It's time for Soccer

The cool crisp snap of fall weather can be felt in the air....that means, pumpkins, apples, gorgeous colorful leaves falling from trees and fall soccer. Cailin, ever the mover and goer, couldn't wait to join and lucky for me, (because I missed the sign ups in July) was able to get her on Chris Mattson's team, the Flames.

She had a great time and improved in skill and tenacity. She never wavered or shied away from trying to get a ball from the opposing team.
Two of the games were played in cold rainy weather, but that didn't stop them from having fun and playing hard.

Cuddling up and keeping warm on a breezy Saturday morning game.

This was coo-old day. Why Delaney is without a jacket, I don't know, that girl seems to be impervious to cold temperatures.

Cailin's thoughts: First of all--THIS IS NOT THOUGHTS!!! This is me telling about soccer. So, ha.

I liked this year more than the others. My Tigers year, when I was seven, was...fine. I was seven. I hardly remember it. My Bumblebees year was good. Except that we lost EVERY GAME!!! Then, in my Hurricanes year, I was TOTALLY ignored by the coach. I was always put in defense. And that is not because I was good at it, either.

But the Flames year was different. I don't know how it was. It was partly because I had moved into 11-13 year old tier group, and everything changes. Can't explain how. It just DOES. It was also partly because Bro. Mattson was my coach, and because I know him, it changed, too.

My favorite part of soccer was playing on offence or midfield.