Jordan's Soccer Team

For some reason I can't figure out how to get my pictures from Picasa to Blogger. So bear with me!

Jordan likes soccer, but she'd rather read a book. She was not commited to soccer in anyway. But she did stick it out to the end of the season. Here is one picture of her playing. I'll try to figure out how to get more.

Wish me luck!

Photography Class

I'm going to be teaching a monthly photography class.  I'm a little nervous and will post pictures of the class once I DO the first class.  The first class in November the first Saturday.  Problem is that it is also an in-service meeting for Relief Society Presidency.  Same day, and of course same time.  So the first class will be put off an hour, no big.  I just hope everyone got the memo!

Our first class will be How to take pictures of your Christmas tree, to capture the lights.  How to use a tri-pod to take pictures of your tree. How to take pictures of your family in front of your Christmas tree, for the Christmas card. And How to use your timer, if you have one, to take pictures of you with your family in front of the Christmas tree!

I hope people bring their manuals.  Some things are universal.  Some aren't.

Jamboree

Bailey had a Jamboree for soccer.  How it works is this: You show up, search ten fields and hope you can find your team in time.  Then you play 3 teams, only a half game, 20 minutes, and 10 minutes in between.  They tied the first game 0-0, then won the next two games 1-0 and 1-0.  Over all they ended up in second place and got little plaques for it.  It was fun.

Pictures!

The Team, most of them anyway.

The first shot at the goal.

And the second try.  This game we tied 0-0.

Bailey did this a lot the first game.

Our first gooooooaaaaaaaal!

Bailey saving a goal!

Opps, the gloves make it hard to hold on to!

Fearless she jumps at the ball!

And makes the save! Win 1-0

Here she is kicking it, her best goal kick yet!

And the last game Win 1-0!

Bailey got a cramp so she didn't play too much this game.  So there are more pictures of other kids and less of her.  She did a fantastic job and tried so hard!  We are very proud of her!  Our plan is to sign her up for indoor soccer and Spring soccer.

Old Sturbridge Village

Bailey and I had a great time at OSV.  We went up all the stairs and looked into cellars.  We put on dress up clothes and took a carriage ride.  We learned a lot about the time and how people lived back then.  What's interesting is that I'm reading 1776 for book club.  And Bailey is learning about the Revolutionary War.  So we are both about 50 years behind OSV time, which is set in 1830.  But it gave us both a little insite to what was happening at the time. 

Bailey's First Soccer Game!

Here is Bailey taking the ball away from the other team.

Bailey blocking another player.

Bailey taking the ball away from the other team.

She has a natural talent at taking the ball away.  She's not afraid of the bigger kids.  Which is good because she is one of the smallest.  What I didn't post is her taking the ball from her own team mates.  In her defense the backed off the ball when she came up to it, and since it was just sitting there she took it.  They don't keep score at this age.

Blandford Fair 2009

Madison got to help during the magic show!  He got to wear a yellow clown hair wig and put ropes into a magic bag.  The magician/clown guy is terribly funny, for both adults and kids.  He does a great job!  All the kids were in stitches, even Taylor had to giggle.

We got to watch the police do their thing with the dogs.  We got to see the dogs find pot in a box, a bullet shell and attack an officer, pictured on the left.  The dogs were amazing!  It's a shame though, after 5-7 years they dogs are either adopted out to the officer, which makes the homeowners insurance unbearably expensive, or the dogs are destroyed. 

My favorite thing to do is to watch the horse draw.  They are pulling 12,000lbs!  They topped out at 12,500.  These are the light weights.  The heavy weight horses are much larger and pull much heavier weights.  It's fun to watch and the kids get to pet these gentle giants between pulls, which they love!

This is Bailey with Bailey.  Or Bailey squared.  Yeah, that's a cheesy joke.  Bailey the bird has a foundation named after her, they offer to let people  pet and hold a bird and ask for donations to help support the rescued birds.  Taylor stuck with the small birds, but they all bite.

 

Jordan and Bailey got their face painted. Bailey got a lizard and Jordan got the blue and purple mask shown.

I won a third place for a picture I entered.  I had two other pictures entered.  One didn't place because I put it into the wrong catagory.  The other was placed by a fair person into the wrong catagory.  So the second favorite won a third and I'll never know if my favorite would have won if it was in the correct catagory or not.  So sad.  I don't have them on this computer.  So eventually I'll post them.  They are on the computer that needs a new network card.  Once I get that I'll post them so you can ooohh and aaahh over them!

Update...

Hey All,

I haven't posted anything in a while, so I figured I may as well post about what I've been up to (because I can't fall asleep). The summer is finally ending, and I go back to school September 2. Over the summer, I won the 2009 Boys State Soccer Tourney, joined a church, held summer soccer practices, went to a waterfall in Blandford, MA, and tried to stay physically active. The church is awesome and I'm glad I joined. The people there are really cool, but my favorite part about it is the missionaries. Those guys are AWESOME!! No one really showed to summer practices, and I did a pretty good job at staying active over the summer, other than the week I was on crutches with a sprained ankle. Climbing the waterfall was fun, too.

Today was the first day of soccer tryouts for the Pathfinder Boys soccer team. The morning was hectic and we ran our butts off! I placed 2nd in the 2-mile run and 4th or 5th in the 1-mile run. I could've placed 1st in both runs, but I stopped to get the kids that I was going to lap for the second time, who were walking, to pick up their feet and keep jogging. I don't want to see anyone fall behind or get left out. We do everything as a TEAM! Which is why I've been selected to lead the team as one of the Varsity Team Captains!! I was so phsyched when Coach Rickson called over Oakham and I and told us we were captains. I've been waiting for this moment since freshman year! The morning practice was all running and conditioning, but it was all worth it. I just couldn't move when I got home :-P. The evening practice was all ballwork and running. It was also the first practice Oakham and I got to lead and direct the team for most of practice. It felt GREAT!! I know we can lead our team to success! This season we are working to win only one game: the finals of the Western Mass Tournament!!! But for now, we still have double-session practices tomorrow and a scrimmage on Saturday, 9am-noon. Which means I won't be able to go to the beach with my church :-/. Ahh well. Sacrifices have to be made in order to hold the role as team captain in my senior year of highschool. It'll all be worth it in the end.

Along with being captain of my highschool varsity team, I am also the assistant coach on the U9 Girls and U12 Boys Palmer Soccer teams. I'm reffing soccer games, too. Reffing is my only income at the moment. I'm going to have to save up every penny in order to buy myself a vehicle. I NEED a car now!! A bike just isn't going to do it anymore (at least not for everything). Once school starts, I'll be out of the house from 5am-8pm. I have the gym in the morning, then school, highschool soccer practice, U9 Girls/U12 Boys practice, then home, Mon-Fri. Then I still have to make time for homework!

Another thing I can't wait for is my Uncle Mike and Aunt Janett are coming up from Louisianna Sept 19-26, which means they'll be here for my birthday on the 21st! They are my favorite family members (aside from Tay, Thomas, Jordan, Bailey and Madison)! All I'm asking for for my birthday is money for a car, and I'm hoping my Uncle can be a big help. My last onroad for driver's ed. is this Tuesday. Then I'll have my license 1-2 weeks later! I can't wait!!

Well, that's an update of my life right now... Life is good. The only part I'm not so thrilled about is I will be booked SOLID from the start of school through November. This should be challenging. Wish me luck!!

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Manning #21 8-)