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Monday, November 9, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
The Road to Recovery
When you have kids that play competitive sports an injury is bound to happen sooner or later. Unfortunately for Kayla, it happened 5 months before she leaves to play college soccer. It was during an ECNL game in California that Kayla got her cleat stuck in the turf and tore her ACL & meniscus and sprained her MCL.
I am so thankful that my parents were with her that weekend. What's the next best thing to mom when you get hurt? Grammy and GT! They were able to take care of her and get her home as quickly as possible.
At first her spirits were a little low, but in true Kayla fashion....she picked herself up and faced it head on! I couldn't be more proud of this kid! Her coaches at Eastern Washington were so great! They let her know that they loved her and valued her and that she was still part of the family! They told her to focus on her recovery and that they would support her all the way! They really took the pressure off and made her feel so much better. She will red shirt her freshman year, but that's ok. As a freshman she wasn't expecting a lot of playing time anyway.
The Dr. (Cory Nelson) and physical therapist (Tom Bratcher) are the best! It's a 6-9 month full recovery for an injury of this type. Kayla is in therapy 3 days a week, 3 hours a day! The girl is a beast! She started riding the bike 10 days after surgery and was off crutches in just 2 weeks! I've seen Tom make grown men cry during rehab, but KK hasn't cried once! We are very blessed to be able to do PT at the Center for Athletic Performance. They have worked with so many high level athletes including Sydney Leroux (player for the US Women's National Soccer Team)!
Kayla and I have dubbed this as her Road to Recovery. Here are a few pictures from along the way.
I am so thankful that my parents were with her that weekend. What's the next best thing to mom when you get hurt? Grammy and GT! They were able to take care of her and get her home as quickly as possible.
At first her spirits were a little low, but in true Kayla fashion....she picked herself up and faced it head on! I couldn't be more proud of this kid! Her coaches at Eastern Washington were so great! They let her know that they loved her and valued her and that she was still part of the family! They told her to focus on her recovery and that they would support her all the way! They really took the pressure off and made her feel so much better. She will red shirt her freshman year, but that's ok. As a freshman she wasn't expecting a lot of playing time anyway.
The Dr. (Cory Nelson) and physical therapist (Tom Bratcher) are the best! It's a 6-9 month full recovery for an injury of this type. Kayla is in therapy 3 days a week, 3 hours a day! The girl is a beast! She started riding the bike 10 days after surgery and was off crutches in just 2 weeks! I've seen Tom make grown men cry during rehab, but KK hasn't cried once! We are very blessed to be able to do PT at the Center for Athletic Performance. They have worked with so many high level athletes including Sydney Leroux (player for the US Women's National Soccer Team)!
Kayla and I have dubbed this as her Road to Recovery. Here are a few pictures from along the way.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
COMMITTED!
Kayla finally committed! No, not to the funny farm...but, to Eastern Washington University to play soccer! She is an Eagle! Eastern is in Cheney, Washington just outside of Spokane. They are a D1 school in the Big Sky Conference which just happens to be the same conference as NAU! They girls are now official rivals! It should be fun around here next year!
High School Soccer
Our last year of high school soccer at O'Connor! It's turning out to be a great season so far. Kayla is captain and moved from defense to play forward. 1st time that she's ever played forward but she's the leading scorer with 6 goals so far! She's also leading in goals and points for her division!
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Operation Christmas Child
NAU Student-Athletes Give Back to the Community in Operation Christmas Child
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Northern Arizona student-athletes are always giving back to the community of Flagstaff and this past weekend, the freshmen class held Operation Christmas Child to start spreading the holiday cheer.
In an educational psychology class taught by Athletics Assistant Director of Academic Services, Megan Greene, and Academic Coordinator, Stephanie Hamilton, the two were able to organize 78 of NAU’s freshmen student-athletes and complete a total of 156 hours of community service towards Operation Christmas Child.
“Operation Christmas Child was a lot of fun and I am glad I was able to help out with it,” said football wide receiver Dan Galindo. “Preparing the gifts for the kids in need is a great feeling knowing that it will make them very happy once they open their gifts. Volunteering is a great privilege and I definitely want to help out any I can.”
Lumberjack athletes wrapped shoe boxes with Christmas paper and then wrote cards that were placed inside the shoe boxes. These boxes will then get stuffed with goodies for children in need and the presents go all around the world.
“Getting a chance to participate in Operation Christmas Child was a really great experience for me,” said soccer forward Anna Goebel. “Every year my mom, my sister and I always try to participate in Operation Christmas Child and it was nice to be able to do that when I am away from home.”
The class is designed to help students transition from high school to college, teaching the students about leadership. The Lumberjacks took on the leadership role and started off the holiday season by giving back.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Text Gone Wrong
All of the parents had to work a shift at the ECNL tournament this weekend. I signed up to work at the college coaches booth. Basically we just made sure they signed in, got a player book and had plenty of snacks. Kayla went with me and sent this text message to Anna.....
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