Audra had her last soccer game, which means- drum roll please- soccer season is over! YAHOO!!! We survived, until next year! As we watched her game, all I could think about was how much my parents really sacrificed for us to play so competitively for so long- traveling all over the western United States, spending hours and hours (years, really) sitting through soccer games in the rain and snow, my dad giving up every Tuesday and Thursday night to drive me up to Sea-Tac, 40 minutes from our house, to sit in the car and wait for my soccer practices to end. I told my dad this, and he said, "Yeah, all those soccer games were pretty boring." WHAT? That is never what he told us when we were young! He said, "Well, you guys enjoyed it." (To be clear, I do not find the soccer games boring! I love watching the girls play. I do not, however, enjoy that soccer takes over our lives- soccer practices nightly and then games all day on Saturdays. That is why they are only allowed to play one season a year. It's 10 weeks of CRAZY, but then we have the rest of the year for family and other activities)
Anyhow, Audra's last game. She scored a goal- she was the leading goal scorer for the season, but she needs to work on her endurance. She likes her team, even though they are pretty horrible. They won 1 game all season (well, 2 actually- but 1 was a forfeit). They did have improvement, and Audra likes the girls on the team. In 3 years of soccer, she has been on 3 different teams, so she would prefer to stay on the same team for awhile. We will see if her team is even around next year- her teams seem to keep disbanding.
After her game, we went to the bank and set her up a bank account- woah! That seems like such an adult thing, but she is starting to baby-sit, so hopefully she will start earning money and saving and such, so it was time.
Then we went to the mall and Claire had her turn on the exciting day:
Can you tell? She got her ears pierced! This was a gift for her last Christmas, but she hasn't wanted her ears pierced until a few weeks ago. But, it was still soccer season, and she couldn't get them pierced during soccer season, so today was the day.
She was so scared she was shaking. We gave her lots and lots of hugs and encouragement, and she did great. The woman doing the piercing was fabulous- she was great with keeping Claire calm, and she pierced them very quickly. She said it hurt quite a bit, but after a few minutes she was fine.
We went out to lunch and then down to SeaQuest.
Then, we came home and the girls had a 2 hour rehearsal at church for their primary program tomorrow. Ben also had to go, so I have been looking forward to having the house to myself. But, sigh, Audra threw up while at the practice and came home. Ben and I cancelled our date and we stayed home and watched The Brave Little Toaster as a family.
It was a busy and great day. I'm glad that most of our Saturdays are not this busy!
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