There’s nothing particularly monumental about these two soccer games, but if you’re way into the soccer videos, enjoy. Aspen’s team, the Purple Pandas, took a bit of a beating from one of the Brentwood Soccer Club teams. Aside from our inability to get out of goal kicks and goalie pickups, things were relatively even.
As for Oakley’s game, the Smashing Dolphins looked pretty good. Strangely enough, they were playing a team called the “Blue Dolphins”. Ironically, the Blue Dolphins were navy, and the Smashing Dolphins, blue.
OK, I know it’s a lot of video, but if you don’t want to watch it, you certainly don’t have to! For those of you who do, 8 more minutes of soccer, this time of Oakley in her own game. Enjoy.
This has long been the place for the adulation of my daughters’ soccer teams. Well, today we get to share a drubbing! That’s right, Aspen’s Purple Pandas went down at the hands of a good team to the tune of 7-1. But, there were some good things too! It isn’t, of course, all about winning.
One of the challenges for the Pandas was a small roster! Today, they played with just the minimum 6 throughout (and truth be told, injuries meant there were about 5 minutes where they were one short!) And, speaking of “short”, the shortish number 2 you see in the video below is none other than Oakley Martin! True, this was a U9 game, and Oakley is still 6, but her sister’s team needed some help, so Oakley stepped up. (Over the course of the game, Oakley’s sisterly, loving hands were needed for Aspen too!)
We’ve got one half worth of video that features some of Aspen’s awesome goalkeeping and a remarkable save. We’ve also got one half worth of pictures which feature, among other things, Oakley setting up the only Panda goal of the game. Well done Martin girls (and well done other Pandas who might be reading this).
Jenn even got some video of Oakley’s game this weekend. So, I thought, why not share that too? This game lacked the late drama of Aspen’s, but it’s still fun to watch the girls run around!
Truth be told, I haven’t even watched this whole video yet… I’m waiting to do so with the girls. But, I thought some of you might want to kill 8 minutes on a Monday morning, so I’m putting up the video of Saturday’s soccer game.
Aspen’s team got off to a “slow” start… Pretty quickly, they were in a 3-0 hole, with little hope and lacking aggressiveness. And then, right near the end, they woke up…
Soccer season is officially underway, and we’re loving it. Aspen and Oakley’s teams both had their debuts this morning (and we even managed to get to the farmers’ market…) It’s been a big day already.
Since I had the camera tucked away in the uniform bag during Aspen’s game, we managed to miss out on all the action. Let me tell you, though, that the team played a really nice game. Aspen simply controls the back end of a field. When a ball is coming toward her with an opponent in tow, Aspen becomes a freight train, hell bent on an collision course. A 3-1 score in the Purple Panda’s favor was the result. That’s right, we’ve entered the world of keeping score (although today was a friendly).
Have we ever had an awesome time on Tennessee’s waterways lately. This weekend, we were treated to a fantastic day on Tims Ford Lake. Our neighbors, the Donahues, invited us to their lake house for a day of playing around in the water.
Even today, as I was putting together the video below, I was shocked at home many cool things we all got to do in a single day. A brief list? Kayak, jet ski, water ski, tube, jump off a 14 foot dock (even Lindy!) It was nothing short of a perfect day.
More than any of that, though, do you know what I came away most amazed by?
A week ago, we took a recommendation from Jay and Stephanie and headed out to the Harpeth River for a bit of canoeing. We had a great time on the river. Exploring, swimming, eating some lunch, the whole thing was awesome. The girls were great… it was just a great experience.
My favorite part of this little video is certainly Oakley’s obliteration, but the rest of it is fun too. Last night, we watched some video taken by the late, great Thelma. I was struck by the fact that even really bad video can become exceptionally valuable/enjoyable with the passage of time. Hopefully this is reasonably fun, even now.
Ask yourself this… are you ready for a throwdown?
–Bobby Flay
Bobby Flay has a show on The Food Network in which he travels the country challenging various cooks to make their favorite dish in a competition with him.
A couple of days ago, Angie suggested that sharing Oakley’s hula hooping skills wouldn’t be enough… We needed to provide some context… We need to know from whence she got her skills.
And so, the Hula Hoop Throwdown was born. Was I ready for a throwdown? Yes I was.
