Two-First's

Calli's Junior Year of Soccer started out with 2-firsts... #1-Her first yellow card and #2-Getting her name in the paper.

Snow Canyon vs Roy
Calli was a starting Varsity Player and played most the game. Pretty quickly the game turned aggressive and there were lots of physical plays, fouls and PK's.

#1 - Yellow Card: During one aggressive play Calli and another player ran right into each other and got tangled up. Her opponent took a hard hit to the ground.  Calli paused to help her up but still received the yellow card. She had to leave the game until the next play. We were proud of her for getting her first yellow card because it means she's playing tough.(We were also happy to see her stop to help up the other player) but hopefully there aren't too many more of those or the ref's will start paying closer attention to #20.  

#2 - Name in the paper:  The next day this was in The Spectrum.

WARRIORS BOUNCE BACK, BEAT ROYALS

ST. GEORGE – Snow Canyon bounced back from a tough season-opening road trip with a decisive 3-1 win over 5A Roy Saturday morning.Megan Weston scored the Warriors’ opening goal, and Mishayla Fausett scored the decisive goals—a pair of second-half far-post strikes, as Snow Canyon looked much improved.Those were the kind of goals Fausett has been working hard all summer to score.Fausett and teammate Jenny Stewart, the Warriors’ other primary scorer, spent hours practicing their shooting this summer. Fausett said she would come early to conditioning practices to work on her shooting.On days when there wasn’t a practice or on Saturdays, she and Stewart would be at the field working.All that practicing had Fausett prepared for when the opportunity came.In the 54th minute, Cami Bergen played a through ball to Fausett on the right edge of the box. Bergen gathered it and created some space for herself before she fired a low bullet into the far post to put Snow Canyon up 2-0.She added another 10 minutes later. On that play, the cross came to her on the left side of the penalty area. Unguarded, she made a good first touch and then darted a low shot that tucked inside the far post—the only place she could have placed it that the goalkeeper could not reach. That put the Warriors up 3-0.“It’s nice to see their hard work pay off,” said Snow Canyon coach Kenny Kunde. “It’s good to see them put in the back of the net.”Snow Canyon struck first in the 22nd minute when a line drive cross off a corner found Weston all alone eight yards out. Weston deftly hit a downward frozen rope near post to put the Warriors ahead 1-0.After their road trip, Kunde had his team work on their spacing and defense. That emphasis showed Saturday.The game was fairly evenly played in the midfield, but Snow Canyon had the better chances, and it was because of Snow Canyon’s defensive clamp down.Roy struggled to get a good look against the Warriors’ back line of Kyleigh Wittwer, Katherine Benson, Callister Peterson and Christee Wilson. Madison Mooring tended the pipes well, particularly with one brilliant diving save in the game’s final 20 minutes.“I thought Kat and Kyleigh did a good job today,” Kunde said. “They are our senior captains, and they were challenged to be more vocal, and they were.”The Warriors are optimistic that Saturday’s win will erase a rough start and be the beginning of a great season.“We struggled at first,” Fausett said. “We were still getting used to playing with each other, but we’re getting there. We’re getting better each day.

”Woo Hoo! Way to Go Calli! Here's to another great year!

Soccer Season is Here!

YEAH...Snow Canyon Soccer is back! This is seriously one of my favorite times of the year. This season (like in the past) began up north playing 2 pre-season games at 4A schools. Coach Kunde likes putting them up against harder, bigger schools, knowing most likely they will lose but to give them that experience. Their games were the 2nd and 3rd day of school. We didn't want to pull Sadie and Gentry out of school that early in the school year so Calli just went up. Brandon, Stacy, Kassi, and Trasen were so nice to show up to her games and support her. She was so excited to see family there.  They were also nice enough to send me pictures and texts throughout the game.

 

Kassi, Calli, Brandon and Trasen

They played their first game at East High. 

I loved that they sent me pictures of East High where "High School Musical" was filmed.

First Day of School

August 11, 2014

Callister 

Junior

Snow Canyon High School

 Sadie

8th Grade

Snow Canyon Middle School

And their off...

 With Calli and Sadie being at the middle school and high school right by each other this year, Calli can now drive them both to school and bring her home on non soccer days.

