Brrrrrrr! Is it Spring or Winter?

Geez! Even with layers of clothes, hats, gloves, scarves and WINTER COATS -- we were still freezing at the soccer games. Why is it we can't have beautiful, warm and sunny weather for a game again?

A couple of weekends ago, Kyle got to hang out at Grandma & Grandpa's house to go to his soccer game and a birthday party. He had a blast! Delaney, Ken and I headed up to Elkhart to hang out with some friends for the weekend while Delaney had a game Saturday in Elkhart and Sunday in South Bend.

Delaney had a blast with our friends' two cats: Simon and Simba. Simon, shown below, decided he liked Delaney because she was always willing to pet him. We even laughed when Delaney was trying to study, and he sat down right on top of her book because she wasn't paying HIM enough attention. :-)

Saturday, May 1st, Delaney had a game in Elkhart. We were afraid it was going to rain -- but we somehow lucked out and avoided rain all weekend. I think they won this game.



Their second game on Sunday, May 2nd, was a tough one. They did score one goal, but I think they lost 1-2.



Then we get through another busy school week, only to go out of town AGAIN to Fort Wayne for a tournament over Mother's Day weekend. Now this is where the winter-like weather reared its ugly head -- and we had to endure five soccer games in this frigid weather!!! UGH!

We started off Saturday morning with Kyle's 9:00am game on Saturday, May 8th. This was definitely the coldest game of the weekend. The wind was strong and biting cold, and everyone's eyes and nose were watering, and it was simply pretty miserable. The kids still had fun though!

Kyle even got to play a quarter as goalie. He really likes playing this position (unlike his sister!).



Then we dashed back to the house, where we were already packed, and took off for Fort Wayne. We had JUST enough time to drive straight there, run through a drive-through for a quick lunch, and make it for Delaney's first game. (What a long, boring drive it is on 30 from here to Fort Wayne.)

This first game of the tournament was a definite win. They shut out the other team and won something like at least 6-0 or more.

Their second game was a really tough one, against a team that was a year older. It was sort of raining on/off throughout the game, and we got a really pretty rainbow to enjoy:

It was a rough-and-tumble, very physical and high-paced game. They worked really hard and kept the other team to only one goal for a while, but then they were able to score right towards the end of the game for a 0-2 loss.

Then on Mother's Day, we had two more games! This was yet again another physical game, and Three Lions rallied to fight the fight. This game ended up in a hard-fought tie, I think 2-2.

Then the tournament provided flowers for all the teams to give to their mothers. Their coach Graeme walked over with the pretty pink carnations.

And the girls ran over with the flowers before the game. So sweet!



With the 1 win, 1 tie, and 1 loss -- they ended up in the consolation game of the tournament playing the team that they beat the first time around. Coach switched the offense and defense around and everyone got experience playing in different positions. They still shut them out, and the final score was something like 8-0.



I'm looking forward to some games here at home with hopefully MUCH WARMER WEATHER!

Dani