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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Cars Beeping Horns Can Be As Fun as Soccer, Soccer, and MORE Soccer!

12:04 AM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

This past weekend, my 10 year old daughter and 13 year old son had an out of town soccer tournament with their travel soccer teams. Due to a schedule conflict, I was not able to watch the tournament and stayed home with my 14 year old daughter and 19 month old daughter. But, my husband went with our other 3 children to the tournament.

My 10 year old and 13 year old also each play on local recreation soccer teams. My oldest daughter, age 14, also plays soccer on the homeschool soccer team and her team plays against private and Christian schools in our area. So this Spring means soccer, soccer and more soccer! Practices Monday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings. Games during the week with the homeschool soccer league and on the weekend locally and out of town for my other 2 soccer players.

Is your head spinning? Yep, so is mine!?

So when we aren't praying, eating, sleeping, or homeschooling, chances are my kids are kicking a soccer ball somewhere and enjoying every minute of it! I'm just so grateful for a super involved hubby and great mom friends who help get everyone to the right practice and game at the right time!

I thought I would share a fun video and some pictures of our soccer "stars" for this post. My real life is consumed with soccer so I thought blog life would get a "kick" out of this soccer post (pun intended) ;-)

This is a video my husband took this past Saturday night and this is what you could call getting creative with entertainment. While the parents are heard in the background trying to figure out a place to go eat for dinner with a big crowd some of my children and other players and siblings thought it would be fun to try to get the cars driving by to beep their horns. As seen on the video, the kids got very excited when a car actually did beep. My husband said this entertained everyone for at least 20 minutes when parents frantically searched and called around for a place to eat dinner.

Here is my 10 year old daughter's team resting in between games and then a (dark) group shot when they came in 2nd for their age group in the tournament! Go Hurricanes! My daughter is kneeling in the front middle.

Here is my 13 year old son's team after they also placed 2nd in their age group at the tournament.

My son is standing in the back row on the end on the left side. Way to go Hurricanes!

My 14 year old daughter had her first high school soccer game today with the homeschool team against a local Christian school. They all played great and won 4-0!

Very proud of my soccer "stars"! They work hard and have fun with their teammates while enjoying the exercise!

If I'm not in blog land, chances are I'm on a soccer field trying to watch a game while also running after my 19 month old as she tries to dart onto the fields! :)

PS: Today, March 9, is the feast day of Saint Dominic Savio! When we read about him this morning during our Couch Catechism time, my kids were reminded again how young he was when he died...just 15!

Enjoy this beautiful graphic and information of Saint Dominic Savio created for you by SaintNook, where the Saints are always online! You can follow the Saints online too at the SaintNook Facebook page by "Liking" the page!

Hope your week is blessed!

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Children's Book for Veterans Day and a Soccer Tournament

9:41 PM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

Today we remember all the men and women and their families that sacrifice so much for our country and freedom! Thank you!

Tomorrow during our homeschool day, I plan to read H is for Honor, A Military Family Alphabet by Devin Scillian. This book is filled with beautiful illustrations and interesting facts about the branches of the Armed Services. I look forward to learning alot with my children while reading this book. Here is a summary of the book from Amazon:

H Is for Honor: A Millitary Family Alphabet (Alphabet Books)

Written by the son of a career officer, this book explores the branches of the Armed Services and speaks from the heart about the honor, privileges and sacrifices of military families everywhere. Children will discover why drill sergeants have to be so tough, what it means to be patriotic and why we need Special Forces such as the Navy SEALS, the Green Berets and the Army Rangers. "H is for Honor" also explains why the annual Army/Navy football game is more that just a game, how much letters from home mean to soldiers, how often military families have to move and what life on base is like. With an underlying message of courage and commitment that every child can relate to, the book will be espcially meaningful to those whose parents, siblings or other relatives serve in the Armed Forces.

This weekend my son was in a local soccer tournament where he played with some boys on his recreation team and then 5 boys from another team in our league. The boys only had one practice together before the tournament and played remarkably well together considering they were a blending of two teams. Their team, "The Avengers", played 4 games in 2 days and they were tired by game 4, but they all worked hard despite the tough schedule and competition. In the end, The Avengers came in second place, but they have alot to be proud of since they played their hearts out and never gave up. It was a beautiful weekend to see some fun soccer! Here are a few pictures of The Avengers.

Great looking bunch!

My blog has been nominated in the "Best Variety Blog" category for the 2012 Homeschool Blog Awards! I was very surprised and excited to be listed with so many great blogs!

If you think my blog is vote worthy and you want to click a vote for me (you can click one vote per day until Nov. 16th...hint, hint ;) ) just go HERE and click the CIRCLE on the left side of my blog name, A Slice of Smith Life, then scroll down and click "Vote". Be sure to check out all the other blogs and categories too! Thanks!

And the blog hop I co-host, No Ordinary Blog Hop, has been nominated also for "Best Family or Group Blog". You can vote HERE for No Ordinary Blog Hop! Thanks!

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Fun Weekend: Scouts, Soccer, School Celebration

10:43 PM | Posted by asliceofsmithlife | Edit Post

This past weekend was a busy, fun, and memorable one! It started out on Friday night with my son's Graduation/Cross over ceremony to Boy Scouts, and then my husband coached my son's soccer team in a Sand Blast Soccer Tournament all day Saturday and Sunday and then on Sunday evening we had our homeschool end of the year party! Here's some pictures of our wonderful weekend!

My son received his Arrow of Light and all 20 pins! This was handmade by the Nelsons, parents of one of our scouts, for each scout that crossed over into Boy Scouts. T. and S. Nelson did an awesome job! The Arrow of Light award is the highest award before entering into Boy Scouts and the arrow at the bottom of the plaque is a record of all the awards they earned while in Cub Scouts.

At the end of the ceremony, each scout got in a canoe and went to the other side of the lake where they met up with the leader of the Boy Scout Troop they were entering. Each Troop leader was asked if they were ready to receive the new scout.

My son with his good buddy on the right. Cub Scout leader on far left with their new Boy Scout leader on far right.

Then on Saturday and Sunday, my husband coached my son and 5 other boys in a Sand Blast soccer tournament at a local beach. Yes, they play in the sand (hard work!) with socks, 4 vs. 4, (3) 10 minute periods were the length of the games, and lots of other rules. It was a great weekend and the weather on the beach wasn't too bad, although Sunday did get hot!

My son's team won 1st place in their age division! "The Avengers" took home the gold! It was hard to tell who had more fun, the boys or my husband and the other Dads that helped coach! :)

The Avenger Poses!

Silly Shots!

Then on Sunday evening we had our annual homeschool end of year pool party at a family's neighborhood pool. It was a great evening of food, fun, and fellowship. I didn't take many pictures because after a busy weekend I was ready to relax and visit with the parents (and keep an eye on all the children swimming in the pool!)

We were blessed to have Fr. Alex, who has worked with our homeschool families this past year, hand out certificates for each child. We had about 60 people in attendance and everyone had fun swimming!