soccer pics

Isn't she a doll?!

Kayla's wild ponytails!

Anna loves to slide tackle the other team

Anna in the heat of battle

Coach Freddy

Back to My Roots

I can say from first hand experience that blondes do not have more fun and let me tell you....it's a real pain trying to keep up those roots. I decided it was time for a change. A BIG change! So I went back to my roots. I'm pretty sure my natural color is somewhere around a medium brown, but I've been coloring my hair for so long that I can't be sure. It's pretty dark right now, but should lighten up in a week or so. I really like it although my students weren't too sure. They'll get used to it.

Never Mind

Kayla tried to poison her dad in Vegas. Hard to believe I know. She looks so sweet and innocent. HA HA! Here's the story....
Sunday night Ryan started munching on some celery that we had in our hotel room. With his mouth full he asked whose celery it was. Kayla sat up in bed and said, "I wouldn't eat that if I were you." Ryan asked why. Kayla just looked at him and said, "Never mind" and lay back down. Ryan asked her again why he shouldn't eat it and she said, "Well I dumped my contact solution out in it." Needless to say Ryan spit out what he was chewing. We all cracked up! How is the kid gonna say never mind when she knew what she did? Crazy Kayla!

Viva Las Vegas 2

The girls gave it their all. They played their little hearts out, but in the end were one point shy of making the semi finals. No one was too upset. We were proud of the way they played and the definitely proved that they can hold their own against the out of state teams. Sunday after the game everyone got together to watch the Cardinals game. At least one AZ team won that day. It was really exciting! After they game all of the families went down to the strip. The Vegas strip at night was a big culture shock for the girls. Now they know why it is refered to as Sin City. They did have fun at the M&M and Coke stores and they loved watching the water at the Bellagio. They also enjoyed seeing all the different hotels like the MGM Grand and New York New York.

We slept in on Monday, since there was no school, then hit the buffet one more time before we left. When we got to the parking garage we realized that sometime during the weekend someone stole the stuff out of the back of our truck. We had some heaters, propane tanks and a few other things. Probably about $300-$400 worth of stuff. It could have been worse though. They didn't mess up the truck so that was a blessing and stuff can be replaced. I jokingly told Ryan that we lost big in Vegas and we didn't even gamble. We got home about 7:30 that night. It was a great trip, but we were exhausted! We have another tournament this weekend, but luckily it is in Phoenix this time.

Viva Las Vegas

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas except on my blog. Unlike the majority of the people that come to Vegas, we came to Sin City for a soccer tournament...the Vegas Cup. It's our first ever out of state tournament. The girls were bummed that Freddy (our coach) couldn't come, but they were super excited to go out of town! Our team is staying at the Santa Fe Station Hotel. They have a movie theater, bowling alley, arcade and food court. The service has been excellent and besides the smell of smoke, it has been great! We managed to get most of our rooms togther so the girls are having fun running back and forth from room to room. Today we had 2 games. We weren't really sure how we would stack up against some of the out of state teams, but we did well. We beat the first team, FC Vegas Copa, 4-1. Anna got a goal (woohoo) and CC got a hat trick! (That means 3 goals for some of you non sports people.) We played the Colorado Rush in the afternoon. We were tied 1-1 most of the game and then they got a last minute goal to beat us 2-1. Not too bad, but unfortunately not good enough. We are in 2nd place right now. We either need to win tomorrow or Colorado needs to lose for us to advance to the semi finals. It's going to take a miracle to make that happen though. We are playing the hardest team, San Diego Surf and CO plays Vegas, the easiest team. The good news is that miracles can happen. Look at the Cardinals! Maybe tomorrow will be Arizona's day. We will win and so will the Cards!
After the games we came back to the hotel and everyone went Cosmic bowling. It was a blast! Well...now it's curfew so I am going to go to bed. I will post an update tomorrow.

VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!!

Principal's List

When I was in school being on the Principal's List was never a good thing. But for the girls, being on the Principal's List is a very good thing. It means that they made straight A's. I am so proud of both of my girls for making Principal's List this quarter. We are planning on getting double scholarships for soccer and academics. Woohoo! Way to go Goebel Girls! They get their brains from their mother you know.

Soccer- It IS A Contact Sport

If you don't believe soccer is a contact sport you should have been at our game yesterday. Just ask Abbey. Instead of going home after the game, she went to the hospital with a broken wrist. Our team has been playing competitive soccer for several years and know that it can be a very physical game. Physical is one thing, but when the girls start trying to "take out players" instead of going for the ball the refs need to step in. I was extrememly disapointed in the refs yesterday. They were a bunch of young guys who really didn't care what happened. They let it get out of control (on both sides) and Abbey ended up paying for it. All in all, yesterday's game was not much fun. I probably shouldn't have been, but I was very surprised at the mouths of the girls on the other team. Talk about potty mouths. Geesh! These girls are only 12 and 13, but you should have heard them. They were talking trash and dropping the F bomb! Anna said most of the kids at her school talk that way. The part that made me the most upset was that they actually cheered when Abbey got hurt. How sad! I am so thankful that my children are playing in a Christian club and for a coach that teaches them sportsmanship and respect for others.

By the way...we tied the game 1-1.