Really thankful for these three turkeys…
They keep me laughing and sure do make life fun. Happy Thanksgiving!
Kickstars
Samantha had another awesome season of soccer!! Her team picked a few new members this year and they really all played pretty well together. Team name for Fall 2022? The Kickstars!!
Of course soccer is more fun with friends!
Coach Clay, Jane, Millan, Leslie Hails, Betsy, Alice, Samantha, Frances, Ann Welden, Emma, Bonnie
Samantha continues to prove that she’s a natural talent when it comes to soccer. Her footwork is truly impressive. I really don’t know how she knows to do what she does but she just gets it! She can dribble the ball around the defender with ease and she made some fantastic passes to teammates this season. I really, really, REALLY love to watch her play out on that field!
Don’t worry, there’s still been plenty of cartwheels this season too!!
The team only lost 1 game – and we’re blaming that on a flying shoe that distracted the goalie. ha! That took us to the silver bracket in the final tournament but these girls came out on top of that and won their bracket! Woohoo!! Samantha scored the team’s only two goals in the championship game!
My soccer star!! Go Samantha! Go Kickstars!
Super Bowl
The 6th grade Falcons made it to the Super Bowl! It was a warm and weirdly humid evening but it sure was fun to get to watch these boys play under the lights at night!
Ready to go!!
It was a great game. Maxwell played maybe the best I’ve seen him play all season and had some monster tackles. Unfortunately the Falcons came up short. I’m really sad his rec football days have come to an end because I sure did love watching him play! He played in 4th, 5th and 6th grade and made it to the Super Bowl two of those years and won the Super Bowl in 5th grade. Not bad at all!! I hope he continues to play in the Junior High because he’s got talent!
I’m just so proud of Maxwell and how he handles himself in all situations. He’s a good athlete and an even better kid!
A job well done, Maxwell! Great season for the Falcons!
Rise up!
Friday
Wishing we had GJ here this Friday like we did last Friday! We sure enjoyed having her here to see all the sports last weekend.
But, we do have the day off of school today so things aren’t that bad! TGIF!
Cheering at the Super Bowl
The Jets made it to the Super Bowl so it was up to the cheerleaders to make some spirit happen! Which means it was up to the cheer moms! ha! I put together and delivered porch surprises for all of the players….
and then somehow also ended making the giant run-through for the game. I can’t say I was wanting to do this but, let’s get serious, I love this kind of stuff and actually had a lot of fun making the sign…
I had good helpers too! GJ was my consultant behind the scenes and Maxwell worked on the football and it looked perfect.
I think it turned out pretty darn good! We learned a lot about making a run-through. Things to remember: the poles are 9 feet, the sign was 12 feet wide, we taped the sign to the poles, rolled it up and then cut tiny holes reinforced by tape and tied string around the poles to hold it. We ended up adding more ribbon to the poles out at the field to use as supports on either side to keep the top taught. We also put some clear tape along the back of the top to give it stability.
It looked even better out on the field behind these cute cheerleaders!!
We were all excited for the big game!
Our run-through set up was pretty awesome! Go Jets!
A little smoke and then…
just like that all of my hard work was ripped to shreds! ha!
The girls cheered their hearts out the whole game. Check out this halftime show! They took the Jets to a big victory!! Super Bowl champs!
After the game the players gave flowers to the girls! 🙂
Bringing all that cheer and spirit is exhausting.
I sure do love watching this little girl do anything that makes her smile like this!
Go Jets Go!