8 Soccer Games in 29 Hours

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Here’s how we ended the fall soccer season in Atlanta the first weekend of December:

  • 8 games in 29 hours!
  • 2 medalists (both Aspen and Oakley)
  • 1 semifinal of the NCAA Women’s College World Cup (Stanford v. Florida State)

Was it worth it? Just look at their faces below:

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BWSC ’03 Elite Team: U-9 Girls White Division Finalists – GSA Adidas Invitational, Atlanta, GA
back row (l-r): Sydney, Georgia (Uga!), Rachel, Lauren
front row (l-r): Sophia, Isabella, Evy, Oakley

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BWSC ’01 Select Team: U-11 Girls Black Division Finalists - GSA Adidas Invitational, Atlanta, GA
back row (l-r): Coach Idris, Nisi, Aspen, Liv, Marisa, Lexi, Sarah Beth (BG), Macie, Coach Kyle
front row (l-r): Isabel, Cristina, Kendal, Molly, Sam

3 Witches 3 Years in a Row

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Soccer Stills

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“Kick or Treat” in Bowling Green, KY

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Knoxville, TN

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Aspen’s Assist in Asheville

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Aspen (#17) crosses

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Molly (#22) scores!

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U-11 Girls White Division Finalists – Riverside Summer Shootout, Asheville, NC
back row (l-r): Coach Idris, Erika, Rachel, Remi, Aspen, Cristina, Coach Kyle
front row (l-r): Liv, Sarah (Howie), Laurel, Caroline, Sam

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Our Chicks

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Our chicks (the 3 human ones and the 26 poultry ones) before heading out to catch the bus. A few things to note:

  • the colors of the shirts: yellow=Kindergarten, blue=3nd grade, tie-dye=5th grade
  • the hair of the Oak: Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love video
  • the names of the chicks: soccer players from the US Women’s National Team (Lou’s kissing A-Rod, Oakley’s holding Sauerbrunn, and Aspen’s cradling Morgan)

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Blue Ribbon Day at the Fair

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Aspen’s yellow tomatoes in the 4-H & Youth Division (completed 4th-12th grade)

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Aspen and Elvis

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From Aspen’s most recent letter home: “Today at nature I got to hold a staff snake named Elvis. He has been at camp 17 summers! Wow! He barely moved and was so sweet!”

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Please Mr. Postman

18 Jun 11 by | 2 Comments | 139 view(s)
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Wait!
Oh yes, wait a minute, Mr. Postman
Wait! Wai-ai-ai-ait Mr. Postman
Mr. Postman, look and see (oh, yeah)
If there’s a letter in your bag for me (please, please Mr. Po-o-o-stman)
I been waiting such a long time (oh, yeah)
Since I heard from that girl of mine.

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Vacation away from vacation

30 May 11 by | 2 Comments | 89 view(s)
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And so ends an awesome weekend here, without a moment in a car.  That’s right, we took the long weekend and went nowhere.  And it was good.

Yes, I ate a pile of home grown peas.

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Yes, I ate a pile of homemade strawberry + nutella crepes.

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And yes, we swam.

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Click through for Oakley and Lindy’s moments

Medalist

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Aspen’s been venturing into a new and different soccer world this spring.  Chance provided an opening for her to join Brentwood Soccer Club midseason, and Aspen decided to go for it.  It’s a bit like jumping on a moving train, but Aspen’s handled it pretty well in total.

This week, Aspen (and our family) got to experience a travel tournament for the first time, and I would call it a success in total.

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Aspen’s team finished 2nd in their group of 5, falling just short of winning the group… (They lost their final game 3-2, and would have had to have won it to win the group.)

If you’d like to check out the full slideshow, you can do that here.