Happy dance! (and a giveaway!)
Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 06:37PM Wooohoooo! The fall soccer season is officially OVER. Whew.
Recap of the tournament this weekend: Saturday...Noah's first game at 9:30 am (they won 2-0)...Asher's first game at 10:30 am (fortunately on the adjacent field, so we just scooted) (they tied 1-1)...a brief respite as we simply stayed put and snacked on the stuff we'd packed in the cooler...Noah's second game at 12:30 pm (at the same field Asher had been at...a tough one, indeed, against a team that's historically been aggressive and tough, with poor refereeing on top of all that...we lost 1-2, I believe).
After this, we lugged everything back to the car (a lengthy trek for Micah's short legs plus Nathan and I pulling a cooler and a wagon full of chairs, blankets, soccer gear, water bottles and the like) and headed for home, stopping for some more substantial food on the way. Note, we had pretty nice weather...60s and sunny...definitely better than the snow covered fields of the week before, lol. Of course, this also meant we got more sun than we'd thought about, which added to our fatigue after the fact. (Well, it added fatigue for Nathan and me, the boys apparently have endless energy and came home only to go out in the front yard and play more soccer.) Also, Noah's team, because of the rescheduling of the tournament, had no substitute players, which wore them out. So proud of them all for hanging in there.
Sunday...Asher's first game at 9:30 am (they tied 1-1 and it was hard fought...gusting winds made it difficult all around)...switched sides of the field for Noah's game at 10:30 am (better officiating but very skilled team...we lost 1-2...dang cold wind in our face the whole time)...again hung out rather than heading out and back (given how long it took us to lug all our stuff from the parking lot and that the nearest stuff is at least 15-20 minutes from the soccer complex and that finding a parking spot in the first place wasn't easy) but were too cold to really eat much.
Insert note here. Folks, Nathan and I were huddling under a blanket while laying on the ground behind the cooler and wagon (acting as make-shift wind block) to try to stay warm. We both had on three layers already. Yes. That cold. (Boys, though, seemed impervious to the cold and kept refusing extra layers that I offered and delighting in the fact that the wind kept trying to blow our blanket away.) Marti, I'm totally blaming Wyoming for the wind, LOL!
Anyhow, Asher's last game was at 12:30 pm (they lost 2-5), during which the sun finally started to come out and the wind started to let up and by the end we were actually happy. :)
We then headed for home by way of a warm meal and drink to celebrate the end of the season. Hooray!!
So. In thanks for reading all that and listening to my soccer woes and stories all fall and because somehow it's already a week into November and I'm starting to panic about all the holiday projects on my list, lol, I'm offering up a little giveaway. I happen to have an extra Becky Higgins Holiday Card kit (from the Creating Keepsakes Kit of the Month last year). You can read more about it here. (Sorry, I didn't take it all out of the box to photograph in more detail so you'll have to rely on the official spiel.) Post here and tell me what time of day you're most often online. I'll pick a random winner on Tuesday night (let's say midnight MST). Yay!
Reader Comments (26)
I'm always online at 9am as I get in to work and check my email, catch up on events, etc.
We are responsible for the wind....SORRY! I'm online mostly at night!!
Monique from Cheyenne
3pm. all the kids are "resting," in theory.
we had nasty weather in the north east over the early weekend and then it was almost 70 on Sunday. seriously. almost too hot for soccer weather:)
I'm usually online at 4pm Pacific Time. I do daycare during the day and that's about when they all leave and I get my little me time.
I am online mostly in the early evenings after I get home from school. It helps me wind down after a day of teaching.
I am usually on the internet late at night when the kiddos are in bed and the house is nice and quiet.
Thank you for the chance to win a card kit.
Dana