.

They both had a lot of fun, for the most part. Kamden still gets discouraged if his teammates make a goal and he feels like he "didn't win". His favorite part about the entire experience was looking forward to snacks after the games.

Ethan was a bit reluctant at first because he got smacked in the face with the ball twice, but tonight was their last game and it was a complete turn around. He was right in there trying to take the ball, blocking the other team, and he made several great blocks when he was goalie.

 

His team is pretty good at defense, so the ball didn't make it down the field a lot, which left him plenty of time to relax...

Here he is racing by, making sure his cheering section is paying attention to his efforts...

Look at his perfect form...

Right before the game ended, Ethan and his teammate tripped over each other and bumped heads. This was quite traumatizing for Ethan and he had a difficult time recovering from the injury...he refused to participate in the team cheer afterwords but he was quick to get up and get snacks.

Owen also enjoyed the snacks...

And was quite pleased with the medal he won for the oreo-eating contest...

He was also more than happy to spend time with Uncle Wade and Aunt Lauren...

After the game, Ethan's coach had a bbq for the players & their families and after everyone was done eating, we broke out the waterballoons:

Coach Jeremy getting Ethan:

Ethan getting Coach Jeremy:

As we drove away, Ethan kept telling me how much he liked Coach Jeremy and how much he is going to miss him. He also mentioned a little girl that he had been running around with during the waterballoon fight. I told him that was Coach Jeremy's daughter and Ethan said: "He is lucky."

I asked him why Coach Jeremy was lucky and Ethan told me it was because he really liked that little girl. Kamden replied, like any good brother would, "Why don't you marry her?"

Ethan's entusiastic answer was: "I would!"

It was a good season, short and sweet.