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Of all the sports that our big kids ever tried, soccer was never one of them.

But, it’s the sport that Dylan has had his heart set on for a few years now, so he’s giving it a shot.

This Y league is just two short months long.  We think it will give him a good taste of the sport to see if he really wants to play it longer term.

As any good soccer mom, I went out yesterday and bought 5 camp chairs.

Today was their first game.

He’s on team Mexico.

He’s had 3 practices so far.

He loved playing goalie.  Got a few great blocks, let a few balls sneak by him.

It’s a learning process.

He’s definitely scrappy, and not afraid to get in the middle of it all.

I can’t say yet that I loved watching soccer more than, say, baseball or basketball.  We’ll see.  Another sport he’d like to try is baseball.  I’m psyched that.

But, for now, I’m a happy soccer mom, cheering my little dude on from the comfort of my camp chair on the sidelines.

Go Mexico!

Yeah, it went by really fast!

We didn’t get out on the lake as often as we would’ve liked.  But, when we did…we had a great time.

Here are some shots from our last outing…

Payton is a little absent from the pictures…he prefers to ride and swim, rather than kneeboard or wakeboard.  He loves to tube, but we didn’t do that this go-round.

Me?  I’m strictly a swimmer and rider, too.  I’ve been tubing and attempted kneeboarding before.  I’m so not a sporty girl.

So long, Summer 2014.

You were too short, too busy at times, but always fun.