I’m using the word “Spring” in the title very loosely at this point.  It’s April 9th and I’m sitting here wearing fuzzy snowflake socks, 2 layers of clothing, and counting down 6 weeks until summer break.  Why am I wearing fuzzy snowflake socks and busting out my UGG boots?  This is crazy.  It snowed all day yesterday and all of our sports were cancelled.  If the sun doesn’t come out soon, my mental well-being will definitely be at stake.

I’ve already got my coat, boots, hat, and gloves laid out for tonight when I park myself on a cold bleacher at Morgan’s soccer game.  Don’t get me wrong, I adore watching her play, but I hate shivering head to toe for 80+ minutes.

 

We are thrilled that she made her high school soccer team…I’ve already signed up to be “snack mom,” stalking the bus pulling into every away game, and gluing my eyes to every move she makes.  It’s a problem, I know this.  Actually, I’m not the only one, I caught her ex-boyfriend taking an extraordinarily long time to stretch after his track practice, to watch the soccer girls.  It was pretty cute.  So far we’ve had 3 scheduled games.  One loss, one win, and one opponent no-show.  Does that actually happen!?  I made arrangements for my kids, drove 40 minutes to Lawrence KS, and started gathering my blankets for game time, when I saw all the girls filing right back on the bus.  Apparently Free State high school cancelled the game but didn’t tell us.  grrrr.  That’s 2 hours, we’ll never get back!  The girls made the best of it with a little singing…check this video link out on Twitter from Coach Weber – you can see Morgan right up front really getting her groove on…

t.co/SO53hlj8mq from Tony’s Tweet

https://twitter.com/tweb0613/status/979118046076907525/video/1

Here are a couple of pics I’ve managed to get so far this season.  Keep in mind that the fields are huge, and her position is center defense, so it’s not ideal for picture-taking.  Brian and I were both tearing up when we saw her walk onto the field suited up as a high school soccer player for the first time.  We need to get our emotions in check or we will never hear the end of it!

1st high school game vs. Shawnee Mission East 3.26.18 (3-0 loss)

 

In the meantime, Jake has joined the track team at his middle school.  You may recall that he ran cross country in the Fall and loved it.  They practice every day after school and have had one meet so far (the other one cancelled due to weather).  It was miserably cold and wet and I felt so sorry for all of those little 6th graders!  I was terribly ill-prepared and wore converse and no socks and couldn’t feel my feet after about 30 minutes.  My parents braved the weather with me but by the last event, we were all watching from the car!He took 1st place in the 400m.  Here’s a video clip of his run…(he’s the one with black running tights on)

Their team took 2nd in the 4x200m relay.  Long jump was the last event and we were just totally ‘over’ the meet by then!  It wasn’t his best jump but he did very good considering the field conditions.

It also happened to be Royals opening day!  We almost always go – it’s like a holiday here in KC.  This year we had to sell our tickets because we couldn’t miss Jake’s meet, the weather was awful, and Brian ended up out of town on business anyway.  Reece was supporting in her KC blue…C’mon Spring, please get here!!