Oswego Nike Cup CHAMPIONS

Kristin's soccer club played in the Oswego Nike Cup this weekend.  Her club fielded two teams in the U10 age bracket and Kristin played on the A team.  They had 3 games of pool play and came out of pool play with a 2-0-1 record.  Kristin scored in each of the first two games.  One goal was a beautiul one-timer from the top of the box off of a corner kick.  She put the ball into the top corner of the net.  Their last game of pool play was a nail-biter that ended in a 1-1 tie.  There were 3 brackets of 4 teams each, and their record was good enough to advance them to the knockout round today.

They battled hard in the first game and came away with a 3-0 win.  Kristin played midfield and defense in the first half and goalie in the second half.  Kristin did a great job to preserve the shutout.

In the final, they had to face off again against the team that they tied in the the pool play.  They came out strong and took a 2-0 goal lead into halftime and held on for the 2-0 win!  Kristin played midfield, forward and defense during that game.

Great left foot Kristin!

Champions!

Ellie, Lexi, Kaia, Emma, Kristin

Day 6, Monday, Metolius River

Oregon never ceases to amaze us.  On Monday, we set out for central Oregon.  Sisters, Oregon is just three hours from Portland.  On the way there, we drove past Detroit Lake.  It's a man-made lake built for hydro power.  The reseviour created by the dam is huge and set in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain range.  We reached Sisters by midday, checked into the hotel, and then took a short drive to a place called Camp Sherman.  Nearby is the source of the Metolius river.  The river literally bubbles up from the ground and water pours from the sides of the riverbank into the river.

The trail to the head of the Metolius was an easy walk.  This sign is stationed at the trail head.

Smile Kellen!

Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery is located just a little ways downstream.  While we had made the trip to see the head of the river, it was the view from the bridge at the hatchery that stole the show.  I've never seen water that shade of blue.  As it was a hatchery, the kids got to feed a bunch of fish too.

We ended the day with a nice meal at a restaurant in Sisters.  We ate out on their back patio, but on the way out, Kellen noticed a model train hung from the ceiling on the inside of the restaurant.  Kellen, ever the negotiator, sweet-talked the proprietor into turning it on.

Day 5, Sunday

More soccer, of course!  Kristin's team had two games.   They were a penalty kick goal away from playing for the championship.  Not bad for a team of 'U9's playing in a 'U10' bracket!  Kristin played nearly every minute of every game.  I believe they gave up a whopping 5 goals in 4 games, and one of those was a penalty kick. The team that won the tournamet scored over 20 goals.  After the last game, we took the kids to the local Dairy Queen along with some of the other players. 

Getting back on D

Making a run

Day 4, Saturday

This was Day 2 of Kristin's soccer tournament.  She got to represent the team as a captain during the pregame coin toss.  After the game, we enjoyed quite afternoon and evening about the house.  Even though Kistin only had one game that day, the tournament was in Camas, Washington, which is a good 45 minutes from Beaverton. So it took up a good portion of the day.  By now, Kellen is used to this and is a good trooper.  He's looking forward to playing on more teams himself I think.  It was a bit of a new experience for Bella to get to come on a long drive with us.  She did very well, which bode well for our coming trip to Sisters.

Captains Kristin and Zoe

Hanging out.  Watching Zorro perhaps?

4th of July

Just to backtrack a little... the 4th of July.  We got to go over to a friends house in the morning to enjoy a parade, games, fire truck, and BBQ.  Our friends (soccer family) have a neighborhood parade.  This year the kids decorated their bike (Kellen) and scooter (Kristin) and were in the parade.  It is a small parade with a little band and a fire truck!  And of course lots and lots of kids.  :)  After the parade the neighbors all have little carnival games for the kids to play and win little prizes... candy and popsicles mainly.  There is even face painting. 



Kellen on his decorated bike waiting for the parade to start.

Kristin with her decorated scooter waiting for the parade to start.

Kristin with her friends Kaia and Alexa at the parade.

Kellen the fire fighter!  So cool they let the kids fire up the hose.

Day 3, Friday

On Friday the kids had swim lessons.  Kristin sat out of her lesson since she had a soccer tournament starting later in the day.  In the evening the kids showed off the new playground equipment in our neighborhood park.

Waking up in the morning and playing in a new workbook from Oma and Poppa.

All smile at swim lessons.

Kristin mixing it up.

Smile Kellen smile!

Day 2

Day 2 was spent mostly hanging around about the house, but Kellen did have T-Ball in the evening. It was a good relaxing day to get geared up for the busy week ahead.

Great Form Kellen!

Busted!

Catching Up

We had a wonderful time when Oma and Poppa came to visit.  As time permits, we'll try to catalogue our adventures together here in the blog.

Oma and Poppa arrived on the 4th of July in the afternoon.  They had a long day of travels so we spent time showing them our new home and catching up.



Oma and Poppa began taking pictures.

Oma's Box of Treasures arrived two days before Oma and Poppa.  It was all Kellen could do to wait.