Pictures of Abbi in Action

There was a photographer at the soccer game the other day. We just checked the website and Abbi is in a ton of pictures. So, if you want to see Abbi in action, here is the link:

Abbi's soccer game

Click on "Find your Event"
then "Crew vs Charge"

Pay particular attention to the bottom of page 7. That is when she scored the goal, so she is very proud of herself as you can see.

Woohoo!

Abbi scored her first soccer goal! Her team won 5 to 4. It was a really good game with them all doing very well. She got the "best offense" award today and was so proud of herself. We were a little proud too:-) Jamie overheard someone's grandmother bragging about her too, which always makes you beam a little bit more on the inside. I mean, how can you even help it?

It was also team picture day, so I took a quick snapshot of the whole team while they were all together. It was minus the head coach and her daughter though, because they apparently had some viruses in their home. That was too bad too, because Coach Katie would have been doing jumping jacks on the sidelines today I believe.

A Refreshing Weekend!

It has been a few weeks since I could say that. Seems like Jamie has been so busy with youth activities and now that school is in, we don't have our "Monday Weekend" with everybody around. I try to be patient, but I'm human. What can I say? I guess the feeling of not knowing the inside jokes and being 'left out' doesn't feel good even when you are way past being a kid yourself. Not that it is anybody's fault. My first obligation and ministry is to my kids and I'm certain of that and I'm very thankful for Jamie's job. It is just good to have him around, and I miss my family back in Murray sometimes. I left all my best girlfriends back there!

So, this weekend was much needed and we were blessed with gorgeous perfect weather! We had Abbi's soccer game in the morning, then headed home for lunch. We rode our bikes on the Greenbelt to the DQ and grabbed us a dipped cone. We rode from the DQ to the park and let the kids play, then back home to relax in the porch swing and let the kids play some more. It was very nice and relaxing! A much needed break to refresh us all.

Today, Jamie is working through the afternoon at church. They are setting our new sanctuary up! So, this was our last Sunday morning service in the "gymuary" and next Sunday we will be sitting in our new beautiful sanctuary. You can already feel the excitement in the air, so I can't wait to go next week! Our church has been very blessed! It has been exciting to be a part of all this moving process. God brought us around just in the nick of time.

School has been going very well for the kids. So far so good. Abbi did have a stomach bug on Wednesday, but nobody else got it, thank goodness. I guess we can throw that goal for perfect attendance out the window since she missed a day in the 1st full week. Oh well! But, otherwise, Micah's homework load has been MUCH better (so far anyways) and he really is enjoying the 4th grade more. He has even gotten recess every day so far, which is a huge improvement from last year. The girls are adjusting well and I'm trying to adjust all the morning/homework/afterschool craziness again. We'll get there. We are also having to leave the house earlier than last year, because apparently everybody on HWY 54 has lost their ever loving mind, but Jamie is the one that has to deal with that. LOL!

The Bridges Bunch went to NC and picked up Jordyn yesterday too. I'm anxious and excited to hear all about that!

First Soccer Game

So, Saturday, we got to go watch Abbi play her first Upward Soccer game. I didn't know what to expect. They had only had 1 practice since the 2nd one got rained out and most of the kids on her team had never played. I figured it would be a bunch of kids kicking the back the wrong direction. I was pleasantly surprised. I had never been to a soccer game that I could recall, and it is a fun game to watch too.

They put her in first and she was a bit shy about it the first couple of minutes. Jamie and I were glancing at each other and thinking the same thing. We figured that she would be hesitant about playing then later she'd cry about not playing. She has done things like that before.

Well, after she got warmed up, she said she ignored the people watching, and she really got in there. I couldn't believe it! She got the "best defense" award and she deserved it! She is so fast. She would run up ahead of the other team if they had control of the ball and kick it the other way before they even knew what had happened. She even got close to scoring a goal, but someone kicked it out of bounds before she had a chance. Her team got 2 goals and the other team got 1 BTW.

I was so proud of her. I could not believe the natural talent that she seemed to have. She really had a great time and was proud of herself too. She has great potential in this sport and it will be exciting to watch her grow over time. The Upward program gives glory to God and strongly enforces Christ's Love. Her coach is very encouraging and bragged and bragged on each of them. She is anxious to get back out there next week!

She will play every Saturday until the end of September. Times vary a little bit, but most of her games are at 10 or 11am (I think she has one 9am game).

Here she is getting ready to kick the ball off:

I'm sure she was running to steal the ball:
She is at the end of the line. Yea, that is Jamie in the picture. He was a line referee. Little did he know that they would put him to work.
I'll have to say though. It sure is a hot sport. Even with all her soccer gear on, she didn't really complain. She got right in there and did what she needed to do. Funny how I heard all the complaining from the kids that weren't playing:-)