Gentry

5th Grade

Red Mountain Elementary
They all had a great day and came home happy...especially Sadie. She was picked up from school in a limo. At the end of last year Premier had a contest to see who could bring the most friends to class. Since Chloe Derrick and Sadie share a lot of the same friends they each invited several friends and then shared the reward.
(Picture coming soon)

Back 2 School!

August 2, 2014
SHOPPING

We took off Saturday to Vegas and spent the entire day, school clothes shopping. 

We headed down that morning around 9:00 am. First stop Forever 21 in the Fashion Show Mall. 

 Checking out the strip from the Mall

After spending the morning here we took off and grabbed some lunch and went to the outlets. 

 We shopped until we dropped...literally. 

The girls each had a certain amount that they had to spend. We kept tract of their purchases and how much they each had left. They could spend it however they wished but once it was gone, it was gone. Calli was very careful with her stash and shopped smart. She ended up with everything she wanted. Sadie for the most part got everything on her list but a few things she's going to have to bump until her birthday because she chose very expensive Nike shoes over getting everything on her list and Gentry was more about the Disney Store than she was the school clothes. But she was able to get everything on her list plus a toy from Disney. 

After shopping for more than 12 hours we were pooped and hungry. We grabbed a bite to eat and headed home. 

The girls zonked on the way home. We pulled in around midnight. It was such a blast and a productive day. I loved being able to start and finish all in one day. We'd defiantly do it again.

August 10, 2014
FASHION SHOW
The night before school started we had our 2nd annual "Back to School Fashion Show" with Kami, Kim, Tanya and grandparents.

Gentry's cute outfits. Calli and Sadie opted out this year.

NAILS

After the fashion show we went to Terry and Sheri's where Lacey lined up all the girls and did their nails for school. Back to School here we come, ready or not!

Congrats Calli!

After spending her summer waking up at the crack of dawn for soccer conditioning's and passing the fitness test it was finally time for try-outs. Try-outs were August 4-6th. She was a little worried this year because instead of going to the UVU soccer camp she chose to go to Girls Camp this year. A decision she hoped would not hurt her. We were so relieved  to find out that it didn't and that she had made the team once again. 

Congatulations 2014 Girls Soccer Team

2014 Snow Canyon Girls Soccer Roster

Addie Smith

Alivia Hinton

Amanda Callahan

Aubrey Gooch

Brielle Hoskins

Brooklyn Bell

Brooklyn Wood

Callister Peterson

Cami Bergen

Chloe Brimhall

Christee Wilson

Christian VanGils

Ellie Christensen

Emily Hafen

Grace Call

Hannah Mabey

Jacie Mooring

Jacquel Bozarth

Jenny Stewart

Katherine Benson

Kaytlyn Gubler

Kira Boettchner

Kyleigh Wittwer

Madda Mooring

Madison Ence
Megan Weston

Mikelle Brooks

Mishayla Fausett

Morgan Atkinson

Pyper Schmutz

Samantha Connor

Sarah Evans

Serena Lindsey

Zoey Brimhall

We celebrated with a snow-cone.

We also redid one of her bedroom walls into a soccer wall. We love how it turned out. 

Last Minute Summer Fun!

We crammed as much fun into the last week of summer as we could. 

 Swimming at the city Pool

Movies in the Park
Simister Party at Washington Rec Center
This year they had "Big Ball Soccer" and it was so fun!

Sadie and Gentry with Jaicelyn and Jantzyn tried it first. It was so funny watching them run around and fall down in their big balls. I think Gentry forgot she was playing soccer and was just bumping into people.
THEN...The big boys thought they needed a turn.

 Adam getting into his ball.
Adam, Terry, Tyson, Jake, Travis, Sadie and Jaicelyn all jumped into a ball and had a very intense soccer match.  At one point a lady said "wow this family is intense." There were people falling all over the place.

Especially Adam. His nephews gained up on him and he spent more time down than he did up. It was hilarious. I cry tears every time I watch the video.
We also had Calli's friend and little brother (Lizzie and Seth Moore) come stay with us for three days and two nights. Lizzie jokes that she is my 4th daughter. She calls me mom and Adam, Elvis. It was great having them around. We had a great summer and I was sad to see it end. I'm always sad to see my kids go back to school. I sure do love having them around.