Oh where do I begin? This has been a very, very, very busy fall for us. Between having both boys on competition soccer teams and then flag football as well, we literally only had one day a week that we didn't have stuff going on and that was Sunday. It has now slowed down some and I almost feel lazy but it's a good lazy believe me. Especially with this pregnancy and not feeling too hot.
Seth decided early on that he was not going to play football he wanted to focus only on soccer and that was totally ok with us. We knew he would do great at football but we have to let our kids make some decisions for themselves and I was also fin with not having to add one more practice and game to the mix each week. Well after going to Steve and Damen's first practice he changed his mind. He loved it and really wanted to play. Lucky for us there was a coach in our ward with half the kids his age on the team and they needed one more player, so he joined. It was so good for him. With soccer he is actually a substitute, sure he plays about half the game and has improved drastically but when you are put on one of the best teams for this age group they can only start 7 players. He's always been the best on the team and this has actually been good thing for him to learn but also a hard thing to watch him go through.
But when Seth's coach adopted all of Steve's plays and when Steve became the assistant Seth already knew all the plays and became the best quarterback, receiver, tight end, running back, kicker (he actually kicked it out of the end zone ever time he kicked--he has learned a few things from soccer) and whatever other positions they play in football he dominated. Lets just say the one game he didn't go to they lost, because he didn't throw all their touchdowns or score all their points or make things happen for the team. I am just bragging, though I am doing that, but he really was by far the best kid on the team. It was so good for him to really excel at football, without tons of effort because he was still trying to put most of his effort into soccer.
Seth decided early on that he was not going to play football he wanted to focus only on soccer and that was totally ok with us. We knew he would do great at football but we have to let our kids make some decisions for themselves and I was also fin with not having to add one more practice and game to the mix each week. Well after going to Steve and Damen's first practice he changed his mind. He loved it and really wanted to play. Lucky for us there was a coach in our ward with half the kids his age on the team and they needed one more player, so he joined. It was so good for him. With soccer he is actually a substitute, sure he plays about half the game and has improved drastically but when you are put on one of the best teams for this age group they can only start 7 players. He's always been the best on the team and this has actually been good thing for him to learn but also a hard thing to watch him go through.
But when Seth's coach adopted all of Steve's plays and when Steve became the assistant Seth already knew all the plays and became the best quarterback, receiver, tight end, running back, kicker (he actually kicked it out of the end zone ever time he kicked--he has learned a few things from soccer) and whatever other positions they play in football he dominated. Lets just say the one game he didn't go to they lost, because he didn't throw all their touchdowns or score all their points or make things happen for the team. I am just bragging, though I am doing that, but he really was by far the best kid on the team. It was so good for him to really excel at football, without tons of effort because he was still trying to put most of his effort into soccer.
Of course the girls would always get a hold of the camera during the games and it would keep them entertained for most of it so here are some of at least Kenna
Damen had Steve for a coach. They did great! But all my photos of him must be on the phone. They had several people request Steve for a coach again this year, which helped because many already knew the plays to begin with. But they dominated every game. It was so much fun to watch. Damen has really improved and was actual out there calling the plays half the time, which Steve totally trusted him doing. He really knows the game well and gets so emotionally involved. They got to be pretty good friends with one of the refs, and at one of the games he asked if Damen wanted to come and play on his intramural team because he's such a great quarterback. Boy that boosted his ego a few more notches. He kept telling Damen that in all his refing he's never seen a quarterback like him, he was quite impressed as were we.
We only had one game that was so intense and nail biting. We ended up tieing the game but Damen was still in tears because they hadn't won. Oh I can hardly wait till they get older and games actually get harder! We've put them off playing tackle for one more year, fingers crossed, promising them that they will dominate with Seth and Damen on the same team and having Steve as a coach, plus many that have already requested.
The undefeated team
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