Hazen JV vs Renton Varsity

 Some teams were given the option to playour JV soccer team instead of our Varsity.  This is last nights game that we played Renton Varsity.  They came on strong and scored two goals right off the bat!  The night before we played Evergreen Varsity soccer and won 3-0.  After about 3/4 into the first half our coach told the girls they couldn't score anymore and to just play keep away.  It was horrible, lasted forever and was boring to watch!  I felt so bad for the other team, they couldn't get the ball and if they did it didn't last long enough to do anything with it.  So back to last night with Renton... we started off a bit slow as a result of the night before's keep away game.  After the two scores we woke up and kept going.  We won 7-5.  These guys were a bit more aggresive and made for a good game to watch!  Down below, I believe Taylor, the one all twisted up, had just headed or shouldered the ball forward right at the other girl in white who is shying away a bit.  Taylor scored and almost scored many more times.  She needs to do some work with her left leg shots!  Taylor is having a blast and has met so many great friends on this team!

Evergreen State Fair

 Nana and Aunt Louise came up to see Taylor's soccer jamboree, she scored a goal!  Well, she kicked the ball, it hit a defender who then tried to kick it out and instead it went in the goal!  It counted and we'll take it too!  Go Taylor!  So after the jamboree we headed north to Monroe, Washington to the Evergreen State Fair.  It was so fun!  All three kids wanted a bunny and begged for one.  They were cute...

 Taylor had a corn dog and these fries for dinner.  Fair fries are GREASY!  After the guy handed them to me, some grease dripped on my hand and burnt me, it was so hot!  They were nasty greasy! 

 The reason we went to the fair was that a former student of A. Louise was racing his midget car at the races that night.  They actually had indie type cars and they were fast, and loud too!  Todd is eating some kettle corn and Bry looks bored, it must have been between races because he loved watching them!

 Half way through the races they stopped for a meet and greet with the drivers.  The guy in blue with the ebay on his clothing is the former student and driver, Mitch Hoffses.  He raced a Quarter Midget car.  He wants to drive professionally.

 Here they are posing for a photo next to his Midget.  Ebay is just one of his sponsors.  He was a really good driver and was leading the whole race until the 28th lap, they went to 30.  He started taking the curve a bit wide and after the second time the guy who was drafting him the first 28 laps passed and took off.  He had the faster car and took advantage of a mistake, darn!  It was pretty exciting to watch!  You should have seen the kind of people who show up to these things, people watching was in full force!  I think they must come out of the wood work or something!  Fair time is always fun to observe!  My Grandma Jo taught me to people watch at a very young age! 

 Checking out the #53 car on the way out!  Herbie!

 These cars were a bit different, notice the back fins?  We think this helped to stabalize the car in this crazy 8 race.  They seriously drove on a figure 8 race track.  There was this one slow car that made us all freak out thinking the lead car would hit him in the cross section, every time!!!  Not fun to watch!  It was seriously CrAzY!!!

 After the first race I bought Bryant some ear muffs, the racing was so loud.  I plugged my ears and could still hear them.