Samantha got to make her second Super Bowl appearance to cheer! First for the Jets in 2022 and now for the Vikings!

Thankfully the football moms handled everything and all I had to do was bring cookies for after the game!

The setup was great and the girls were excited!

It had been raining all day but thankfully there was a break in the weather for the 4:00 game! It was dreary, cold, and wet but not raining!

The girls nailed their halftime performance with jumps, a cheer and tumbling. Samantha threw her tuck like she’s been doing all season! The Vikings nailed the game too and won! Super Bowl champs!

I just love to watch her do what she loves. So proud of my little cheerleader!!

Go Vikings! Go Samantha!

Samantha did rec cheer again and had such a fun season! I was the cheer mom again and we had the cutest group of cheerleaders. They really tried to up the program this year and had Sunday practices with varsity cheerleaders teaching the girls cheer. The majority of girls on our squad are deep in cheer working toward 7th grade tryouts so they are basically experts and killed it at their halftime show each week!

Wearing her uniform to school for Spartan Day!

Samantha cheered for the 5th grade Vikings so got to cheer for lots of boys in her grade which made it even better. Ready for the first game!

Keeping them focused on the sideline was sometimes a challenge (ha!) but they sure were enthusiastic and always cute!!

We adopted Jane as our “water girl” and she came to every game!

Look at this professional cheerleader! Love her so much.

We also picked up a little sister of a boy on the Vikings. 🙂

The Vikings had a great season and sailed through the playoffs. I’m sure it was because of the awesome run-through I made and the cool player gifts the girls handed out…

Go Vikings!

Super Bowl bound!!

Samantha played in the Birmingham Bash soccer tournament with the black team last weekend and they dominated! They won all three of their games and got to play in the championship game! Samantha was a total star and scored LOTS of goals all weekend. Considering it felt like we were all standing on the surface of the sun on that turf, I was especially proud of how hard she hustled and how hard she played. Nothing slows her down!

I very sadly had to miss the championship game because I had to be at the pickleball tournament but Robert was giving me updates. At halftime I got “we’re down 0-1. girls are tired”…nooo! As soon as the second half started through I got “Samantha scored! 1-1!” and not two minutes later “Samantha scored again!” Woohoo! AFC won 2-1 and took home the gold in their bracket!

Awesome team win for a great group of soccer stars! Go AFC!

Regular season games have been in full swing all fall and Samantha has played mostly on the black team but also on the white team some. She plays striker and mid and is an excellent ball handler and scorer!

Lots of hustle, lots of fun!

Samantha has been playing Academy soccer this fall and it really has been a great experience. I’ve already seen so much improvement in her play and she seems to be loving so it’s been a win win! Playing with friends doesn’t hurt either!

We started the season with a bang with an out of state tournament in Georgia. It ended up being really fun, despite the terrible accomodations. We had to stay in the “team hotel” which ended up being about 45 minutes away from the field and a TOTAL DUMP. Oh well, it was just for one night. The girls played great and won one, tied one, and lost one.

I loved the one on one time with my best girl!

and Samantha loved the perks on time between games!

Proud of my soccer star!

Go AFC!