Spring Break

Our last weekend of spring break was a busy one! The Staats arrived on Friday and shortly after headed up to the pool for some fun. Saturday morning started bright and early with an 8:30 soccer game.




A quick stop at home and then we were off to watch Christine run the prelims for the 400 meter.



She qualified and broke 60 seconds! And she set the school record! Pretty amazing for a freshman! (That 59.39 is her time.)



She broke 60 again in the finals for a 7th place showing and her 1600 meter relay team placed 3rd. You would think after all that everyone would've been tired...not a chance!
I finally had to kick the kids off the trampoline at 11:30. We didn't want to upset any neighbors. They were all still playing Wii when the parents went to bed!

Sunday was time for hanging out with the cousins.

We all had fun and are looking forward to the next visit!

Perfect Weather for a Soccer Game today!

Maggie's team won 2-1. Last time we played this team it was a tie, so the girls were happy to finally beat them!

Soccer

Maggie's soccer team, "The Mighty Ninjas", played up an age group this season. It would not be such a big deal except they are a 12U team and they moved up to the 13/14U group. So, "little" Maggie, who is already one of the youngest in her age group because of when the cutoff date is, played against girls that go to school with Christine. Her team definitely did not win every game, but they hung with those older girls and made them work for their win. They even won 4 games.

Here is just one example of the size difference.

Maggie getting into the mix of things.

The Mighty Ninjas after a game. They received the Sportsmanship Award for their age group which was voted on by the coaches and referees.

Life

We have had an interesting start to 2010. Steve had a displaced fracture, which the doctor fixed with 8 screws in his ankle-should be an interesting few weeks of recovery around here. Andrew is going to be on a soccer team that practices way far away and one of mom's name is Buffy-I'll have to let you know about that after I meet her. Maggie, after having the same soccer coach since we moved out here, got switched this season. Christine made the junior high basketball team-yay! I'm just trying to keep everyone schedules straight!

Sports

Lately, our lives our seeming to revolve around three sports-cross country....

flag football...

and soccer. All the seasons run a little differently than in Ohio. Tomorrow is the last football and soccer game for the fall season and cross country goes for a few more weeks.