Soccer girls!

We love fall and Tri-County soccer! It's such a great sport and so fun to have silly girls chasing the ball from one end of the field to another! Sweet, sweet girls on our team this year...having a blast watching them and team-coaching with our friends the Mehargs!

POST SEASON Awards

Lauren Rogers- All-State

Spring Sports

It's been a really fun semester watching Ryan play baseball, Lauren and Erin play soccer together and Sheridan play soccer on the weekends. These last months have flown by with games and tournaments all running together. Neither the baseball team or the soccer team made it past the first round in the state tournament and Sheridan's team didn't win a game all season, but it didn't devastate us at all because everyone enjoyed their teams and their accomplishments. I like it that way, and I'm sure glad we're done driving to Mena!

Soccer season

We're watching Lauren and Erin play CHS soccer this year! It's fun to cheer for them both as Erin earned a spot on the varsity team! I made this shirt for Sheridan...it's not straight, and it's not perfect, but it's great for us!

Soccer season

These girls are so fun! This picture is from before one of their first home games. This is small town living at it's best. 4 girls in the neighborhood on the same team...riding to and from practices and games together. (Sure am glad Lexi and Arie have cars!)

Final game

For the last two years Lauren has played on a competitve soccer team from Russellville. The Hurricanes have been together for about 7 years  and they welcomed her like she was one of them. She played with them in tournaments from Fayetteville to Little Rock, and made some good friends.

They played their last tournament together at Burns Park in Little Rock last week. They won second place and played the best soccer I had ever seen them play.

Soccer on Saturdays

Fall sports...I love soccer! It's cool on Saturday mornings and the girls love to play! Richard is helping coach Sheridan's team. We probably won't have the best record but it won't stop the girls from trying. Erin is playing with lots of her friends in the oldest age division.

Baseball/Soccer/Track = Thursday

Rich and I went to Tulsa/BA for a quick trip on Thursday. He had a meeting and I was handing out marketing materials to moms who want to know more about my event. We were on a bit of a tight schedule as we were both headed opposite directions to watch our kids play ball. Erin was out of town at a track meet, she has injured her knee, so was not running, just cheering.

I had soccer duty in Clarksville, and I needed to pick Sheridan up from a friend before the game. Game time was 5:00. Richard was on baseball duty and they were scheduled to play in Subiaco (30 min away), and the game was to start at 4:30. Unfortunately, or fortunately for us, Subi's baseball field was under water so we got to watch both games...from the visitor's stands at our football field! This only happened once last season.

We can sit on the top row and see both the baseball field and the football/soccer field. Woo hoo! Small town living at it's best!

Both teams won! Lauren scored 2 goals and assisted with another! Final was 5-0. Ryan pitched the last three innings and got us a win in a tight game, 9-8.

Soccer for Sheridan

They call themselves PINK POWER!


Sweet girls, U10 soccer....


Silly girls, and their coaches...

Soccer season

There are many reasons I like soccer but the biggest reason is to be able to sit out in the fall weather and watch my kids play. This Saturday I watched Lauren play in Little Rock at the beautiful Burns Park. That place is amazing and the leaves were just blowing all over as we played in the cool morning and the mild afternoon.

SIDE NOTE: It's so much better than sticking to your lawn chair during softball/baseball season...which we did for years. I'll never forget watching a game from UNDER the bleachers in Orlando one year. It was so hot AND humid that all the parents and families were in the shade of the bleachers watching our kids through the slats. And there was the year that we played in the dust bowl of Oklahoma City where not only was it hot (with not a tree or grass in the park), but the dirt that was blowing around just stuck to your sweat. We cheered, we wore mathing t-shirts, we wouldn't trade the experience, but I won't forget the heat.

Post Season Soccer

So happy for Lauren to get to play some extra soccer with some girls from Rsvl. They picked her up just in time to make it to the State Cup last weekend in LR. They didn't fare too well in the win column but she got better with some good coaching tips and did finally score in the last game. Of course, I didn't get a picture of that, but here's some other moments in our very hot day in Burns Park.

A missed shot...

Busy, busy weekend

Wow! After a thriller on Friday night we headed to the soccer fields bright and early Saturday morning. Actually, at 7am Ryan loaded a bus headed to all-region choir tryouts. This is his first semester ever in choir and he decided to give it a try. He didn't make it, but he did very well, just 8 spots shy of making it as a sophomore.

Back to the soccer fields. Lauren was reffing the Under 8 age group and she had Sheridan's game. Sheridan scored her first goal last week and before the game Saturday she says, "I think I might score another goal today." Well, what a great idea. She did! It was a great morning as the big kids won their game too!

After her goal!

We watched the first half of the Razorback game at our house...and the second at the Burch's. What great friends! We had our perspective music minister, David, with us the whole day. I really like a guy who can cheer for the HOGS even though he was born and raised in California. He was a great sport and I think we may have won him over with our great play!!

Sunday morning was a BIG DEAL as David was leading music in both services. Ryan and I were on the praise team/band and we had to be at church early. WHAT A WONDERFUL MORNING. David led us to worship God and I can truly say the Spirit was in the house! After the service he was approved and he'll start in a few weeks. Ahhh.

Soccer Season Begins

Last year Sheridan wasn't ready to play...but this year she's having a blast! She ran hard and fast to keep the boys on their toes during her first game last Saturday.

For the first time ever Ryan, Lauren and Erin are playing together on the same team. It's 16 and it was so fun to watch them! Ryan played for the high school last year so his skills were expected. Lauren and Erin did awesome too!! It was so great to watch Richard coach and all of them play together. (Their field is so big I couldn't get a good picture of them.)

Sitting in my lawn chair, sun shining, breeze blowing and watching my kids play something they love...it's one of those days I want to remember!

Counting my blessings...