We had an awesome weekend! It was the annual Spring Soccer Tournament. Dylon and Brooklyn had a fast-paced, hard-playing weekend. Brooklyn kicked off the weekend with her Friday night Game. Unfortunately, I feel like it was the championship game. Her team lost right off the bat, and the opponent did win the whole tournament. She was an amazing team player. I believe she scored 2 goals during her first game. The next morning she and her brother played at the same time, 9:00 am. I was running back and forth trying to watch both kids play their hearts out. Dylon's team came up short on his first game and Brooklyn won her game like 10-2....no kidding. It was ridiculous. She scored another 2 goals in that game as well. Due to the fact that Dylon lost his first game, he had to turn right around and play another one at 11:00am. His team was outscored during the first half 0-2. As I noticed his slumped shoulders and glum look at half time I asked Dylon, "Do you think you can win?" He replied, "not really." I said, "What!?!" He laughed, "I'm just being honest, Mom." I encouraged him, gave him a hug, and told him to play with his HEART! I tell you what, that kid is awesome....He was picking his teammates up off the field, patting them on the back, running with an endurance that I've never seen in him. He came out and scored a goal. Then, he set his teammate up for a goal! The game was tied. He ran down the field and I yelled at him, "Dylon, Do you think you can win?!" He laughed, shaking his head and said, "OH YEAH!" Right after that, he was able to shoot a penalty kick right over the top of the goalie! Yes! We were ahead by one! He looked at me and I could see that he was playing with his HEART! He ran like an antelope trying to escape the African Lion with just a few seconds left, leaving everything on the field. He shoots at the goal, it bounces off the opponent, but Dylon doesn't stop running. and he kicks again, scoring another goal at the whistle. His team won 4-2! I love that kid, not because of his ability, but because he is MINE! I love what he loves and right now, he loves soccer. Needless to say, he lost the next game he played, which was at 3:00 pm. He did score 2 goals in that game, but he was completely spent. Three hours of playing soccer will do that to you. Brooklyn also won her 1:00 pm. game and scored 2 goals. We had fun and it's over for now. I can't wait to see what summer brings!
This video is Dylon's Penalty Kick that helped win the game!
