Soccer

 Both Annaliese and Lydia were very excited to play soccer this fall. They were initially both signed up to play with Lynden Action which practices in Lynden and then has Saturday games at the Northwest Fields. However, they weren't able to pull together a team for Annaliese's age group so she ended up playing with Lynden Youth Sports at Bender Field.

Lydia's age group played 3-on-3 and each week they played four 15 min games. They rarely had more than 3 girls show up, so Lydia always got a lot of playing time! From a parenting perspective, this season has been very frustrating- there have been days when no one has shown up to play, not even the coach.  And there is one girl that I've never seen (and I've been to every practice and all but 2 games.) Lydia, however, is still having fun, has scored quite a few goals, and does wonder why nobody else wanted to play!

These two were the only ones who showed up for the last game!

Looking cute and ready to play (except none of her teammates showed up this day so she and Kyle just came back home)

Annaliese is playing with LYS and has had a great season. Her coach has been great and Annaliese has learned a lot about the importance of practicing in order to get better. She plays two 36-min games each Saturday and has scored several goals each game! There were only three teams in her age group, and the season wrapped up last weekend with a tournament. They ended up finishing second.

It was a smoky day for soccer!

We were very grateful that we had beautiful weather all season. I think we only had one practice where it rained!