Fall Soccer

This last fall we decided to put Austin on his first soccer team. Most all of Craig's family play soccer so we figured he would enjoy it since it is in his genes. He had practice on thursday nights and then a game on saturday. Sometimes he wasn't very eager to get dressed to go to soccer but once we got there he always had a good time.

Craig signed up to be Austin's coach which made it even more fun. He did a great job with these little 4 and 5 year olds.

Here are some pictures of Austin in action.

Durin the first few practices and the first game he would run around and occasionally get a kick on the ball but wasn't too focused and sometimes just played around. However, during his second game he started to figure out how to kick the ball, run after it, and kick it again etc.....and he scored 4 goals that game.

For the rest of the season he scored at least 1 goal every game.

Here he is just before taking a shot at the goal.

Austin's cousin Klayton was also on the team and they had a fun time playing soccer together.

Here they are listening to each other snap their fingers.

I caught this photo of them walking back to their side of the field holding hands after their team just scored a goal. So cute.

Austin's friend from his school, Braxton, was also on his team.

More action shots.

Austin on a breakaway.

And while Austin and Klayton were playing soccer these 2 girls had fun entertaining each other....which usually involved running around, a bag of fruit loops, and their own mini-chairs.

Craig's brother was the assistant coach of the team.

It was a great season and lots of fun.

Austin was really excited about getting a trophy.