Monday, November 18, 2024

Homecoming


Kenzie went to Homecoming with her friends Delaynie, Lorelei, and Taryn. They had a great time! They took pictures at Clark Lake Park, ate dinner at Chich-fil-A, and went to the dance for about 45 minutes. Afterwards, they went to a haunted forest but only lasted 5 minutes inside before they ran out. Kenzie said one of the haunted people said "the forest always wins" as they ran out:) Kenzie also said she would have stayed in the forest, but her friends wanted to go out and she didn't want to stay in alone. (Kenzie went again with Lorelei and Lorelei's dad and sisters a week or two later.) The ended then night watching movies at Lorelei's house.
Kenzie, Delaynie, Lorelei (Taryn couldn't join them until dinner)








Morgan was there for the pictures so she jumped in one!

Delaynie, Kenzie, Lorelei, Taryn, Morgan



 

Sunday, November 17, 2024

End of Fall Sports

Jordan played with Chris in the tennis tournament. There first match was rained out after the first set and so they had to resume the next day. They unfortunately lost. They almost came back, but the other team won in the end. It was fun watching him play!




Coleman had a game that was cancelled due to thunder and lightning. It was raining so hard!

He was soaked!

In the make up game, he scored a goal! It was his first school soccer goal. He kicked the rebound in after one of his teammates' shots hit the bars.




Coleman's last soccer game with Coach Zach. It was his fourth season on the team and he's loved playing on his team!


Jordan had his tennis banquet. He and Xander were named the team captains for next year.

Coleman's school team! He was voted Most Improved by his teammates at his team banquet!

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Fall Sports

We've had a very busy fall sports schedule! Jordan is playing varsity tennis for Kentwood. Kenzie made the JV soccer team also for Kentwood. Coleman made the varsity soccer team for Meridian, plus he's playing on Kent and Covington Rec teams. It's been a bit crazy! Especially since Doug was gone for 8 days in September, plus had tennis lessons on Monday nights, and will be gone at the end of October as well (although most of the sports will be done by then.) The hardest part was Kenzie and Jordan's schedules. When Jordan had an away game I had to figure out how to get Kenzie home from practice or to the school for her game since her games started later. But we've gotten through it all so far! 
I made a master schedule to keep track of all their games.

Jordan's first match! He's only played doubles this year. He's been partners with Luca, Chris, Xander the most. 

Kentwood hasn't won a lot of matched, but they've been doing the second part of the season.

Coleman's Meridian team. They didn't win any games this season and have two play off games left.

Coleman's Covington team. He's happy his friends Blake, Ben, and Graham are on the team!


Blake, Ben, Graham, Coleman

Kenzie in her Kentwood uniform! After a few games she had to switch to number 27.

Coleman playing goalie in his Covington game (it's the only team he plays goalie in). They play one other Covington team and a few Auburn teams. The parents and coach of the other Covington team yelled and complained so much that I was glad we didn't play them every week.

Coleman on his Kent team. This team has won and lost some, but they've really improved since last year I think.

Kenzie at a Saturday practice.

Kenzie also is reffing sometimes for Kent.

Jackson worked during the jamboree too.

Coleman's Kent team. He's the blurry one in the back.


I was surprised to see how much Max on Coleman's team has changed this year. I didn't even recognize him. Doug was out of town so I sent him a picture of Max and he was shocked too.

Kenzie's soccer game! Her team is good. They've won some and lost some, but they play pretty well together. Kenzie gets lots of playing time and has scored a few goals and had several assists!

Coleman

Kenzie

Kenzie

Kenzie

Coleman at his Meridian game


Ben, Coleman, and Blake on picture day. This team didn't have enough jerseys for everyone and they were supposed to get more, but I don't think we ever did. Ben wore his jersey from a couple years ago, and Coleman wore his from last year, luckily it was the same color. Blake's current jersey was number 4 so he often was the same number as Coleman. Graham was number 6 so he and Ben were always the same too.

Coleman

Coleman

Having fun with the shadows.

Jordan playing tennis at Stadium high school. Doug went to this game instead of me since I had to get Kenzie to hers. The courts were on top of a parking garage.

The view from the courts.

Kenzie played at Stadium on Saturday.

It was so foggy!

At Coleman's game on Saturday he scored 2 goals! His team lost 5-6, but they played hard. The other team was really good and had lots of players with good ball control and powerful kicks.

Coleman had his last Covington game last night. He accidentally came on the field with his sweatshirt on. Oops!

He quickly too it off and played hard the whole game!

The lights went out at exactly 7:45. The game wasn't quite over. The kids wanted to keep playing. The ref let them until the parents convinced him to end the game.