End of our first soccer season

This is a bit late, I thought my PC was giving me problems but it appears it was Blogger not my PC.

We made it through our first soccer season and EmmaLi is hooked. I must say I too have caught the soccer bug. I enjoyed every minute of the season. The Mighty Butterflies had their last game last weekend. My precious baby scored her first goal of the season. She almost had two but one of her team mates cut her off and kicked the ball into the net just as she got it to the goal. She was robbed to say the least. However, before the last game of the season was over, she scored her first goal. The picture below is her kicking that ball in the goal.

After the game we had the Team Awards Banquet. I was team mom so it was my responsibility to plan the party, order the trophy's and collect the money from the other parents. Truthfully, I accepted Team Mom without fully knowing what the responsibilities were. I pulled it all together in a matter of a few days. I coerced a local restaurant owner to allow us to have our banquet at their restaurant. They thought they were too full . I convinced him otherwise. hee hee I ordered the trophys and the girls loved them. Of all the teams at that restaurant having their awards banquets we had the BEST trophys. Ours had soccer balls that could spin and holographic shooting stars on them. The girls couldn't stop talking about them. On our way home Emmie said "Mama?" I said "Yes Emmie?" She said "I LOVE my trophy! I just love it!" She was so proud of her trophy and of her first goal. I was so proud of her.

Here are her individual soccer picture and also her team picture. I am so proud of her. She was awesome this year!

A blast from the past.

We have a Drive In theater not far from home. I have been wanting to take Emmie to it. This summer we always had a reason not to go...it was way too hot, the movies were not appropriate, etc. This weekend however, the Bee Movie came out so we made the trek out to the middle of the boonies to the movie theater. We went with our friends that Emmie likes to spend so much time with including their daughter Jackie. Below are some pictures of our night.

You don't see drive in theaters open in very many places. This one could close down any time. I wanted to make sure I had the opportunity to show Emmie the Drive In Theater experience before it is a thing of the past. She loved sitting outside to watch the movie, playing on the play ground while we were waiting for the movie to start, riding the train, and mini farris wheel, and packing some drinks and snacks in a cooler. Here are some pictures.

The entrance.

Riding the mini farris wheel.

Riding the mini bullet train.

Anxiously waiting for the movie to start.

Happy Birthday Chase!!!

We have had a hectic week and are quite behind in many things with these posts being one of the many things.

Last weekend we headed out of town to visit friends in Atlanta. We were able to visit some folks we don't see as often as we would like. We drove over early Saturday morning and met a friend I haven't seen since I moved from Atlanta. She had never met EmmaLi. We had a nice long nearly two hour lunch. I wish it could have been longer. When she sends me the photos I'll post them.

After that we went to "my boy's" birthday party. Emmie loves Chase. She calles him her brother because I call him my boy. She loves going to see him. We also got to spend some time with Amber (Chase's biological sister). Legally they are no longer siblings because Amber has been adopted by another family. However, they will always be brother and sister. Chase had his birthday party at a bowling alley. Ironic that both Emmie and Chase chose a bowling alley for their birthdays but neither of them knew the other was planning a bowling birthday. Chase had a spider man birthday but Emmie is planning a High School Musical Birthday. I know, I know it wasn't that long ago that She declared she wanted a Hannah Montana birthday. Here are pcitures of the party.

Emmie and Amber dancing with Chase watching the screen.

Chase bowling.

After the party we went to visit some other friends. My friends daughter and Emmie share the same birthdate but different years. Emmie will be five next Feb and Sydney will be entering her teen years. Insane. Emmie kept Sydney busy for sure. I really wish they lived closer to us. Emmie loves Sydney and even stayed with her long enough for Tracy and I to run to the store real quick. That was a big deal. All she asked me was if I was going to come back. I said yes, of course I will be coming back. She said "Okay, I'll stay here with Sydney." That was it. We went to visit Tracy's church which was nice. Emmie finally agreed to go. Some people think that I shouldn't have to get her to agree to do something but the repercussions of not getting her to buy into it are too great. The back lash runs for days or weeks. We drove home after a lunch and a quick visit with our friends at their home. Emmieof course, asked to go back to Sydney's house and was pleading with me saying "Please Mommy! Can we go back to Sydneys house for a little while?" Then Sydney started in on me too. "Please, please, please pleeeeeeeease can you come back to our house?" I couldn't fight the two of them.

It was a great visit with friends we have not spent enough time with over the past couple years.