I know...

I’ve been slacking. AGAIN.

Let’s see what I can fill everyone in on while Jake is at school and Nick is out running errands with Daddy. Daddy still doesn’t get why schools are open when the Army is off. They just don’t – and it’s probably so we can have an entire week off at Thanksgiving. I never had that….

First up…is soccer.

We signed Jake up for soccer but were told Nick was too young. Dang that end of October Birthday. I ended up signing up to be his coach because Fort Bliss has grown almost over night. They normally had under 200 kids sign up for soccer – this year they had over 600. I yielded to the plea, figuring this was the time to do it since I know exactly TWO things about soccer:

1. NEVER use your hands

2. Kick the ball in the goal…preferably the one that scores you points…however, I learned at this age even THAT is not critical…

I knew that I’d have Nick playing with us since Matt would likely be at work. So, I bought him the cleats and shinguards as well. I managed to convince the Sports Director to let Nick play since one of the kids on the team was not yet 3 either. Nick, I pointed out, has the natural ability. Jake has the desire, well most of the time.

We have a pretty good team. It’s entertaining, I’m told, to watch the games. I’m on the field with the kids, so my perspective is a little different. Just a couple more weeks…

One of my favorite pictures - the soccer game is still going on and they are watching a double rainbow.