Have you ever been to a Real Salt Lake soccer match? We took our whole family (and Uncle Jesse too) last night and had a great time. The facility is great. There’s not a bad seat in the house, and the stadium is relatively easy to get to. The atmosphere was fun and mostly family-friendly. Real Salt …
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Soccer is no more…
We have six kids. Four of those six played soccer this season. That makes for one crazy season! (We actually had five back in the fall if you can believe it!). All the games are over as of yesterday. This will be Jacob’s last season. He has probably played a total of ten year in …
Ellie can ride a bike!
Letting go of the seat of the tiny bike and watching your little tike pedal along solo is one of those “parenting payback” milestones. Ellie might be slow when it comes to getting haircuts, but this last weekend she asked to go out and try her big-girl bike. After about 30 minutes of practice with …
Happy Birthday Manina!
Manina usually gets the short shrift on her birthday since it’s so near Christmas. She used to get fairly frustrated with me and my attitude toward birthdays. You see, I am the oldest of eight kids, we had birthdays all the time growing up and they weren’t a big deal. A couple presents and a …
Snowshoeing with the big kids
It’s been cold recently in Utah Valley, and we’ve had an early onslaught of inversion. So, I decided to head up into the mountains for some much-needed fresh air. Jacob, Megan, and Katelyn all decided to come along too. I have two sets of snowshoes, so Jacob used my other pair, and Megan and Katelyn …
Megan Scores Gamewinner in Final Minute
Part of the reason we went down to St. George for Thanksgiving was that Megan’s soccer team had at tournament to play on Friday and Saturday. I took Megan to her first game early on Friday morning. I was a little worried that our previous night of early Black Friday shopping would not have her …
Our little soccer firecracker!
After Ellie’s last season of soccer I had decided we would wait at least a year before giving it another try. She mostly cried and preferred to roll around with her friends on the field rather than actually play anything that resembled soccer. However, after some coercing from a friend of mine, I succumbed and …
Claire – Soccer 2013
It had to think strategically this soccer season. Six kids, five of which want to play soccer and only two parents. Hmmm, how were we going to make this work? Well, I signed Claire of with AF rec center as most of their games are on Wednesday. I put Ellie in Cedar Hills tot soccer …
Bad Ankles
Sometimes genetics smiles upon you and gives you the best traits from your mom and dad. But sometimes, you get chromosomes that would be better off remaining at the bottom of the gene pool. Jacob got his old man’s ankles. Too bad for him. He went down hard in his soccer game on Saturday. Neither …
2013 Tour of Utah
The Tour of Utah has grown every year and it’s getting to be a big-time event here in the state. Since I enjoy cycling, I love going to see the races to see and appreciate the things these professional athletes can do. They’re amazing. This year was a lot of fun. On Thursday, August 8, …
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