Soccer- Five Nations Tournament

Soccer took up most of my October break....this coming from the girl who didn't even consider soccer a "true" sport 6 years ago. Then I moved to Brasil for two years and you pretty much have to love soccer to live there :) And I have grown to love the sport- it does take great skill and is fun to watch. 

The other reason I wanted to watch soccer all break was because Nate is a senior and this will be the last year to watch him play. Nate is the oldest of the family I knew in Brasil and they are like a second family to me. Right when I got here last year, he requested that I stay two years so I could see him graduate. I consider it my job to make sure he has an "Aunt" in the stands as much as possible! Last year, he was embarrassed when I cheered, but he has grown to truly enjoy it! haha

Number 4 was staying with Nate's family during the tournament and since his family couldn't be there to cheer him on we made a sign for him. I think my cheering helped because he was the 3rd highest scorer for the team and he didn't even start any of the games! I would like to say that I made him a household name in the stands- everyone asked who number 4 was the first game, but by the last one they were all cheering with me!

My wonderful friend who helped me make the signs and Nate's parents- Gina and Andy. He was a coach this year and as you can tell very happy about their win....or maybe just happy to be in the photo?

Crazy fans!

Half Time Show- 

One of the coach's sons made a G, I, S and brought paper clips so we could clip them to our shirts. You can't really see the letters...but we did a have an amazing cheer for game 3! He also worked hard and made a sign for every player with their names on them. 

The teams "wai" the refs, coaches, and fans for both teams after every game.

Praying after winning the championship game

I was the head cheerleading coach.... kids would check with me before they ran up and down the sidelines with signs. Of course it was better to have them run up and down with signs cause they are so much cuter than I am! In fact the people trying to sell food jumped on this as a great advertising tactic and sent kids out with signs about the food!