Josh and Becca Thrap and Family

This moning was soccer morning. Elise and Cameron both had games at was the farthest from the others and Josh took everyone else to Elise’s game then we met at Jacob’s. Josh said that Elise played goalie for a whole quarter and that while she was in there there were 4 goal attemps made and she blocked each one! Cameron was not as impressive. I wanted to yell out at his coaches “Get him outta there!” He was in for at least half the game, but he only payed attention to it for MAYBE 5 minutes. The rest of the time he was either running over to talk to me in the stands or following the lines on the gym floor or dancing around and all the while letting the ball go right past him and getting into others way. Once he even almost knocked the coach over! And as soon as the game was over I tried to whisk him outta there, partly to get to Jacob’s game on time and partly to avoid further embarassment, but he started throwing a fit screaming that his game was not over and dropping to the floor refusing to to walk so I had to heft him up over my shoulder and carry him through the crowds. Jacob’s game went much better. When I finally got there he was in the goal. He didn’t see much action as goalie, but in the next quarter he was all over the place with the ball: blocking it, turning it, getting it down the field, and passing it. I was slightly frustrated as a parent when Jacob would manage to steal the ball and take it all the way down the field (they have to pass so everyone gets play) and then pass it to the other boy to kick it in and the other boy always kicked it wide. I mean, good try and all. Claps and Yay. But, I would’ve liked to know if Jacob could’ve made it in. He set it up like 3 or 4 times and each time it went wide. On another note, the goalie on the opposing team during the quarter when Jacob had all this play was Jacob’s friend Jalen from preschool and kindergarten in Ames. Jalen’s family moved to Ankeny shortly after we did, but the boys don’t get together much cause they live on the other side of town and go to another school. Jalen got some good plays too, in fact, he scored a goal for his team! But Jacob’s team won the game. As soon as I get them downloaded I’ll try to post some pictures.