Hannah - soccer

Hannah played soccer again for the high school. She played on the JV team. The first half of the season she was forward then played sweeper (last defender) for most of the rest of the season, rotating into forward sometimes. A friend has a daughter on JV for another school...who beat us all the time...our teams may not be very good but the positive side is that my kids are generally good enough to get a lot of playing time. When we played this friend, she got about 15 minutes of play time where as Hannah never rotated out. So...in the long run, I think it will have more impact on the kids to be on the field with a loosing team than on the bench with a winning team. Hannah was thrilled when it rained the day before their last game...she got to play in the mud!

Christmas

Somehow I have lost all my pictures from Christmas. So, a quick run down...spent Christmas Eve day at Steve's mom's house with his family. It was a great afternoon/evening. This was her first holiday season since Steve's dad passed away. Then we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Gentry's for the night. It was a little crowded with all nine of us (Robert and Raechel came home for Christmas) but we had a great time. Adam and Uncle Dean joined us on Christmas day. Very bummed I can't find my pictures. My computer was on the verge of dying a little bit ago so I may have lost them when we restored it.

Sports

Hannah and Rebecca both played volleyball for the high school. I coached the freshman team so didn't get a lot of pictures. Rebecca played on the JV team...usually played outside hitter the first game and setter in the second game. They had a rough season but she enjoyed playing, especially when she got to hit. Hannah started on JV and after the first game, several varsity players were sick so the coach pulled her up to fill in for a tournament and the next game. She had a great game and he asked her stay up. It was a tough decision because she knew she would get more playing time on JV but Varsity was definately more challenging and would provide more growth. She decided to stay up...played just a litte the next couple of games but eventually earned her spot as a starter as outside hitter. (Her pictures are courtesy of another parent). The same time that they were playing and I was coaching, Emily was playing soccer. Her team had an amazing season...94 goals for and only 8 against. They won a tournament they entered and won the league playoffs. Emily generally played a defensive mid position, sometimes offensive mid. Thankfully Mark took the year off from soccer or I would have really gone insane!