She's Smiling!

So we played in our first tournament with the Rush soccer club this weekend! It was a cold cold weekend, but it was a great weekend!!

kelsey played on the field and in the goal in the five games that we played this weekend. As you can see she is happy and smiling! She was so excited and is loving this new team! I just wish that she could play league games with them in the Spring. I really don't like EDDOA and think they are a bunch a crusty old men! But what do I know, right? If you had seen Kels on the field before these pictures and now-you could see the night and day change! Kim and Juli are amazing women and coaches! I can't thank them enough for bringing the fun back into soccer for her! She played her heart out and in the hard games the parents still applauded her and knew she did her best. This was the right move and I am glad that we did it. So she wore three pairs of leggings, two pairs of shorts (one I had to rinse out before the final game), three pairs of socks, two jerseys, and three keeper jerseys!!!! Aas well as both pairs of keeper gloves that I had to wash out before the final game so she could wear them again they were soooo muddy!!!!!!!

So we ended the weekend with a second place trophy on PKs! Kelsey beat the other keeper who was bigger than she was! The girls just missed a few shots on goal and their girls got it past Kelsey. So the team knew it wasn't her fault alone. It was such a different experience than in the past. I really like these group of parents and despite the cold and the wet and the little girls being stuck in the car and how much gas we wasted letting them watch movies to stay warm-it was a great weekend!

She only gets to play in two more tournaments this month and then no more games until the summer, but we get to train with the team. And I know without a doubt that we made the right decision!

Just look at that smile!!