Soccer Star

Okay, so maybe the title of this post is a bit of an oversell...but I have to say, we were shocked by Emily's performance in her first ever soccer game, which was also her first time playing soccer (their only scheduled practice was cancelled because of ridiculous rain).  Emily ran hard, was aggressive, made contact with the ball - all things that really took us by surprise!  I would have assumed that she would have been one of those kids that hangs out on the fringes of the action, but she was right there in the thick of things.  In fact, she played so hard that she never game out of the game for a rest. At one point, she told her coach that she needed some water - the coach grabbed Emily's water bottle, poured some water down her throat, tossed the bottle back on the sidelines and told Emily to get back out there!  This, in contrast to some of her teammates who refused to play at all, or who could only play for a minute or two before dropping from exhaustion.  Lee and I were so unbelievably proud of how hard she played and how tough she was!  Looking forward to a good soccer season for Emily as well!

Playing the waiting game. 

Go Team Ireland! 

Mixing it up with the rest of the kids. 

Outta my way boys! 

Water break.