Time for Soccer

Kaylynn's first soccer game was today. This post is some video that we took on the digital camera, just to see if I can figure out how to post video. If this doesn't work, maybe I'll try youtube. Some pictures are tacked on at the end.

Anyway, Kaylynn had fun this morning at her first game. We had a hard time getting her out there right away, but she ended up playing more than everyone except two little boys. She even scored a goal. Unfortunately, this was not captured on video, but this clip shows her almost scoring and ending up with an assist. The games are just hilarious. They put the ball down and basically one kid takes it and heads for the goal. There are not many turnovers, lots of goals, and some tears (from falling over the ball, tripping over other kids, or just not wanting to go out and play). It's going to be a fun season. After the game the parents of both teams get together and make a tunnel for the kids to run through while everyone cheers.

Ready to play (Yes, she is actually wearing shorts)


Lining up before the game. I never realized she was so tall for her age until she stood next to a few of the kids. She's probably one of the youngest in the league since the cutoff for turning 3 was the end of July, but she was taller than anyone else out there.



GOOOOOOAAAAAAAL!!!!!!!

One active kid

Last Friday Kaylynn tried a gymnastics (or gym-necklace as Kaylynn calls it) class at her school. She had a great time jumping into to foam block pit, on the balance beam and on the bars. She has been practicing sticking her landings by jumping off the couch all week now too!


Yesterday was Kaylynn's first soccer practice. Cory called it "barely controlled chaos"! It was hilarious to watch! When the coach asked the kids if they knew how to dribble the ball Kaylynn picked up the soccer ball and tried to dribble it like a basketball - that a girl!! They started by warming up with a run, stretching, dribbling and then a little scrimmage at the end. Two kids started at the line of scrimmage and who ever got the ball first basically took it to the other goal and scored. They were all too polite to take the ball away from each other! One little boy yelled "I'm doing great Mom!" while he was practicing his dribbling! Their first game is Saturday - should be very entertaining!



P.S. Don't worry, we bought her soccer socks today to hold her shin guards on!

Fun on the Farm

The family trekked up to Montana for a week at the end of August. Jamie was a little nervous because it was the one year anniversary of when we hit the deer. This year no deer were hit, just millions of bugs, one bird, and one rabbit. Harvest was in full force, so we were able to get in on helping with that. I got to drive the combine some and learned how to drive the semi. It's always nice to go home. Kaylynn also has a lot of fun up there. She spends most of her time outside and enjoys most of the livestock (dogs, cats, horse, cows) running around grandpa and grandma's and uncle Pete's places. She really enjoyed riding the combine and was a little scared riding horse. She also made a new friend. A kitten we named "Spud" that was the runt of a litter born right outside the house. She loved to sit and hold him and bring him in the house. She even got to help feed him and his siblings (Kaylee and Oreo) because it appeared that the mother had abandoned them for a while. She came back though. All in all, it was a fun trip. Here are some pictures from the adventure.

Riding the combine with grandpa and grandma.

She looks pretty small sitting in the tractor tire.


Posing with Maggie.



Holding Spud.


Not a huge fan of riding the horse, but she did it bareback.