She's BACK!

Last April, Teylor was playing in a tournament on a bitter cold, windy and snowy day.  We all froze to death on the sidelines while those tough little cookies played soccer.  It was miserable. While she was running, she rolled her ankle and hurt her foot.  And it hurt for a long time...all through Spring Soccer and Summer Tournaments... but she didn't complain too much.  She just kept on playing. And I kept thinking it would heal...

 Until it hurt too much to run... or walk... or sleep. Yikes. I finally got her a Doctor's appointment (in SEPTEMBER!  Ya, mom of the year...) and found out she had a fracture in her foot.  Holy sad.  I felt terrible!!  Needless to say, we got her in a boot the day before Fall Soccer started and she was out of commission for 5 weeks.

 Today was her first day back and she was nervous.  These games can be brutal... the girls are aggressive, so I don't blame her for not wanting to play.

 All I had to do was tell her to play her best so I could take some cool shots of her.  And she did.  She was all over the ball when she saw the camera in my hand.  Ha!  Cute girl.  

 She did AWESOME!  They didn't score on her once while she was goalie... and her team was happy to have her incredible drop kick back on the field.  Way to go TEY BUG!!  I'm pretty sure she got all of her athletic ability from her mom... yep. ;)

This pic was at the start of the game when she was almost refusing to play.  The look says it all. Awe, sweet girl.  

Scout Ninja

Kobe was asked to be a part of the Cub Scout choir for the "Event to Celebrate 100 Years of Scouting in the Church" at the Conference Center.  I know it will be an incredible experience for him, so I bribed him.  He will have Minecraft on my computer if he has a good attitude through this whole experience... A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Anyway, these photos were taken right before his first practice.  They asked the boys to wear their Scout uniform to each practice.  Notice the shirt... very wrinkled with NOTHING sewn on.  He has earned quite a few little badges and trinkets to go on that shirt, but I don't know how to sew.  Let me say that again more clearly... I have NO desire to know how to sew.  NONE.  When we got to the practice, I started to feel a little ashamed.  The shirts really do look nice when they are ironed and decorated with achievements.  I can iron... Maybe I can hot glue the badges on?  What cracks me up about these pictures is that this poor little guy is surrounded by women 24/7.  Well, he's with his Dad every other weekend, but other than that, he is with girls. None of us knew how to put on the silly scarf they were supposed to wear.  So when I asked Jessie to help him out, this is what he came out looking like. Jess called him the "Scout Ninja".  Bless his patient heart. 

The practice was AMAZING.  They had a conductor from UVU come teach 250, 8-11 year old boys the National Anthem. I have always loved the Star-Spangled Banner and often get teary-eyed listening to it (I blame that trait on my dad).  It will always mean more to me now after listening to that wonderful man teach it to those boys and then hearing them sing it.  It was amazing. And Kobe loved it! The Celebration is on October 29th and I can't wait to hear it with the trumpets and drums they are planning on.  It should be incredible!