College Girl

It's been awhile since I've been able to post. What can I say?  Life happens and around here...it's non stop craziness. Anna is enjoying her time up at NAU. She loves to call me and brag about how cool the weather is in Flagstaff. I can't wait until winter when she's snowed in and I'm sitting by the pool enjoying the beautiful 60 degree winter weather in Phoenix!

Soccer is going well. Anna loves her team! She's had to learn some tough lessons though.  When you go from playing all the time to riding the bench it's hard, but the kid has handled it like a pro! She works hard and has a great attitude and all of her teammates love her! I couldn't be more proud. She has gotten bits of playing time here and there and scored her first college goal last week against GCU! For Anna it was extra sweet to score on GCU because 2 former club teammates play for them.    Now they call Anna they "Antelope Axer" because she took down the Grand Canyon Antelopes. (By the way....Antelopes is a seriously dumb mascot for a college team.)

The soccer roster at NAU is huge...about 40 girls. Because it is so big not everyone travels to away games. Usually they take about 20 girls. Making the roster is a big deal! Anna was super excited to make the roster last week when they traveled to UTEP.  I was able to watch the live feed which was exciting until Anna got clocked and taken out of the game. Because there was no sound I couldn't tell if she was really hurt or what. She called me after the game mad as a hornet because the ref made her come off the field. Apparently there is a new rule that if you get hit in the head you have to come off right away. Good rule, but Anna didn't get back on so she was really upset. However.... she is extremely thankful for any playing time that she gets.

This weekend is family weekend and KK and I will be driving up to Flagstaff tonight. Grammy, Aunt Amy, Malone, Aunt Marcy and Cousin Timmy will be coming up tomorrow to see NAU take Portland State. The girls are on a 4 game winning streak right now! Go JACKS!

Here are some recent pics of Anna and a link to her interview after the game.  OH YEAH....she also signed her first autographs!!!!

Anna's Interview

KAYLA HAD ANNA AUTOGRAPH HER LEG!  THEY LOVE EACH OTHER!

THE GIRLS ARE EXCITED AFTER ANOTHER NAU WIN!

ANNA MADE THE NAU ATHLETICS FRONT COVER AFTER SCORING HER FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL!

ANNA SIGNING HER FIRST AUTOGRAPH!