The Sanders 5: What's That Smell?

We had a big milestone this year - our 1st soccer season! It ended in November but I still wanted to get a post in with my favorite pics and memories of the season. We knew Addie would want to try soccer because she could kick a ball before she could even walk. (It is possible- if you held on to her hands she would just stroll along kicking the ball like a little natural.) So when it came time to sign up she was all for it. She was even more excited when she found out that her Daddy was going to be her coach! We were not sure what we were getting into, but we had our own little team of eleven 5&6 year olds. Luckily, Uncle Matt agreed to be the assistant coach and is now referred to as "Coach Matt" by Gage no matter how many times we say "Uncle".

We had practice once a week at a park near our house and a game every Saturday. Our sponsor was Great Western Bank, and let's be honest, that is not a lot of fun to shout out in a huddle. One practice Cam gave the kids some choices of team names that they could vote on. The choices we came up with were sharks and tigers. We just felt like we should have a third choice and so Cam decided to also throw in skunks to make the kids laugh. Except they didn't laugh. They LOVED it, and so every huddle cheer for the rest of the season went like this:

Cam: What's that smell?
Kids: GOOOOO SKUNKS!

Thankfully all the parents saw the humor in it. :)

Our little spectator

The whole team

We had a pizza party and awards ceremony after our last Saturday game. We loved watching how much all the kids progressed throughout the season. I feel like every single player made some great improvements. They are such a great group of kids!