3 June 2012

Here's the final scoop on the Memorial Weekend soccer tournament:  Abe's team won 1 game and lost 1 game on Sunday.  They were in 2nd place in their group, so they played for 3rd place on Monday morning and won!  All of their games were hard fought and fun to watch.  Between Saturday and Monday, we watched 3 games with Abe, another 4 games played by older teams and a popular event called "Goalie Wars" where they move the soccer goals 10 feet apart from each other and goalies go one-on-one against each other.  Quite a soccer weekend.

During half-time, lots of kids run out onto the field to play.  Gibson is running on the right with a grey-blue shirt and black pants.

The tournament wrapped up around noon and we headed on a quick trip to the Oregon Caves.  We've known about the caves since we moved here, but we needed to wait for everyone in our family to grow to be 42", the minimum height requirement to tour the caves.  In the photo, we are 200 feet underground in the largest cavern of the caves.  We're all wearing coats since the caves stay around 44 degrees year round.  One of Abe's buddies came with us.  

Thursday we went to Helen's violin recital.  The recital was a good mix of abilities, with students younger than Helen up through college.  Helen played "Nightingale" by Brahms and 2 pieces from her lesson book.

Sofi here. This Friday was the 8th grade dance at my school, which is a pretty big deal. I had so much fun! I wore a beautiful gold taffeta dress that Grandma Linda wore for a dance in college in the 1960s.  A group of my friends went out to dinner at Red Robin's before, which was amazing.  When we were waiting outside waiting for my friend's dad to pick us up, a mom came up with her little daughter, and said that her daughter had "Wanted to say hi to the princesses." It was adorable!! It definitely made us feel special! And then there was the dance itself. Although the music left a bit to be desired, the decorations were fun, they had photography, and everyone danced. I slow danced with one of my good friends (who is VERY good looking), as well as lots of fun, fast dances with everyone. By the time the dance ended, we were all tired, really happy, and I had gained a new favorite song ;) (It's Your Love by Tim McGraw.)  All in all, it was an amazing experience, and one that I'll always remember as one of the most fun nights this school year.

Abe's regular soccer season ended on Saturday.  Brandan coached Abe this season for the first time.  We had the team and their families over for pizza after Saturday's game.  Brandan passed out awards and recognized each player for their individual achievements at the party.