sports

Tornadoes

September 14, 2017

Spencer had his first soccer game of the season on Sunday! Robert is the coach again and they decided to be the Tornadoes! I thought the Hurricanes would have been more appropriate but…Tornadoes it is! 🙂

Our player was ready to go…

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and had his two best cheerleaders there as well!

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Spencer was super excited about playing this season again. He got all warmed up…

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and hustled so hard during the game! He had at least two goals and honestly played great!

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Samantha also did great actually sitting in her chair the entire time and not running on the field! Obviously, snacks helped. Hooray!

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She kept giving Spence and the other players an encouraging thumbs up!

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Maxwell is loving Spencer’s new team because Robby is on it – which means Max is there to play with Maxwell! These guys were over playing football for the whole soccer game!

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He did finally come back to watch the very end of the game. My three cuties on the sideline…

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Goooo Tornadoes!

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Go Spencey go! I think it’s going to be a GREAT soccer season!

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See you tomorrow!

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Gym and Gymnastics

August 24, 2017

I competed in a competition at my gym a few weeks ago and just want to share here because someday I’ll want to remember I could do this stuff! Our team came in 5th place and we were pretty proud! This was my second recent competition and in the one 2 months ago I clean and jerked 150 pounds which I was super proud of!

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The competitions are so hard and I always wonder why in the world I’m doing them when I’m in the middle of it – but then I’m always glad I did it when it’s over.

Samantha has been spending some time in the gym lately too – at gymnastics!! She’s been to two classes now and LOVES it! She went to her first class last week and she was so cute in her leotard and “gymnastics hair” that I just about died! It took some convincing to let me put her hair in a ponytail but she finally agreed.

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Susan took her and sent me this hilarious pic of Samantha with her teacher before they started…

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ha! She was a little unsure but Ms. Robin ended up being great. Susan sent me so many cute videos. She got to flip around, swing from the rings, jump on the trampoline, and run around!

She went for her second time on Wednesday and was even MORE excited since she knew what to expect!

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She also let me put her hair in “two ponytails” which basically made my year.

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A little pig-tailed girl in a leotard doing gymnastics is basically what I’ve dreamed of my entire life! 💗

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She had just as much fun the second time and got to jump in the foam pit, go down the mat slide, get in some floor work, work the obstacle course, and more flipping around!

Here’s to strong girls – young and old! 💪🏻

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Summer camps

July 31, 2017

We’re in the home stretch of summer! Only two weeks left until school starts. While I think we’ll all benefit from a little more routine, it’s really been a great summer – just the right mix free time and activities. I signed the kids up for a few camps and I think all of them were hits. At the beginning of the summer, Maxwell did basketball camp at Samford and Spencer and Samantha did Apple at their school…

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Maxwell liked basketball camp fine. I think it was a little overwhelming for him so we’ll see if we do it again. The others had fun at Apple and Samantha got to do carpool for the first time! 🙂

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The boys then did VBS. I can’t say they loved it…but they were with all of their friends and had plenty of fun.

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Watching their end of the week performance was funny…Spence was up in front doing his thing while Maxwell was almost completely behind the podium by the time it was over! ha!

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Maxwell then did flag football camp which he thought was awesome! I was afraid he was going to melt out there on that field every day but, thanks to some inside gym time and Gatorade, he did just fine.

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Spencer and Samantha did another week at Apple and it was water week so that made it extra fun. Maxwell also got to take a water gun to flag football.

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Finally, just last week, Maxwell did baseball camp at Samford. By far and away his favorite camp this summer! Being out on that hot field didn’t bother him one bit! He LOVED it!

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I loved seeing him all geared up each day. He’s growing up so fast and I just love the kid he’s becoming. I mean, how cool does he look?!

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Mix all of these camps with a few fun trips and the adventures with Mrs. Susan and it adds up to one fantastic summer! Let’s see what all we can pack into these last two weeks!

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Firebombs!

May 23, 2017

I already told you about the great first game of the soccer season with the Firebombs. The season continued to go up from there! Spencer truly had a great time this year. He had some really good players on his team and he held his own with all of them. He hustled, went after the ball, scored lots of goals, and had fun! He even got competitive and managed to heckle the opposing teams a few times! ha!

Heading out to field looking fierce…

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The most “fun” part of soccer is having to entertain Samantha on the sidelines. Most of the time she was content to sit in the chair as long as she had a never ending supply of gummies in the cup holder. But, when she did run, I was thankful to have Maxwell to drag her back some of the times!

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Maxwell was actually a big help for Coach Robert by catching out of bounds balls and kicking them out of the goal. Samantha wasn’t so much of a help but she did think she was a member of the team and could be found at every after game break-down!

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Spencer played so hard all season…

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Loved Red Light Green Light at every practice…

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Had fun with friends…

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and had the best coach around!

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It was a great team…

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and I’m so proud of my soccer star!

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Now, trophies for everyone!!

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Gooooo Firebombs!!!

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See you tomorrow!

Baseball!

May 22, 2017

Maxwell played coach pitch baseball this year and, I have to say, it was a lot of fun. Baseball has never been my favorite sport but getting to watch him play might make me change my tune! This was definitely a step up from t-ball because they got to play the games out at the high school fields which are top notch. Maxwell had a really great coach who encouraged him and taught him a lot about the game.

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Maxwell had some great plays throughout the year and started off really strong on his hitting. He seemed to hit a rough patch toward the end of the season but I’m sure it’ll all click soon and he’ll be hitting homers every time up to bat! Most importantly, Maxwell had a lot of fun playing this year. Go Cardinals!

Some pics from the season…

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