Spitfires

This summer we  decided to let Sawyer play soccer! We joined the OFC (Omaha Futbal Club) and committed to Monday night games and Saturday morning practices. Being from Brazil, I have always wanted Sawyer to get into soccer because it's in his blood :) We ended up on a GREAT team! The kids all got along wonderfully, coach Jen was really sweet and the other parents were great to sit and watch with! 

(One of the parents came up to me halfway through the season and says, "Did you used to work at Starbucks like six years ago? I have been trying to remember for weeks now where I recognized your voice from and it dawned on me that you used to work the drive through at the Starbucks that I always went to! 

And I remember that you were pregnant with Sawyer while you were working there!") So Crazy!

For this age group it was one hour games, three on three, no goalie, each team had two goals (they spent quite a bit of each game confused as to which was theirs and making goals in the wrong nets) and would play for four minute intervals before they would switch out. It all worked really well because everyone got tons of playing time and over the course of the season, learned the basic scheme and technique of the game. Sawyer LOVED it! 

Sawyer, Keegan (next to Sawyer) and Henry (top right) were known as 'The Spitfires'! The three of them stuck together and tried to go in together as much as they could. 

They were the ones that really hit the ground running, hustled, and scored most of the goals :)  

They had a team party at a park to celebrate the end of the season and the boys had blast stuffing their faces full of food, running around like crazy and throwing water balloons!

The twin girls in the back are Keegan's older sisters and they were so sweet! They would always stand on the sidelines and cheer for Sawyer! "Go Sawyer Go!!!!" That's right, my son had personal cheerleaders. What a stud!