2nd Place in Soccer Tournament

 

What a Soccer Season... this was our first experience w/ soccer and We all LOVED it. Ally sooo enjoyed playing and Bob and I really enjoyed watching the team play, and watching Allyssa gain a little more knowledge of the game each time she played it! They ended up losing the championship game so ended w/ 2nd place.. That's GREAT! But they were all very disappointed and crying, it was sooo sad! They had a Great Season with only losing 1 game and tied 0 to 0 at three different games, all the others were WINS!

I have to admit that I'm a little sad that soccer seasons over.. but it was time as it was getting Very Cold and was rainy most games, and ALWAYS muddy! It was a lot of Fun, and a wonderful experience for Allyssa. Her coach and asst. coach, which was the head coach's mother, were sooo good to Allyssa, especially the asst. coach. She took Ally under her wing and I mean Ally really made an impression on her! She was soo attentive to Allyssa's needs, and not just Ally, all the girls, very positive and when ally would get nervous during a game, the asst. coach would pull her out and talk w/ her or walk around and show her whatever it was Ally wasn't understanding and getting nervous about. Just very very very supportive of the kids, and she told me several times, how much she thought of Ally and complimented me on how I was raising Ally to be optimistic and all, She's just really an Amazing Woman I think and Am soo glad that we were fortunate to have her as our asst. coach!!!

SURPRISE VISIT!!!!!

 

Allyssa is getting off the school Bus and she has no idea that Gpa and Gma are here to see her play in her Championship Soccer Game that evening!! It was funny watching her get off the bus and she's just looking at all of us standing there and then... A Huge Smile and she started running to us, saying "Hi Grandpa and Hi Grandma!!" I can't begin to tell my parent's how Wonderful they are and how much it means to us that they ALWAYS go way beyond to make our day!!! Although we'd never expect them to do so much, We Truly Appreciate it, and has made adjusting to being 4 hours away from them a little more manageable!!

 

 

Sent with LOVE

Allyssa received her Halloween Package from Grandpa Ben and Grandma Peggy ON Halloween... She was soooo Excited!!! she said.."They remembered me.. They remembered Me.. I knew they wouldn't forget ME!!!" She really enjoyed her goodies and we had a good Halloween even though this is the first year we haven't trick or treated at Gma and Gpa's and Aunts and Uncles... And we Missed them Bunches!!!!!!!!!!

Trick or Treat

 

After bringing home several really cute costumes for Ally, while at Wal-Mart Ally saw the Luigi costume and knew right then and there that the other costumes were going to be returned and Luigi was gonna be purchased that day... cause Allyssa just HAD to be Luigi, from Mario Bros....But the mustache only lasted for one house and then Ally tore it off, it was causing her to sneeze and cough! It was perfect weather the night of Halloween for trick or treating! Emily and Jacob and their dad came over and Ally and I joined them, Bob and Jeff's wife, Donna stayed home to pass out candy, while we walked the neighborhood... The kids had fun and got lots and lots of candy! We had tons and tons of trick or treater's... this is a first for us, so after we made it back I was able to take Bob's place and hand out candy for awhile, that was fun since I've never been able to be home for trick or treaters! Afterwards, we were invited to Jeff and Donna's to sit around the fire and have s'mores! A good time was had, which really helped Ally and I not feel as down about Ally missing trick or treat back in Ramsey and Bob and I missing my brother Scott's Annual halloween party :) This is the only picture I have from that night though as again I wasn't real prepared and my camera battery died :(

Last Minute Carvin' !!!!

 

 

We thought we were going to make it to an actual Pumpkin Patch this year, where you pick out your own pumpkin from out in the field, and cut it off the vine yourself... but that didn't work out soooo... Bob and Ally took off on Halloween in search of Pumpkins.. Very Hard to find any store that had any left :( Finally they found 3 at Bluff Falls, so Ally was Happy!! But we only got one of them carved before Trick or Treating started in our neighborhood!! Oh well, hopefully next yr. I'll be a little more organized?!?!