Soccer

 Annaliese has been playing on a fall soccer team. This season we chose to do Rebel Rec which is all played at Bender Field here in Lynden. They started out with a couple of practices and then have been playing two games/week for 4 weeks. It's an interesting format; my not-skilled-at-soccer-self thinks it's hard for the kids to learn without regular practices but there are a lot of people playing in this league so they must have some idea of what they are doing! 

The season wrapped up this past weekend with a double-elimination tournament. They had a two-hour break in between games and their coach used the time to do some coaching! It was incredible to see how that little bit of practice and teaching made a difference in their play. Unfortunately, they still lost both games. In between Annaliese's games, we were also able to watch Malachi and Elias play, making it a full afternoon of soccer. Thankfully, the predicted rain held off and it was actually turned out to be a nice day!

Learning some of the fundamentals of soccer!