What says Fall more than soccer and peaches? This weekend we canned 19 quarts of peaches compliments of Diane. Who would have guessed that Megan loves to peel and get the pits out of peaches? She spent a good 2 hours helping on Friday night. She really enjoyed the whole canning process. Let's just hope she likes it again next year. Her help was invaluable--especially when the 11:00 pm mark hit and we were still at it. Tyler and Emily sure did enjoy the fruits of our labors. They are really good at eating the finished product.
Tyler and Emily officially started soccer this past Saturday. Tyler even admitted that he had fun on Saturday. We're just grateful there was room on Cade's team for him. Tyler informed us this summer that he would play only if he could be with Cade.
Emily was bouncing off the walls on Saturday waiting for her game. It was so funny hear the pep talk Tyler gave her before the game. His main advice was to "not get scared of the ball." I wish he took his own advice a little more to his own game.
Emily is really quite aggressive. She went right after the ball, as much as possible given the herd around it. She was thrilled to actually even get a goal. She tried not to look too excited, but the smile and energy finally broke through.
My favorite comment from Emily was at the end of the game. Wendell asked her what the name of her team was and she replied, "I guess it is the Tigers. I thought we were the blueberries, but at the end of the game we said 'Yeah, Tigers!'" She didn't understand that you cheer for the other team and not give yourself a pat on your own back. I guess we need to work on humility and good sportsmanship.
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I guess we should have canned the many nectarines that were falling off our tree all summer. We didn't know what to do with them. Go Blueberries.
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