Sarnia Football Club

That's right!  We played football all summer!  Ok, well not the football that we think of, but soccer!  Through the summer!  This was a new and pleasant sporting experience for us!

Soccer usually ends the first week on May in Texas.  By the end of the season we're dragging buckets of ice water, cold cloths to wrap around the kids, and shade tents to the soccer field early every Saturday morning and praying we don't have the 11:00 AM game!  Why?  Because it's hot!  Brutally hot and humid!  And the kids are panting like run down dogs after just one quarter of play.

Here, things were completely different.  We kicked off the season at the end of May for a 14 week run that carried us all the way through the summer.  Instead of morning games, we had afternoon games starting at 6 pm.  The weather was pleasant and mild.  They didn't have to take water breaks every 5 minutes and we never packed a cold cloth.  Some afternoons I even wore a jacket and enjoyed hot chocolate during the games!

Brenna was the only girl on her team.  Out of 8 team, she was one of only six girls in the entire league!  Not that she cared or even noticed for that matter.  And honestly (putting all mom-pride aside), out of the other 9 boys on her team she was better than at least 7 of them.  So she held her own and may have even taught a few of those boys a thing or two!

The season was fun!  The approach they use is a little different than we're accustomed to, but Brenna enjoyed it all the same.  After 13 games (1 rainout) our team played for the championship in the final game.  Unfortunately, we lost…...but hey, you can't win 'em all!  Second place ain't bad!  Here's some of my favorite shots from the season.

On defense as Goalie!

Brenna: "I'm going to take it from you!"  Other kid: "What just happened?"

Through the summer we also picked up some tennis lessons that Brenna really enjoyed.  Unfortunately, tennis doesn't run through the fall.  The instructor said that tennis would have to be played indoors as we move into the winter and their indoor facilities are dedicated to ice rinks.  Makes sense!  So, we closed out tennis and soccer.  Now Brenna has to decide what she wants to do for the Fall.  She can either play basketball or futsal, which is basically indoor soccer.  They play it on the basketball court of one of the local high schools.  She's always the athlete and I love that she loves sports!