Monday, September 21, 2009

Soccer and Football

We have been so busy lately with soccer and football and loving every minute of it! Caden had his first game on Saturday and played so well. He played the entire game. He had several saves and several great shots (but to his dismay, no goals). 

I didn't get that many shots of the game. (Let's just say that Crew was not on his best behavior!) I posted this shot cause you can see how close we are to the ocean. Seriously right on the ocean - the coolest setting for games ever!

I have no pictures of Chase's game cause I get way too excited to think about taking pictures. This is Chase's first year playing tackle football. He is playing with the older kids (11 and 12 yrs). He has learned so much and improved so much in just a few weeks. He is working so hard and we are so proud of him. Today he played on both offense and defense (2nd string). He had a GREAT tackle at the end of the game. He plays on the defensive line and he broke through the line and pursued the running back from behind and tackled him for a loss.  He was SO excited! What was even better than the tackle was the reaction of his team. They all cheered for him! They are such a good group of boys and have been so accepting and nice to Chase. It has made ALL the difference to him feeling comfortable with moving here.

5 comments:

{jane} said...

wow, fun times for the soccer & football momma! i LOVE where the soccer fields are - right next to the ocean! can't beat that! good job cayden for playing the entire game - i'm sure he's awesome!

and i LOVE the picture you do have of Chase playing football! LOVE their uniforms! sounds like he's awesome too! so good he's got a group of buddies now.

miss you all.

Shannon said...

That sounds like good times Jen. Chase is gonna have a fun year playing!!
Cal is loving "flag" football this year, I gotta figure out a way to put some weight on that kid... he is buggin' me to start tackle next year, eeks!

Granum Family said...

So fun for all of you!!! Caden looks exhausted in that picture. And oh Chase.... I wish we could see him out there! I can just imagine him getting so excited when he has a good play. They both look so cute in their uniforms!

Kierstin said...

Way to go Chase and Caden!! They look so cute in their uniforms and I love where Caden gets to play-that is so cool! I don't know if I would be ablt to take to take pictures either :-) I sure wish we could be there to watch them play. Miss you guys!

Shannon said...

oh boy, i can just see you now... watching Chaser on the sidelines. seriously it gets so intense being a mom at these games. haha

i love him in his uniform... oh so cute and they look so grown up. ugh!
LOVE you guys tons and missing our fall together!