Soccer Mom!

Dad helping out with the coaching.....and above Olivia looking very serious about the game!

Getting ready to kick off!

Olivia taking a water break!I think I can officially call myself a "soccer mom", if volunteering to coach 4,5&6 year old's counts that is.....mind you I knew NOTHING about the sport up until the day I emailed the head of Decatur Youth Soccer Association and said "I will volunteer to help", as the thought of kids not getting to play because there was no coach made me sad.....having said that, I thought I was signing up to be an assistant coach, with a head coach to call all the shots, and me to just be, well, helpful! I found out to the contrary that I was in fact THE coach, the one and only. I will say though, after wondering what I had gotten myself into this time, I can now say I have thoroughly enjoyed this experience and I think my kids are having fun as well. We actually WON our second game (mind you, we are not supposed to be keeping score in these games, but ask any parent watching and they can certainly tell you the score and who score each goal!). I love seeing the kids laugh, smile and give it their all while playing. Here are some pics from our game Saturday...note dad (a.k.a. my husband Jon) is standing in as coach because I was feeling quite under the weather.

It's About Time!

Ok, after reading many other people's blogs for months now and thinking to myself "I really need to make one for our family", I finally gave in! So, I just hope I can keep it up the way everyone else does. I think it will be a good way to chronicle what might seem like mundane moments but really are precious memories that will be gone far too quickly. I hope you will enjoy my blog as much I will enjoy creating it. I chose the title "These are The Days" because I remember it was a popular song when I was in high school. I think I even remember the song playing during a student council fashion show I participated in. I thought back then "these are the days", and while they were special, they can't compare to "these" days, meaning, right now, the days of being with and raising my two children, who do and say something almost every day that amazes me!