Spring Soccer

We just finished up the boys Spring Soccer season. They had a really great time this year and they both improved by leap and bounds, especially over last year. Nice to see some coordination and skills developing, it reminded me that I need to keep them involved in things even when life gets crazy.

Henry was amazing this year. Since a year ago, he never wanted to leave the sidelines and seldom did, we were amazed to see him jump up ready to play. He even seemed to know where the ball was a lot of the time. It was very fun for him.

Here he is in action, proof that he was actually running the field.

Ready for a kick off.

He didn't spend a lot of time watching Gavin's games when he wasn't playing, though he was off making friends with other little brothers on the sideline, and just generally being silly.

 Gavin's team was pretty amazing. There were a lot of kids from his school on the team and even several from first grade that were in his kindergarten class. He had a great time playing and practicing with them. This team was like night and day from their first game to their last. They all really seemed to learn a lot and become a lot more competitive. 

 Harder to get an action shot, since they played on the large field and were seldom close enough (good excuse to buy a nice zoom lens). He had some serious hustle and became a great defender. He loves to play goalie and volunteered for part of every game. He had quite a few stopped goals and nothing ever ended up getting past him. He even ended up figuring out the art of the drop-kick. He did score one goal this year as well. Hopefully we can keep him excited enough to practice outside of the scheduled games now.

 Here is his team shot. It was a really good group and a couple of great parents were his volunteer coaches.