LAX

Kars had thrown around the idea of going out for Tennis this year... or possibly Track ... and then one day she came home and asked what we thought of her going out for Lacrosse.... 

this girl always keeps us guessing.

From February through April, LAX was pretty much a full time job.  In fact, she could rarely work due to practices and games. {A little blurry, but there's our #2 starting off the game with the draw}

It was a pretty crappy weather season. Several cancellations. We spent many games in the rain.

Even a few in snow

Others were beautiful and required "kilt only" {no under/long layers}

We had a few "Friday Night Lights" games ....

Emmrey was a pretty good sport through it all. She sometimes got creative to entertain herself 

{I think she might have been dancing up there in the box}

We were only able to attend the home games since the away games were quite a distance. They had one tournament that required an overnight stay in Grand Junction. I asked Kars to send me some pictures since we couldn't make it. This is what I got .... a  view from the bus of the girls all waiting for the porta-potty at a rest stop:)

I also got these later ..... she was a little uneasy about going at first, but it turned out to be a great team bonding time for this JV team!

These two!! Some still shots from a little video they made.

So cute!

Back at a home game, Kars was the real MVP.  She scored the winning goal in a double overtime game!

The season ended with a banquet. Food and awards and a hope that she will play again next year. 

What a reputation!

She would like to make Varsity next year, but liked the JV coaches so much she is having mixed feelings about that. They were tough when they needed to be, but fun and encouraging too.

Kelly, Kennedy, Karsyn, Dani

Because Lacrosse is fairly new to the district, they don't have a team at each high school. Instead, the team is comprised of girls from all 4 high schools in FoCo + Windsor. One school "hosts" the team {in this case Rocky Mountain} since that is where the field is. So although there were girls from all over northern Colorado playing, they were all Lobos {Rocky's mascot}. They had a great season {10-6} and Kars had so much fun! We all learned a little more about this fast moving sport.