Scotland Soccer

 After years of watching her big brothers play sports, it was finally Adley's turn to play this spring. We signed her up for a soccer league with two of her good friends from school. Adley was so excited to play! She didn't have any qualms about marching into her first practice.

Adley with her two preschool buddies, Selah and JoJo

Here is a ball control drill her team did during the first practice. Adley sure made a LOT of strides throughout the season!

What a treat it was to play with these two sweet girls all season!

Adley was put on Team Scotland. She loved her uniform that resembled the Scotland flag. She also got to pick her own number. She decided on 4 since that's how old she was when the season first started.

At Adley's first couple games, we'd often see her doing this-- hanging back just beyond the cluster of girls with the ball and doing a lot of excited hopping. ;)

Adley quickly developed her confidence with the ball, however. We loved seeing her get in on the action--dribbling the ball a bit down the field or, her favorite, booting the ball out of the way!

Look at that power kick!

Adley was a very eager competitor. Every time her coach was ready to sub in players, Adley would be the first to jump up and ask to play again. She was a focused player, having a good awareness of where the ball was and of what her opponents were doing. She wasn't afraid to approach the ball and made great strides in her ball control when kicking and dribbling. Over the course of the 8-game season, Adley made 4 goals. Woo-hoo, number 4!!

Adley's favorite position was playing "defender," which was essentially the team goalie. She was very attentive at this position and stopped quite a few goals!

We were so proud of our little soccer player!

After Adley's last season game, her wonderful Coach Josh gave a little speech about the entire Scotland team...

and then handed out trophies to each of the girls.

At Adley's age level, the league didn't really keep track of the game score. Adley, however, always asked her coach after the game, "Did we win?!" Team Scotland definitely improved as the season went on and unofficially "won" at least half of their games. Goooo, Scotland!

Mackenzie, Hallie, JoJo, Caroline, Allie, Hudson, Adley, Selah

Team Scotland with Coach Josh

Adley was so proud to get her very first trophy!

It was so fun to watch Adley learn and grow as an athlete this season. We were thankful for her caring coach and the opportunity to play with friends. What a great first season!

Field Day

 Field Day is back! Due to COVID, this large-scale Field Day (combined with six other area Lutheran schools) had been cancelled for the past two years. We were so excited to hear that this special day was back on for the spring! I rearranged my Friday piano lessons for the day, so our entire family was able to travel downtown to see Jaden and Cody's events.

Jaden's first event was long jump. He had quite a few buddies participating in this event with him!

Participants in this event don't get an overall ranking, but rather just receive a ribbon with the length of their jump. Jaden did a great job and jumped 8' 6".

All the rest of the boys' events were at the track. Cody was up next with the 50 yard dash.

Cody and another runner were very close at the end, but Cody ended up eking out the first place win! We found out after the race that Cody's close competitor was actually a student in Ryan's class. This boy is actually going to play on the same basketball team with Cody, Jaden, and Ryan over the summer. How funny that the two boys met this way!

What a great run, Cody!

Jaden's 100 yard dash was next.

These boys sure are speedy! He won a first place ribbon as well. Woo-hoo, Jaden!

Cody was especially excited about participating in the sack race, an event that he had done (and loved!) back in 1st grade at his last field day. Jason did a great job of taking videos throughout the day, and Adley captured some shots on her camera too. ;) I love this pic of Cody's fan club!

Cody took an easy lead at the beginning... he had the hopping form down!

He continued to extend his lead throughout the race!

Another first place ribbon... way to go, Cody!

The boys' last events were shuttle runs with their classmates. They told us that they practiced baton hand-offs in PE during the weeks prior to Field Day. Their hard work paid off, as both teams passed off the baton well. Cody was the first leg for his team.

Their team won second place for the race!

Jaden was the second runner for his shuttle race.

Jaden's team also won a second place ribbon. Way to go, boys!

What a fun day to be outside, watch some competitive sporting events, and spend time with some great friends! We sure love Field Day!