Soccer and a Biking First

Hi everyone! We hope you all are doing well. We've been busy with the usual goings-on. School is going well for both youngsters and they continue to enjoy our neighborhood, playing everyday with the other children in particular. Our weekends are filled with soccer, MC has games on Saturdays and Nate on Sundays. Next week is their final week so here are some shots from this past weekend. You can see it's getting chilly here, even colder than usual for this time of year most say. But we're trying to really enjoy the fall weather so we can hold on to that come winter! :) Now for the soccer action.....

MariCagle has a really nice coach and sweet girls on her team. She's enjoying it a great deal. She's not super aggressive but she's hustling more each game. This year she jumped up in the Y leagues so now they're playing 5 on 5 with goalies and on a bigger field. She's getting closer and closer to 'real' soccer. Check out those pink cleats! Now check out MariCagle's adorable spectators...

Nate's coach is awesome too. :) It's still fun to watch as they chase the ball in a big huddle. They fall often, so my biggest worry is that they don't get up quick enough and get mauled in the huddle. So far so good on the injury front. But the boys are having a good time, even if they're losing by quite a bit like this week. It doesn't phase them at all.

In other sporting news...MariCagle has gotten some real experience on her bike. After successfully mastering starting on her own, Dad took her on a bike from our neighborhood up to a park with a lake, just over 6 miles total for the trip. She rode with Brandon on one of his runs and was able to keep up with little trouble. Sometimes she even got brave enough to go ahead of him down the hills. I think they both enjoyed it a lot!