Soccer Season!

Soccer season has officially begun! Our boys have been busy practicing their foot skills and competing in soccer tournaments. They are both part of the Norcal Youth Soccer League, in the Metro (select) League. Christopher is in a U14 team called River City Force, and Jeffrey is in a U12 team called River City Rebels. Both of the teams belong to the same soccer club - River City Soccer Club, thus the name "River City" Force & Rebels. This league is in between your neighborhood recreational league and the competitive league. Their season lasts about half year, from July to end of December. It all depends on the coach, and how aggressive/competitively they want to play.

Anyhow, they have been practicing with their team atleast 2x a week for the last couple of months. And on the weekend of August 12-13, unfortunately they were both scheduled to play in a tournament in different town. Christopher's team was scheduled to play in the "Skunk Classic" in Fort Bragg, and Jeffrey's team was scheduled to play in the "Kickin' Chicken Soccerfest" in Petaluma. So our family split up and traveled in different pat. Eddie & Christopher drove up to Mendocino for the weekend and Grace & Jeffrey (and Lizzy & Rachel) drove up to Petaluma. It was a bittersweet weekend for all of us. Both boys' teams had a disappointing start, but it was good to see them play hard and contribute to the team. They were both a good sport, and although they were exhausted and sore by the time the weekend was over they were excited to be able to play again.

Jeffrey's team had another tournament on August 19-20 here in the Sacramento area. I haven't taken any action photos yet, but here is a picture I took of the team. More photos to come later.


There are still many more tournaments left in this season. I will update the blog when I can. Hopefully we'll get some great action shots.

Summer of 2006

I can't believe how fast this summer has passed. Usually we are able to take mini-field trips with the kids, take few short vacations, and count the days until the beginning of the new school year. This year, however, before I knew what hit me I realized that we have less than 2 weeks of vacation left! We were only able to make a handful of visits to our local library, only finish few pages of workbooks I bought for the kids, and have not had any "field trips". I suppose that means that somehow we managed to keep busy and occupied. We did have handful of visitors this summer.

Uncle Curtis managed to visit us couple of times. Kids really enjoy Uncle Curtis' visits. Uncle James came up and visited for about a week. Couple of weeks ago the Chung family came and visit us for a day (it was so much fun to play with all five of them), and the Kim family visited us before & after PUC campmeeting. Auntie Sue's parents also stopped over and stayed a night before PUC campmeeting. Auntie Helen & Uncle Tae's family came over twice, and grandma & grandpa Song stopped by after PUC campmeeting. great aunt & great uncle Lee (James/Janie's mom & dad) stopped by after PUC campmeeting too. I guess we make a great stopping ground for PUC. Although at times it may have been somewhat chaotic, we really enjoyed the visits from our friends & family.

We just got back from Western Korean SDA Campmeeting at PUC this past Sunday. Kids had a blast! This year Christopher & Jeffrey decided to enter the talent show with their cousin Matthew. Although they didn't figure out what they were going to do until about a day before, their performance was great! It was soooo cute! Three of them, with the help of Taylin, choreographed a dance routine to the Pokemon theme song. They called themselves the "Pokemon Masters". They all said it was the highlight of their experience. Taylin also entered the talent show, playing the Fantasy Impromtu, and won the 3rd place. She played flawlessly! She is so great!

Here's the "Pokemon Masters" with Grandma Song & Auntie Helen

Next couple of weeks will surely fly by as well. We still have to go to the school orientations, finish registering for their classes, get lockers, PE uniform, school supplies, etc... not to mention the soccer practices. Oh yea, and the soccer tournament this coming weekend. Christopher will be headed to Fort Bragg with Eddie and Jeffrey will be headed to Petaluma with me and the girls. Poor Coco will have to be boarded for the weekend. I hope he does well. Anyhow, I didn't take much pictures last couple of weeks but once I get a hold of some pictures from others (of PUC campmeeting) I will be sure to upload it. Well, that's about it for now... I'm just trying to catch up with the laundry from our trip before we have to head on out again this weekend... wish me luck!