It was another Soccer Saturday in the Schmitt household.  If you include the extra 30 minutes per kid for pictures, and it was a long day at the soccer field.  Going into her game, Delia told us that she was going to "grrr" and "go get the ball."  And boy did she ever!  It took her a few minutes, but she really seemed to find her groove.  She's so fast too!  She ran the entire time she was on the field and definitely was more aggressive going after the ball.  By her last shift on the field, she was running around growling as she attacked the ball.  Daddy (who has been trying to teach the girls to be aggressive) was ecstatic!  Best of all, she scored 2 GOALS!!!  She was so so so very proud of herself :)

JGray played a tough and well-coached team, but our Thunder pulled out another WIN!  JGray was fighting for the ball and played some great defense.  He was able to play man-to-man with one of the best players on the other team.  The highlight of his game was a HUGE KICK from almost mid-field.  He said he was annoyed with that "fancy footwork guy" on the other team so decided to launch it over the boy's head and into the goal.  Everybody (including all the parents on the other team) could be heard saying, "WHOA...."   He was so proud of that kick!  John said it's a shame we didn't get it on video because it would be great to watch over and over and over again :)

I asked John to take some pictures for me at Delia's game this morning.  Proof that I am in fact coaching Delia's team.  Next time I need to use my bigger lens, but these pictures give you a pretty good idea of how much D was hustling today.

Ready for her goal kick

 Charging up the field, on the way to score one of her two goals!

The shirt says it all

Yes, this is a picture of the other team scoring, but look at this girl's hustle!