Little bit of a break ahead

Sunday afternoon finished the Fall soccer league, and I'm proud to say that our girls pulled themselves up from their bootstraps (and a sketchy start) to finish in 2nd place out of 6.  If we had lost yesterday's game we would have placed 3rd, so it was down to the wire.  A shut out was the icing on the cake.

Now we will have about 3 weeks off (no practices, yay!) and then begin a bit of training for Spring league, which actually starts in January.  That will be a quick 5 games or so and then right into the State Cup tournament, should be really fun.  We are so lucky to have a team this year where every one of the parents is awesome and we all get along really well (as do the girls).  Last night was one of the wife's 40th birthday so we had a group of 10 go out for a nice and noisy dinner at Mama Stortini's.  So fun :)

Emma had her parent/teacher conference last week and pulled out all A's and a few B's, she's doing beautifully as we expected.  Apparently the jump from 4th to 5th grade can be quite a shock, and her teach says she has adjusted well.  She has a friend coming home with her today at noon dismissal to hang out, she's very excited about that.  The Christmas program is coming too, right around the corner, and she got a part as a "Jingle Girl".  I'm anxious to see what that entails!

Carl and I test drove vehicles over the weekend and think we have narrowed our choice down to a VW Passat.  Unbelievable ride.  Fits me like a glove (and fits Carl's shoulders too :))  We won't be purchasing until probably the Spring, but we wanted to do some comparison shopping ahead of time so that we're ready to go.  We also checked out the Nissan Altima (loved it, but the Passat nudged it out), Ford Taurus (interesting body style, too big for me), thinking about looking at the Toyota Camry too.  But honestly, my heart is with the Passat already :)

No pictures to share, but a little update will hold everyone over - I think :)