Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Meet the Golden Girls!

Ms. Keeley has expressed an interest in playing soccer, so we signed her up for an indoor summer league. Yes, indoor. This is Texas. There is a great sports complex just a few miles from our house that offers a TON of different activities, all indoor, and this is such an awesome option for summer!

Last week, we found out our team assignment, and it turns out that the coach lives just up the street, and I used to play in a neighborhood Keno group with his wife a few years ago, when Luken was still pretty itty bitty. This is a fun reason and time to reconnect, and their little girl will be heading off to Kindergarten with Keeley in the fall. :D

The team name is Golden Girls, and we have a sweet bunch of girls on the team! Several of them are real go-getters.

Their first game was this past Saturday. There is one regulation-sized soccer field in one section of the building, and they have sectioned it off into 4 small fields, and it is all surrounded by a wall of plexiglass. This makes for a less-than-ideal photographing situation, but I did my best!

Keeley chose jersey #5, because she is 5 years old. :)

Goooooooo Golden Girls!!!
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The games are 4-on-4, no goalies, and substitutions are on the fly.
Here is Ms. Keeley during a rest.
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She spied me looking at her, and flashed a sweet smile! :)
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Woohoo! She got in on the action!
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At halftime, Luken played waterboy. :)
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I switched to a different vantage point.
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Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllll!
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Here comes another one!
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After 2 20-minute halves, the game was over. Our Golden Girls had scored 20 goals!!!!! Wow!

Here is a proud Daddy with his sweet soccer player!
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Cutie!
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Enjoying some celebratory Dippin' Dots. Yum. :)
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That's it for game 1. We are enjoying watching Keeley learn to play. In that first game, she didn't get in there and kick the ball a whole lot, but she ran and ran and kept up with everyone just fine. I think once she gets a bit more comfortable with the whole concept, she'll be kicking away!

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