Mikey's First Soccer Game

Today was a big day for Mikey! His soccer team has been practicing for several weeks, and today they had their first game! But before that, we went to Lowe's for today's Build and Grow Clinic... he build a "Goofy Golf" game; it's kind of a personal-sized version of the windmill hole that you see at most mini-golf courses (see it in the pictures). Papaw Jones always goes with us. The Lowe's projects are simple and fun... they don't take a lot of time and they're perfect for a kid Mikey's age. We finished that project up, and then we went home and got ready for the game!

Mikey's team is the "Thunderbolts" team in the Foot Action Soccer league. All of the Foot Action Soccer games are played in an area behind Lewis & Clark Middle School, which is a perfect place for it, although the parking is a moderately long walk. They played a team that was really well-trained, the Bulldogs... our kids did their best, and they did a great job, but ultimately they were outplayed. HOWEVER: Mikey did an EXCELLENT job on defense! Both of his coaches made a point to seek us out afterward and brag on him. Several times during the game Mikey got the ball moving back toward the right goal when the other team almost had a score. I took quite a few more pictures during the game... take a look at the rest of them!