The Flames

I'm a little behind on posting this, but Bailee's last soccer game was last Saturday. Her team was The Flames and aside from some drama at the first game, we had a really fun soccer season. We looked forward to the Saturday games. Bailee was blessed to get on a team with really awesome coaches...a husband and wife team. It was their first time coaching and they did great. They were super nice, fun and spoke gently. That's the kind of coaching Bailee needs...she's such a sensitive girl! All the kids on the team were good kids and it was fun to get to know their personalities and watch them during the games. The kids ranged from ages 4-6 (we thought 5 yrs old was the minimum you had to be otherwise we might have signed Braden up. But then again, we figured waiting until he's at least 5 would probably be better!) Bailee of course was the tallest player and her favorite position to play was goalie. It seems to be a natural talent of hers. We're amazed at how many balls she blocked, and as her coaches realized how well she did at goalie, her goalie playing time became longer and longer. Bailee scored two goals during a scrimmage game which was very exciting, but wasn't able to quite get the ball in the net during the other games. But that's okay, we just liked to see her out there having fun. At the last game, all the kids got trophies which was very exciting for them. Bailee is thrilled to have gotten her very first trophy! We would like to see Bailee continue with soccer each season, but we are letting the decision be totally up to her. Braden is really anxious to play soccer now (especially once he saw that the kids got trophies!), so we plan to sign him up next season.