Friends, Fun & Soccer...what else is there?

Wow, what a busy weekend! Between sleepovers, play dates, soccer games and chauffeuring to a school dance, this weekend was non-stop, but fun!



Raven had three friends spend the night after her school dance on Friday, and then spent the night with one of the girl's on Saturday night and only just got home a few minutes ago and though she's not looking forward to the room cleaning chores on her agenda or the laundry folding party we're going to have tonight, she's all smiles!



Raley and classroom buddy Audrey, spent the weekend together except when it came to bedtime! Raley went home with Audrey on Friday, and had a great time until bedtime and decided she wanted mama! Audrey spent Saturday night with us until bedtime, then it was an instant replay of Friday night--mama time again--LOL--both of these buddies bailed on one another when bedtime rolled around but there were no hard feelings as they were happy to have another after church play date today and were busy scheduling their next few get togethers!




Rannon got to have his football buddy Ricky over for the weekend and couldn't be happier to add a little more testosterone to the house as he gets sick of all the girls in and out of the house. Ricky showed up with the black eye (didn't acquire it at our house, and I hear the other kid looks rough too--I'm sure there's a story behind this but I'm afraid to ask).






Rodel illustrates how he handles bullies...he scares them off with the EVIL EYE!!













The GAME was ON, with THREE soccer games on Saturday, Rodel and I got our sports fill for the week and it was as EXCITING and FUN as ever!!



Rannon's team, the JAYHAWKS remain undefeated following Saturday's 7-1 win and prove that they are THE TEAM to beat in the U10 division. Rannon was thrilled to score a goal on Saturday!!




Famous game quote: An older boy that had watched Rannon's game said to Rannon after the game..."Hey, you play pretty good, is this your first year?" Rannon: "Nah, I been playin for years!"
Rannon has been playing since he was 4 years old so the statement is true but to over hear it in the conversation, sounded very funny...maybe this is one of those ' you had to be there moments?' ;)





Raley's team, the ORANGE ROCKSTARS!! were happy to score their first victory on Saturday with an ending score of 6-2. A huge turn around from the previous weeks game!






Raley scored 4 of Saturday's winning goals, though she didn't let it go to her head. At the end of the day it's all about having fun with friends for this lil RockStar!


And the Rockstar coaches agree!!





Raven's team, with one loss under their belt, are proving to be a force to be reckoned with in the U14 division following Saturday's 6-1 win! Raven had the opportunity to play both defense and forward at Saturday's game and got to spend a lot of time on the field.





The week ahead will be just as busy as this weekend was, with dance recital practices for both girls, soccer practices for all three, track for Raven and another game for Raven's leavenworth/lansing reds on Thursday night. Trying to get ahead of the busy week's activities, I'm hosting a house cleaning throw down tonight on the home field with a bit of laundry folding, vacuuming, dusting and dishwasher emptying...sure to be a task plan my three athletes and I can have victory over...after some basic warming up and 1,2, 3 count downs...ready, set, GO!