How We Spend Our Time!

So, at the beginning of August the girls both began practices for their sports...Payton started soccer and Maci started cheerleading.  Payton has practices 2 days a week and games on Saturday mornings.  Maci has practices 2 days a week and a game either on Wednesday or Saturday.  We are BUSY!!!  Payton is playing her second season of soccer with her daddy as her coach.  She loves going to practice especially when Alan lets them ride bikes over to the soccer field.  She usually comes home beat red from practice because she only knows one speed...hard and fast!  When we ask her what she wants to try next, she always insists on playing soccer again.  She is quite the athlete and is as competitve as they come  She is a feisty little go-getter out there!  She usually scores several goals and is one of the first ones down the field for defense.  She isn't afraid to throw a few elbows, and is a little bit of a ball hog (but that runs in the family, so it was expected! :))  We love watching our little dynamite play!!!

 

The Coach and his Dynamite 

 Payton scoring one of the 4 goals she scored in this particular game!

 This girl has got some hustle!

 Waving to her adoring fans (who faithfully show up at almost every game!!)

 

So, last spring Maci came home from school and asked if she could try cheerleading for the Swenke Dolphins this year.  I thought (although cheer is most definitely NOT my thing) that it would be a great way for her to make some good girlfriends, so we said yes.  Her reason for wanting to join was that the girls got to wear their uniforms to school on game days.  Cute, huh?!?  She made the Dolphins squad and was super excited.  She has done a wonderful job at all her practices.  They have learned probably around 20 or 30 cheers and a very involved half-time dance.  They have acquired quite a uniform get-up complete with bows, pom poms, uniform, chair, bag, megaphone, etc etc etc!!  Alan is having a hard time keeping his wallet in tact with all this!  Ha!  Anyway, she is having a ball!  Yesterday was her first game and she looked like a natural out there!  She knew every move to every cheer and really rocked at her dance!  We are so very proud of Maci!  (Did I mention how completely gorgeous this child looked???) 

 

She let me take some pics before her first game!

Maci is totally gitty before her game!

 She did such a great job!

Both of the girls seem to really enjoy the activities they have picked for this fall.  And, we are a totally busy family!  We are really really proud of them both!!!