Noah's First Soccer Game

Saturday, Noah had his first soccer game. It was a battle for the ages, as Noah's team--the Aces-- took on the Tarheels in Upwards Soccer (ok, not really--they don't even keep score, but we really had a blast). Noah had a blast--he scored two goals--one goal on his opponent's goal and one on his own goal :) I have been helping out the coach the last few practices and games, and I have had a great time myself. Nanna came up to join Erica and Luke in cheering Noah on. He'll have a game each Saturday morning for the 5 weeks.

A halftime "pep" talk

Noah coming off the field for a break

Enlightening Noah will some of my "soccer wisdom." Yeah, right!!

A postgame family picture (how spaced out is Luke here??)

Our Labor Day Weekend

It is hard to believe that the weekend has already passed. Saturday, I went with Donald and Jon (two guys I work with) to Oxford for the Memphis-Ole Miss football game. We loaded up the mini-van (travelling in style) with food, drinks, and tailgating equipment and found a nice shady spot to spend the afternoon. We had a good time, became the envy of some young Memphis frat guys (I guess we're pretty cool for some old dudes), and almost got into it with some Rebel fans in the stadium who were apparently offended we were cheering for the Tigers and not the Rebels. Personally, I think it's a bad idea to engage in verbal assalts with three attorneys...but what do I know? :) Even though the game didn't turn out how I'd like (not that I expected it to), I got some good stories from the day.

I got back very early Sunday morning and that night, we took the boys to Outback for a nice dinner. (Thanks Liz and Zach). We had a great time and just enojoyed being together as a family. Strangely, Luke was actually a better behaved at a restaurant than Noah.

Luke and Mommy

Noah and Daddy

After we returned from the restaurant, we watched the race (which Noah had been looking forward to all weekend). All week he has been saying that Jimmie Johnson (which if you've been living on another planet and did not know, is his favorite driver) would be the fastest car and would win the race. **Alert--he says this EVERY week** Well, he was actually correct in his prediction this week, as Jimmie led the entire 4 hour race for all but about 10 laps or so. Noah was very excited (he had to watch the last hour of the race this morning on Tivo because it didn't end until about 11 PM last night). It was the first thing he asked about this morning, so I was lucky I didn't delete it after the race. He wanted a picture to commemorate the win.

Noah was very proud of Jimmie

He even allowed Luke to join in the celebration

Today, we've had a lazy day and I am about to cook out pork chops. Everyone needs these kinds of days though. It has been fun, and I have been blessed, to spend alot of time with the family, given all the work, stress and school that has occupied our time recently.