Zach's First Soccer Game

I can't believe my little guy is growing up, but he played in his first soccer game last Saturday. He's only 4 years old and I guess that's the youngest you can be to play (they call it pre-kindergarten). We're really lucky that his coaches are in our ward, along with a few of the kids on his team. I wasn't too sure how Zach would take to it, he's not my aggressive, out-going one (Sarah has claimed that title in our house). But he seemed to like it. Now, there were no real soccer skills being used on the field - the kids are only 4 and 5 years old after all. But it was so fun to watch all these kids out there on the field running around and going after the ball. It was so fun (and funny) to watch. They don't keep score and that was good because most of the time teams were scoring on their own goals. The interesting thing we didn't know is that one of the coaches stays on the field with the kids. That was really cool. I'm really looking forward to our next games. I'm going to put some pictures here, but they are only a small sample of all we took (Brad and I took around 150 pictures between the two of us). You'll have to remember Zach is number 3.

Walking for the Race for the Cure

When a loved one gets diagnosed with a disease, it is really hard to know what to do. What do you say that's the right thing? How do you make sure to do the right thing? And how do you get over the hopeless feeling because there is only so much you can do? I've been through all of that and some days still do with my mother-in-law having breast cancer. So, when my sister-in-law mentioned us doing the Race for the Cure, I thought it was a great idea. It was something I could do. Now, I probably should have thought about doing it a long, long time ago with my aunt having been a breast cancer survivor. I hope I can blame that on youth and the fact that when I was younger, I didn't really think too much about stuff like that.
So here I am, I've decided to walk the 5K for the Race for the Cure. We've formed a team called Gummy's Guppies. It's named after my mother-in-law who's nickname is Gummy (it's a version of Grandma or I guess Grammy from when the oldest grandchild was first talking). I hope by doing this, I can do a small part of raising some money to help cure breast cancer.
The reason I am blogging about this is I'm trying to get the word out that I'm doing it and I'm also looking for pledges. I know that times are tight for everyone and I know I am really picky where my money is going (especially when it comes to charities). So, I have no expectations for anyone. I put this out there in case anyone did want to donate (even if it's just a few dollars) or if they even wanted to join our team. There is a 1 mile fun run or 5K run or walk. We'd love to have anyone.
If you are interested in donating or joining our team (or if you know someone who'd be interested), please visit my page with Race for the Cure:
http://race.komenslc.org/site/TR/Race/General?px=1013141&pg=personal&fr_id=1000