Mother's Day

This year we were able to have my mom, Scott's Mom and his Grandma at our house for Mother's Day.  It was a great day.  We had church at 8:30 so we had to get up and get going.  Scott bought corsages for all of us women.  They turned out gorgeous.  I didn't get any pictures of any of the corsage but they all worked out great in matching everyone's outfits. Rachel got to go up and sing for Mother's Day.  This was her 1st time and she did an awesome job doing it.  I was such a proud momma.  For church our Mother's Day gift was a CD by of Mother's Day Songs by Janice Kapp Perry.  I was so excited.  After sacrament we came back home and Scott and his Dad spoiled us all day long.  They made lunch that consisted of hamburgers, salads, and then made fudge for dessert.  Scott wanted to try and make cherry chocolate fudge.  It turned out good.  After that they then made the jello salad for dinner and made divinity.  Dinner was ham, Texas roadhouse rolls, jello pretzel salad and scalloped potatoes.  It was a great day.  Scott and Rachel got me the 3 pack ebooks from Josi Kilpack.  I was totally excited.  So it was awesome to share it with everyone.  One of the best Mother's Days that I have experienced.

Soccer Game #2

This week we ended up having grandparents and great grandparent there for Rachel's soccer game.  It was the same thing this week.  She didn't want to play once they started playing.  She wanted to just sit on the sideline and be cuddled.  We got her out there a few more times and were able to get some actual action pictures.  It's nice that Scott's dad has a good camera.  Be prepared for lots of pictures.

 Retying up the cleats.

 Practicing kicking the ball.  She uses her left foot the most.

 There goes the ball and her going after it.

 Standing in a circle kicking the ball to each other and learning each others names.

 Yeah I'm trying to get her to stay on the field.  She was done playing when it was actually time to play.

 Alright I will play with you.

 I also played Goalie with her.  Trying to teach her how to be a goalie.  We totally kept that ball out of the goal.

 She got to play goalie and in this picture and the next is an action photos of her kicking the ball.

 Picking up the ball as the goalie.

 Get that ball.  She played well in the goalie spot.

 Check out that stance.  She's got it down.  Take up as much space as possible.

 We were trying to get her to smile but she wasn't having it.

 Running to get the ball.

She's going to get that ball.

 I love this picture.  Look at her tongue hang out.  She likes to do this after seeing my dad do that.  It's so funny.

 Keeping the ball away from this big kid.

 Kicking the ball but this big kid is trying to take it away.

She kicked it away from him but she's trying to get to it before he does.

 Get it Rachel don't let him have it.  I'm pretty sure he stole it from her at this point but she did good getting that far and getting to kick it.  Almost made a goal.

Cuddling with Grandma.  This is where she preferred to be most of the game.  I think she started to like playing but she is little compared to some of those boys.  Hopefully by the end she will actually stay out on the field and play.  We will see.

Newest Wreath

Since Kristi came for the weekend we decided we had to do a craft.  Everytime we are together we usually do a craft.  So here is our summer wreath.

Needless to say I think it's totally cute and I love it. 

1st Soccer Game

This year we decided to do Kick'n Kids Soccer group.  I didn't want to spend a bunch of money if Rachel wasn't going to like soccer.  This is her at the 1st game.  She was okay doing the practicing but once games started she wasn't happy.  She couldn't get the ball, the boys pushed her, the ball never came to her etc.  I was a little frustrated because we wanted her to just go out and try.  She only played the 1st time and then sat by us pouting until finally Scott talked to her and was able to get her to go back out because he told her to look at all the other kids and how much fun they were having and she wasn't having any fun.

 Standing by the field number of her first Soccer game.  She loved her shin guards and cleats.  Kristi and Doug came to the game with us also since they were in town.

 Running out and meeting a new teammate.  They kicked this ball around for a little bit.

 Practicing with the whole team.  They were learning each others names.

Trying to get everyone to practice together.  Rachel was scared but was able to get her out there.

 She got to be in the 1st group to go out.

 Running for the ball for the 1st time.

 This is the look we got most of the time when she wasn't able to run and get the ball or kick the ball.  This is her coming off the field and not wanting to play anymore.  She did biff it once because she went to kick the ball and missed it and ended up landing on the ball instead and face planted into the ground.  I ran over and picked her up and had to use her shirt to get all the grass out of her mouth.  

 I ended up taking her out there and running with her to get to the ball.  That helped her a little bit.

Getting to kick the ball.  Had to tell her she couldn't use her hands.