B’s Weekend Soccer Highlights

I made a video from this weekend’s soccer games. The first game he was in goal the whole time and I didn’t take any video of him. The video is from the 2nd game of the day. There was about an hour of video, so I just picked some of the highlights.

As you can tell, it was raining most of the game, so there was a little slipping and sliding going on with the wet field. Holding the video camera and an umbrella and trying not to whack my mom in the face with the umbrella every time I moved was a little tricky :)

He had a really great game and we were so proud of him!

His BEST play is at the beginning of the film. LOVE it! All those HOURS of practicing are paying off for him :)

The last bit of the film isn’t necessarily a highlight, but I included it anyways because it was so funny to me. He is a quiet and respectful kid and he always takes a beating out there on the field and always pops back up and never says a word. This time, he let a little of his passion come thru when he disagreed with the ref’s no-call. I don’t want him to get cocky, but showing a little of  your “heart of your sleeve” from time to time isn’t all bad.

Highlight Reel from BASC Tourney

It was much easier to make a highlight reel from the first couple games at the BASC Labor Day tourney in OK than to post several different videos.

Enjoy!

Rhett’s playing Baseball!

Rhett has decided to try playing baseball for the first time since he played t-ball when he was 4 yrs old. He’s played 3 games so far and so far he’s going great! Maybe he’s found the sport he really likes to play?!

Here’s some pics from his first game.

And from his second game, a video:

We.were.SO.excited! :) Fun stuff!!

Soccer Shots

Here’s some action shots from some of the first soccer games of the season.

The following are from the first tourney of the season.

B with the ball- Yellow cleats. (Not #6)

Rhett took this one of him warming up—he thought it was hilarious, so I’ll include it here :)

Undefeated CHAMPS at BASC Labor Day Tourney in Oklahoma.

Preparing to receive medals. (Braden in yellow jersey)

 

Braden got to present Coach’s medal to him.

So proud of the boys! Go Comets!!!

Bubba, your HARD WORK is paying off! 1 game at a time!
So proud of you!!!

Proud Mamma!
(With crazy hair after it blew in the OK wind all day :)

And don’t forget the support crew:

This is G and her little buddy.

The boys played football

The boys both played Kiwanis football again this summer. It was THE HOTTEST three weeks in a row that I ever remember! There were several days of practices that the temps were in the 110-115 degree range. Miserable! I don’t see how the boys could enjoy practicing in that kind of weather, but they didn’t complain much. We had LOTS of gatorades and waters to drink!

Here’s some pics of Braden from games. He played offense and defense. He’s #22.

Praying before the game :)

We were so excited to have Braden on Brandon’s team this year! He is a friend of ours and he is a wonderful role model for our kids. He is a former Razorback football player, but what really makes him special is that he LOVES and SERVES Jesus. Braden thinks the world of him, as you can tell :)

Even sitting in the bleachers and watching was HOT!

Rhett has the gloves and tall red socks on :)

#89 :)

He got to play in the Championship game, but they came up short. His coach got trophies for the boys anyway. Rhett was proud of his!!

A couple pics of the spectators got on my camera, so I thought I’d include them too. I think Rhett had the camera at this point :)

Another fun season in the books!

Rhett Baptism

Rhett was baptized at church on Saturday night! His daddy had the privilege of baptizing him, just as he did big brother a couple years ago.

The service was held outdoors and it was a beautiful night!

Hanging out before the service started

Who needs toys when you have a big brother/jungle gym  :)

Worship

Those being baptized, praying before the service began.

Braden took the video: (The water was VERY cold!!!)

So proud of my husband. He’s not one to enjoy getting up in front of people and speaking, but He was so excited to do this and I think he did a great job!

So blessed to have family there to celebrate this special event with us!

Congratulations on your baptism Rhett!
We are SOOOO proud of you!!! The best thing you can ever do is follow Jesus for your whole life!!
We LOVE you buddy!!

13 Months

Today marks 13 months on the waitlist for us. I’m so excited to be hitting another big milestone on this part of the journey!

We have been so busy lately with school, work and kids’ extra curricular activities that I haven’t spent as much time dwelling on the timeline.

It’s actually a blessing, I think, to be so exhausted all the time because it’s helped me not to dwell on the situation too much.

Don’t think that doesn’t mean I don’t think about her. I think about her constantly. But at least I’m not having any major freak-out sessions at the moment :)

It goes without saying that WE.ARE.READY. I’m still praying for a miracle and that we would be able to have her home quicker than the “average” time. That as soon as we are matched to a child, that our paperwork would go through quickly and with no hindrances and we will finally be able to see her sweet face and move forward in getting her home.

We will wait as long as we have to for HER. This is about HER and not about my own desire to have her here ASAP. Ultimately, I want what’s in God’s perfect plan and what’s best for HER.  I’m just blessed to be on this ride and to get to share life with her. It’s not easy and it’s getting harder by the day and month, but I know that she will be worth the wait.

The current average wait time is 15.5 months. If that doesn’t change, then we at least know that we are just a couple more months away!!!

October is my favorite month of the year. Maybe it will come then? 2 of my sweet guys have birthdays that month…. that would sure be a great birthday present for them :)

*Sending ALL of our LOVE across the world Baby Girl. We can’t wait to share our life and our krazy family adventures with you!!!*