I ♥ soccer.

Seriously. :)

I love everything about soccer.

I love the excitement that marks the beginning of the season.

I love shopping for all the gear.

(Okay, maybe not the actual shopping, but the idea of it.  

Plus, there's some crazy cool kicks out there when you get out of size 13 shoe.

I swear these shoes are lighter than paper. ;)

I love the families; our "soccer family".

I love, love, love them. ♥

And I love that my kids are this happy.

I mean really, how could you not love soccer? ;)

(Although to be fair, my love affair tends to end around game 8, 

and week 5 of 4 nights of practice, but no need to dampen the moment. ;)

I love our coaches.

I love "cheering" for the teams. ;)

But mostly, I love the players.

Or in Ty's case...

the "Ninjas".  ;)

Studly little men, I tell ya. ;)

But they're not just brawn.

There's a lot of thinking/discussion that goes w/ the game.

Like, what level of Super Mario Bros you're on. ;)

And if you're Tito,

there's a lot of being first in line.

Did we mention he's a tad bit competitive?

Can not imagine where that came from. ;)

The Ninjas... you can just feel their prowess. ;)

Then we have the Sparklers... again.

But really, no other name would do this team justice.

"Sparkle, sparkle"

and some more "sparkle, sparkle". ;)

But in case you think Kennedy doesn't actually play the game, here's proof, to the otherwise.

She's the pink sock to the left of the photo. ;)

Yeeeeeeaaahhh Sparklers!!

      Ready for another fun season!!

And Gwen may be enjoying this season just a tiny bit more than last...

as she's now an "Assistant-Assistant Coach" for K's team.

The girls on Kennedy's team idolize love Gwen,

so she's good for crowd control.

And picking up cones. ;)

Gwen and Coach Brian.

They mean business. ;)

But nothing makes Gweny happier than playing with her own girls.

But my battery unfortunately died at the beginning of practice, so I'll have to add pics later.

Grr.

But I still love SOCCER!!! 

♥♥♥