April 1

April 6

April 10

April 11 – Soccer banquet. Raine received a certificate for being on varsity as well as one for being nominated first team all district!

April 15

April 22

Raine took her first corner kick and she dropped it perfectly in front of the far side of the goal. Unfortunately, her teammate didn’t connect to put it in the goal.

April 29

Lane, Eli, Hayden, Luke, Weston, Aaron, Will (squatting), Benji, Jack, Blake, Carter, William

Highlight video of Raine’s kicks during the game.
I forgot to take my camera bag to her game on 4/27 and she scored a goal off a corner kick– it was beautiful! So on 4/29 she made sure that DJ had the camcorder so that he could film her corners. Unfortunately, she was kicking into a stiff wind (26 mph with gusts of 38 mph) so they didn’t go as far as usual.

And just for fun, here’s a link to a post with a video of Raine’s first corner kick.

April 8, we watched the US Women’s National Soccer Team beat Ireland down in Austin. We went down the evening before the game and our hotel was only two blocks from the stadium so we walked over with plenty of time to take pictures and buy merchandise before kickoff.

#13 Alex Morgan

Our hotel was right between the stadium and a high-end shopping district, so we did a little shopping the evening we arrived, after dinner, and Carter found some chocolate bars.