5v5 tournament

Soccer season is in full swing. We are finishing up week 2 and have our first scrimmage tomorrow. So we will see if all of this hard work has paid off. The girls have worked very hard and have a much better attitude so far.

At the end of preseason we had a 5v5 tournament and I let the girls pick their teams. They made "uniforms" and everything. I am glad that they had fun with it. It is going to be a new tradition and we start including the alumni.

Here are some pictures:

The champs:




and the backs of their shirts:



The rest of the teams:

star wars

Hayden loves watching star wars. I like watching him when the opening song comes on. His hand motions make me laugh.

1st Pirate Game

Mike's work gave his employees free Pirate tickets and had a tail gate party. We had lots of fun. It was a beautiful night. We went to the game that clinched their record breaking losing season. So we were a part of history!

Hayden last 5 innings (they were slow since we were getting killed) an that was 4 innings longer then I thought he would last. He loved when the fireworks went off for a homerun and was mad that they didn't keep going.

Hayden golfing

A future Tiger Woods?... or someone with a little more class.

Just kidding. But Hayden loves to hit golf balls. We stopped at golf galaxy and let him use real kids clubs in the chipping area. He loved it.

He played forever and threw a tantrum when he had to stop.

Isn't his delayed follow thru cute!

Bonfire

We had a last minute family bonfire at our house this past weekend. We invited everyone over to make smores (or "some mores" as Mike annoyingly calls them) and just hang out. It was a definite success. The kids want to do another one this weekend.



The neighbors a few doors down had their huge (and I mean huge!) party on Saturday too. So we got to listen to their live bands and watch their fireworks. We may have to check out this party it is hundreds and hundreds of people!



The three little cousins enjoyed playing with each other. The glow sticks and sparklers were a hit with them. The adult men were into tending the fire and melting things. The teen boys liked melting the glow sticks. The pre-teen girls were taken to the "midget farm" by Eric and scared by their mom and Aunt Hillary.

Champions

Last weekend my Women's League team competed in the Pa West Adult tournament. We won the entire thing again. In the final we beat a bunch of college girls. Our team is the oldest team (although we recruited a couple of younger girls too!). We played 4 games over the weekend. Not to bad.

Our 7v7 Tuesday team for the O23 league is in the finals again this Tuesday. Last year we lost. We are playing the same team again so we will see how that goes.

Ohio Waterfalls

We got to see some waterfalls on our trip to Cleveland although August is not a good time to see them.

We saw three falls this trip.


We also swam in the not so hot tub at the hotel. Hayden loves his towel from grandma. He calls it a night night (his word for blanket).


That is about it for our trip. I am a little sad b/c that was the last thing we will do as a family for a while. High school soccer starts in almost a week! I can't believe how fast is has crept up on me!

Cedar Point

(about 5 seconds before we lost this snow cone...)

After Mike was done working in Cleveland we drove up to Cedar Point. I love Cedar Point and wish it was closer. Cedar Point is the best amusement park in the country if you love roller coasters... which I do. I still remember the day my mom told me I had to move on from the little dipper at kennywood and onto the racer. I was not happy. I never was a tough kid. I am sure I threw a fit, cried and pouted. I would bet that my arms were folded across my chest the entire time with a scowl on my face. I was stubborn! I do remember some bargaining going on... But anyways I ended up loving it of course!

I have always gone to Cedar Point in May to avoid the crowds. The summer can be brutal. I have heard of lines up to 3 hours. I don't like roller coasters THAT much. So this is the first time I went during peak time and it wasn't too bad. I never paid much attention to the smaller rides b/c we always rode the roller coasters but the park had tons of stuff for Hayden to do. Hayden loved all the rides that were like cars and he really like the swing ride. He hated the ride that was like the Monongahela Monster at Kennywood. He got a car that spun the entire time and he kept saying All done!


It was Snoopy's 50Th anniversary I think so they had Peanuts characters out. Hayden did NOT like them. Infact he hated them!


I finally got to ride the tallest/fastest roller coaster the dragster. Mike rode it first and then we took advantage of their parent swap and I got right on. It was a great ride and did not disappoint.



Mike even got a picture of me when it shoots you out at 120 mph.
Before:


Being Shot out:


Hayden got to play in the fountains to cool off...


Then we headed home and we were all pooped!