Well as crazy as it was, they both had a blast playing soccer. This was Zach's 5th year and Hailey's 1st year playing. I was quite surprised at how much Zach remembered and how fast Hailey caught on.
Here are the two of them the first week of their games, all dressed up and ready to go.
Hailey had to have on her pink soccer socks - she was determined to get this color, regardless of how many times I told her the jerseys were purple!
Zach looked so big in his uniform - we had to buy him a new shirt this year!
They were so happy and SO EXCITED!
Of course their little brother had to get in a picture too, he was so proud of his older brother and sister and so excited to go watch the soccer games!
We had some back luck in that both of their games were on the same night and since Jeremiah volunteered to be Zach's coach, a lot of times I missed all or half of Zach's game in order to get Hailey to hers. But I did take my camera for one of the games I saw most of and got some great action shost of Zach playing.
He was very impressive as a defensive back - he has great instincts and was always where he needed to be.
He just looks so grown up out there!
Love this one of him backing up in anticipation of the ball coming down the field - looks like he's doing a new dance move!
Zach scored 2 goals the first game and 1 goal the last one, but had numerous saves as goalie and defensive back - including an amazing slide tackle the last game that made his Dad very proud! I had left by that point to get Hailey to her game, but I did see all of the goals he made.
I spent a lot more time at Hailey's games as mentioned above, and her Dad was able to make it to half of most of them. Unfortunately, the games were played at different parks, so it was difficult to get to more than half of the second after the first one ended.
She was so funny, the first game she hovered around the perimeter of the "beehive" of activity, but after that first game, something clicked and she was right in the middle of it for all of the rest - kicking, following, and even elbowing everyone around her to get better position.
She was all over the place and followed the ball wherever it went.
She also looked so grown up - could be that it was just because she was head and shoulders above the rest of the players?
But no matter what happened, she had a big smile on her face - she was always happy to be out there playing.
Zach was funny sitting on the sidelines of Hailey's game and playing with his little brother for quite a few games - I had to get a quick picture just to capture that goofy smile!
Although it was insane and we were running around like crazy, we had a great time this season and the kids can't wait to start again next year. Although, we'll be sure to split them up between spring and fall soccer - that should make our lives just a bit less crazy!
