First Day of 3rd Grade

Well, we reached a milestone this year!  For the first time ever, we started the same school two years in a row!  We've had a ping-pong experience with education for a number a reasons.  We started Preschool at Rosenberg Baptist Pre-K program, then moved to Frost Elementary for Kindergarten.  Next we were redistricted to the new Adolphus Elementary when it opened for its first year, and finally we were relocated to Canada where we began Sarnia Christian School.  Brenna has never missed a beat through all the transitions and we've made some fantastic friends along the way.  However, it was nice to send her off to school this year without that nagging feeling of worry over all the "what ifs" that come along with a new school.  Instead, she strolled right in passing out hello's to every teach and kid along the way and fell right into her element.  She was excited to get back and see all her friends and kick off a new school year!  Third Grade, here she comes!

The Run Down

Here's the run down for Spring and Summer.  The weather has been amazing!  We spent the majority of time outside with trips to the beach, sports, nature hikes, bike rides, and backyard playtime!

Sarnia Girls Soccer 2015 Season

We are a family that loves sports.  I believe it teaches younger kids about team work and perseverance and helps keep older kids of out trouble by giving them something to focus their time and energy on.  Brenna has most definitely embraced that love of athleticism since her list of sports activities continues to grow.  Even still her first and favorite sport still holds true.  She loves soccer!

At the end of the summer we closed out another soccer season.  Since Brenna enjoyed her all-girls basketball through the winter, we decided to switch from our previous co-ed soccer league to Sarnia Girls Soccer, the largest girls soccer league in Southern Ontario.  We had eight teams in our age division and each team was named for a participating country in this years FIFA Women's World Cup.  We ended up on the home team of Canada, which all the girls were really excited about.  The girls gave it their all for 14 straight weeks of games and one weekend soccer festival.  Brenna's skills continued to grow and she proved to be one fierce defender.  She scored one hard-earned goal through the season, but assisted on several.  She really shined on defense and was voted best defensive player during the soccer festival.

We had a great coach this year that really helped the girls with technique and also made it fun.  They had pre-game chants, face paint, half-time misters, and end-of-game high-fives.

We're so proud of the effort she puts in.  She's really starting to understand that practice and hard work pay off and I hope she can relate that lesson to all aspects of life.  Here's some highlights from the year!

Pre-game chant "We're Red, We're White, We're Dynamite!  Go Canada!"