Sophomore Track Season

Brandon had his first track meet last week. He did a great job running for the JV track team. He has been battling a cold for the past few weeks so his energy level and wind is not quite there yet. He pushed through it though and represented his school well. He only ran in one race since he was not feeling 100%. He ran in the 800m. Normally he will do the 800, 1 mile and 4x400 relay. He really seems to have fun out there even though soccer is his true passion. He mostly uses track to keep himself conditioned for soccer.

Hanging with his best friend before the race.

Spring Soccer

Mady decided she wanted to give soccer another try. She did it for two seasons when she was 4 and 5. She decided then it was not for her. Many of her friends play and since she is not doing ice skating anymore she decided to check it out again. I must say, she did great. We were a little nervous since it has been almost five years but she proved us wrong. We were worried she would hate it and want to give it up after the first game. That was not the case. She had so much fun and really got out there and worked hard. We are excited to see how she progresses through this season. The Spring soccer season is mostly for fun. They don't keep score. If she decides to play in the Fall, she will move up an age bracket where I think she'll have even more fun. Bigger field and they keep score!

Her team is the Lightning Strikers

They were getting their game plan in place. Scott is the assistant coach.

Great throw-in even though the ref said she lifted her foot. Doesn't look like it to me!

Big Bear 2010

We took our annual trip to Big Bear. It is so beautiful up there. We are fortunate Scott's mom has a timeshare there we are able to use. We drove up Friday afternoon and left Sunday morning. We had a great time and there was a ton of snow on the ground. When we went last year there was not much snow at all. We did ski but it was mostly man-made snow. This year there was plenty of snow that actually fell from the sky! We decided not to ski and opted for playing in the snow. We brought our sleds, packed a lunch and played all day in the snow. Mady was feeling really sick though so she did not do as much sledding. We felt so bad for her but she was such a trooper. She rested on the sleds and played as much as her body would let her.

It snowed Saturday night. I made Scott go outside with me.

One of the many snowmen the kids made.

One of the hundreds of times Brandon went down the hill.

Mady had more fun riding with us than she did alone.