It was another week full of practices and games. Emma had 2 soccer games on Friday night. The team did really good. It was hard playing games back to back but our players are troopers. Ronan had a football game Saturday morning and although they played their hearts out they lost their first game of the season. The boys tried to be tough but there were some tears shed.

It was a beautiful Fall day here and after grocery shopping we decided to go to the Hoff Festival in Hitscherhof. The Fall/Pumkin fest was 30-40 minutes away from our house. The kids (who did not want to go) had a blast playing on the straw castle and picking out pumpkins. I enjoyed cutting fresh flowers and visiting all the booths. I bought a couple of Christmas presents. We even tried pumpkin wine. Fall is in full swing here and it is beautiful. The cold crisp weather makes it even that much more enjoyable.

Well that's all for now. Enjoy!

Sports week update.

This week was full of practices and games. Em played a game this past Thursday and although we do not keep score for the smaller kids' games, we won! The kids were awesome and played a great game.

Ronan practiced twice this week and had a game on Saturday in which they blew away the other team 49-0. What was nice about it was the coaches let the kids play positions they wouldn't normally play. Ronan ran in for a 2 point conversion and got the flag several times.

We were cold at both games but at least it wasn't raining. More of the same for this week. I am loving sports season but I have to admit I am looking forward to sleeping in on a Saturday. That's all for now.

Football Season has started

The first weekend of football was cancelled because of rain. It drizzled most of the day in between breaks of sunshine. So when this past Saturday came and it was raining cats and dogs we thought the game would be cancelled again. Nope, not this time. So we bundled up, grabbed our umbrellas and headed to the game. The wind picked up and it rained the whole game. We were soaked to the bone. Our team, the Steelers, won and the boys were excited. Extremely wet but excited. We hope the next game will be a bit warmer or at least dryer.

The Game

So, it stopped raining and it turned hot and muggy. Just the kind of weather we like to play soccer. The kids had a blast. It was so much fun watching a clump of kids trying to get the ball. It didn't matter if your teammate had the ball it was all fair game. Can't wait for the next game.

First Soccer game

Today is Em's first soccer game. She is very excited and cannot wait to start. Funny story about soccer. Back in August a week before soccer practices were to start Em and her teammates received an email stating that the team did not have a coach. I informed her dad of the opening and he volunteered to be the coach. What is so funny about that? Well he was gone and I had to coach the first 2 practices. Now mind you I enjoy being around kids but, I do NOT know the first thing about soccer. So off the the library I went to find some books. I studied, wrote down some drills and headed off to the first practice. It went well for the first 15 minutes. (Practices are an hour long) However, I ran out of drills and had 10 kids looking to me for soccer wisdom. I did not have any. Luckily I had some soccer savvy parents and they helped me out.
It has been raining all day but if you know anything at all about soccer, the game will be played no matter what the weather. So we are off to the big game. More later....

Brand New at Blogging

People kept telling me to start a blog. Okay, I said. Where do I start? What do I say? So here is my first attempt at blogging. We hope you enjoy our families adventures and misadventures.

This is our only family picture. So it is not pretty. :-) We vacationed in Ireland this past April. We had a lot of fun and we hope to get back there soon. It was pretty cold that day but we enjoyed it all the same. So here it begins the "Mac Family Journey." Stay tuned.......