Trying to give the soccer update

Hey all,

Since I've had a few inquiries through Myspace messages I will give everyone the soccer update.

Emily's team took second place. She didn't play in the first game today because her mom is a weasel and told her to enjoy the birthday party, get a good night's sleep (she was the first one to sleep at the slumber party) drink a lot of water and then if her team went to the final match she could play...and they went to the final round...yee haw! They lost, in fact they pretty much got their butts kicked but all in all it was a good time. She was in good spirits and she played hard. A lot of the other girls on her team were more interested in squirting each other with their water bottles than playing soccer so Em got a lot of play time again. However, I was there to mitigate just how much time she had on the field.

Abbey's team won, not only did they win all of their games, they scored the most points and only had one goal scored against them. Abbey was especially proud of her slide goal. She slid at the ball, made it into the goal and wiped out their goalie. She is calling this the double whammy...ahhh I might be raising a Butte girl yet! :) Her team actually took first place before even playing the last game but they played anyway and they really played as a team. It is so neat now to see them passing and playing their positions instead of playing a game of mob ball.

We played on soccer fields that we hadn't played on before and they were fabulous. They had a beautiful view; lots of trees etc.; good parking, very central so that no matter where your games were you could get to them really easily; nice concessions and even more spectacular refs. I always appreciate fairness and consistency in the refs and these guys were top notch. We always do the tunnel for the girls after the games and one ref ran through as well...Cheerio!
The best part of the whole set up was the beautiful weather. Apparently that section of Johnson county can custom order beautiful weather because you couldn't have asked for prettier days. I hope we get to enjoy those fields again because they really are fabulous!