Soccer

Kai's soccer team has been playing well the second half of this season. Here's a pic of the team trying to look tough. Kai just looks sad.

 He got to scrimmage his friend's team and really enjoyed talking to him on and off the field.

 And, we've been going to Fran's games too. The kids built a fort in the desert and we stayed after and had a bbq one game. His team is full of really fun guys so we enjoying hanging out.

Winter Break Soccer

Kai did a two day soccer camp during winter break and he got to meet an MLS legend and National Team captain Pablo Masteroni (I think that's the spelling)

 Some of our team played in the Soccer Sleigh Ride. It was perfect weather and we had a nice day together.

 And, to top it all off they WON!!

 Champions!!

Sports

October has been spent watching Kali's basketball games at Sunnyslope Community Center

 taking her to basketball camp at ASU downtown

cheering Kai on at his soccer games

 watching Francis play indoor soccer at PSC

 going to Francis' outdoor games at McDowell Mountain Ranch

 Kora practices with Daddy in the house (as a dragon)

 heading over to the farmer's market after one of Kai's games

As you can tell we basically live in our van driving all over the city for sporting event. We have our wagon full of chairs, canopy, blankets and toys for Kora. It's busy but fun!

Kai

I subbed for Kai's class for 4 days and he was SO excited! I just love that Kai still thinks it's cool to have me around.

 He is a Husky Hero this year and gets to help the 1st graders with their work at the end of the day. He was initially really excited but that wore off and now he's "over it". ha! 

 We took his soccer team to volunteer at Hearts and Hands day at St. Vincent de Paul. They had such a fun time making sandwiches for the homeless and less fortunate. To them it was competitive (of course) and they worked really hard.

 Their team is in Division 2 for the entire state of Arizona. They're having a great season so far! Kai is #1 and playing multiple positions: forward and right, left and center mid this year. Francis is still his coach and I am the team manager this year. It's very official, I even have a photo ID, ha!

Kai had a few days off of school for Fall Break and Francis stayed home one day and we went to Anthem Park. We met up with some of the soccer team that also had the day off. It was a good time.

Busy evenings

Now that we're in mid August we're back to our busy busy life

Going to soccer games

and soccer practice downtown

 doing homework

 having friends over

 and being able to sit down for dinner together is rare. 

But, the kids are happy and like being busy so it's all good.

And, in two weeks Kora starts soccer.

AND then Kali starts basketball again so it will be NUTS! But fun :)

Soccer

Soccer season is back in full swing after the holiday break. The boys have won every game and we're actually hoping they will have some better competition soon. Here is a picture from practice

 The weather has been perfect at the games. Kali and Kora have fun playing on the sidelines

and the other day we went out after the game for some food and fun

Christmas Angel Tournament

Kai played in the Christmas Angel Tournament and it was a tough tournament. The boys played in the highest bracket with the past years winners. They did awesome! They got to the final championship game and lost by one goal. The ref was terrible. Francis got his first yellow card as a coach. As soon as the final whistle blew they started crying. The boys were crushed to get 2nd. They wanted the win SO bad. Some of the parents thought it was silly for them to be so sad but now they are ready to work harder for next time. I was so proud of Kai, he battled it out on the field.

 The agony of defeat.