The weekend after the team was chosen, they had three pre-season games and it was HOT!! The girls played well. They lost the games but it gave them an idea of what they needed to work on and how to improve before division play begins.
Courtney is #4 this year. She was bummed when she didn't get her #14 again this year, but she decided to make #4 a great number.
Here's to the start of another great soccer season!
We try to send birthday cards to everyone in the family. I buy them at the beginning of the year and then we sign them and send them as birthdays come close. I don't always get them sent on time, but I try. We sent one to Clara for her birthday and were thrilled to get a sweet (and hilarious) thank you card from her.
Translation: Thank you so much and don't forget to give Lizzy a card too. She will be sad if you don't. But thank you so much. Love Clara.
She is so sweet to worry about her sister and take it into her own hands to make sure Lizzy isn't forgotten on her birthday. I got nervous because I thought I had already sent a card to Lizzy so I texted Jessica to make sure. ;) But it was all good.
Every Tuesday we get to talk to Ethan. He uses Facebook Messenger to video chat with us. Courtney sometimes takes over and takes him around the house to show him what has changed since he has been gone. She is usually blurry but he loves looking around.
Ethan lives in a nice apartment right now in Casper. He goes out on the balcony of their apartment to talk with us. It's fun to see the interaction between the two. They certainly love each other.
There are new coaches at SCHS. They had the first team night at the parent's house of one of the coaches. They ate dinner, played games, and bonded as a team. They posted pictures on Instagram so I got a few showing Courtney playing games.
Courtney is on the right between the two girls in white. Try to find her in the other pictures.
We were able to get discount tickets to School of Rock so we went as a family. It was so good!! The music was amazing and the fact that the kids played their own instruments, was amazing. Courtney said it's one of the best plays she has seen at Tuacahn. The weather was beautiful - not too hot and overcast. We picked a great row (row O has a bunch of legroom) and saw all the action. I am so grateful for the wonderful places we have that are close to our home.
(No, our hair isn't bright yellow, it's the lights.)
SCHS had 2 days of soccer tryouts. The first day was rainy! The girls showed up and sat in the parking lot for about 45 minutes before the rain let up enough to do something. The second day was sunny so the coaches kept the girls for a long time to make up for the first day.
We have an amazing Ward with some great youth leaders!
Bishop took the young women to Pasta Factory for dinner one Wednesday night.
Her YW leaders always like to take pictures to prove that all the girls were in class. ;)
The girls really love their leaders. A couple leaders actually look like young women. ;)
