Soccer

 Annaliese played soccer through LYS(Lynden Youth Sports) again this fall and this year Kyle was her coach! The team was made up of 6th-8th grade girls. There were only three teams in their age group, so each week they played two shorter games, one against each time. The teams were all pretty evenly matched so it was fun to watch as they all got better throughout the season. 

We've been very fortunate because we haven't had to play in the rain at all this season and have had mostly sunny weather!

Since Kyle was coaching and didn't have an assistant coach, I helped with the subbing during the games. It seemed more complicated than it probably needed to be, but I think I improved as the season went on. Haleigh and Lydia were good sports and spent a fair amount of time roaming around Bender Fields. Thankfully, Elias and Malachi also had games at the same time, so they always had someone to watch.

Photo from Jennifer App Photography

The last two weeks of soccer were the tournament. They play the same two teams as during the regular season but the team with the most wins got a trophy. The first week they came away with two wins! They were very motivated to win the whole thing and they definitely played their best game the last week! And they did it! They took first place and Annaliese took home her very first trophy.