A not so typical Saturday

This Saturday was not your normal Saturday of soccer.  First of all it was September 11th which in and of itself is a bit sad and a reminder that we have these Saturdays because of all that so many give of themselves.

But it being the opening day of Soccer there was a party at the field and we made it a good day for the kids..

We started out with some of this:

Yeah that amazing little girl is my Sophie.  She is a killer on the field and I love watching her play.  She did sort of have a meltdown when the Raleigh Railhawk mascot came around- have I told you she is afraid of people in costumes..Okay afraid is an understatement- she is TERRIFIED.

But he left and all was okay.

Then we watched some of this:

That handsome fellow is my boy Jack.  He gets a bit distracted but man when he runs he is in heaven.  I think we have a track or cross country boy in him.  Don't you love those lime green shirts? 

Then we told the kids we had an errand to run.  For what they asked.  I replied we just have to pick up something I ordered.  We then drove to CARA - Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption to pick up the puppy that we were adopting that they knew nothing of. He was a complete surprise to them.

Here is the newest member of our family- Boone. 

He is a 2 month old Lab/Retriever mix. I gave the kids the choice of 4 names:

Raleigh- the name the shelter gave him

Fisher- because we love the beach where we go - Ft. Fisher

Boone- we love the mountains we go to in Boone, NC

or Sam- well because it is just a cool name.

They chose Boone- which is what I secretly wanted.

We love him and he is so much fun.

Welcome to this crazy family Boone.