After a long but blessing-filled morning at Children's Sunday church day, we came home to hyper children with big ideas. These ideas were all over the place. TV all day...a movie at the theatre...third trip to the corn maze...go karts in Pigeon Forge...Disneyworld. We compromised and took them to the Lady Vol soccer game. Those of you who know us have probably laughed out loud right now. Strangers in a strange land....Hokies in Vol territory. This was not our first outing to one of their games. We have enjoyed several and have determined it is one of the best secrets out there. Today kids got in free, got a hot dog and drink free and had the opportunity to attend a soccer clinic run by the Lady Vols themselves. We had an extra bonus that friends showed up and attended the clinic. The girls experienced some new things today. Enthusiastic fans without shirts and painted chests. G pointed this out to her friend who said, "People are SO weird.". The boy decided it was fun to cheer, though we had to nip the made up cheers after a while. The straw that broke the mama's back went a little something like this: Go go go go...ho ho ho ho...go ho go ho go ho gooooo HO! Of course he was innocent in it all, but the overly talkative student behind us stopped talking long enough to point out the rudeness of it, while he laughed at the same time. After hot-dogs and drinks and pretzels and missed opportunities to win tshirts, pizzas and merlot, yes wine at a soccer game, the kids went to see the victorious LadyVols and learn some new skills. God bless my boy. He had a good time and did well on his different skill stations, but he was on a different planet from the rest of us today. Between that and overly tired and less than observant Lady Vol leaders, we lost him three times. This is hard to do on a big field with large empty patches. Luckily, he just was kicking his ball around and got farther away than intended. At the conclusion of the clinic, they took a group pic with kids, players and parents. Brian managed to get in the picture with his bright VPI hat on. We looked it up later and they did not airbrush him out. Nice! We are fortunate that we have such a great place to take our children for first hand exposure to the sport they love so much and taught by their heroes. Grace and Sarah saw their personal local soccer hero, #3, Tori Bailey. I think the girls are close to being her same height, but boy can that girl fly.
Well, not a super exciting post, but a recap of the day. Now to go continue calligraphy for wedding invitations. Nice and calm after an exciting day. Go ho go ho goooooo HO!!!
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