WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS!!!

OK - WE JUST ARE FRIENDS AND WE JUST

LOVE WHAT WE DO AND HAVE GREAT COACHES
AND AND ENJOY PLAYING TOGETHER!!
TEAMWORK!!

International Relations...Misawa Style

Corbin and his All-Star Under 12 Soccer Team had their final game today against a strong team from nearby Momoishi Town. The two teams met on Leftwich Field in the morning hours of July 22nd, and in typical Misawa fashion it was cold and raining. A perfect ending to a crazy soccer season. The kids played harder than ever before, dodging puddles, clumps of mud, each other (unsuccessful at times) and had an absolutely marvelous time. It was a kid's dream come true--GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY IN THE RAIN!!



After our kids won 3-0, all of the kids gathered at midfield, exchanged Gatorades and Aquarius sports drinks and headed over to the pavilion for pizza! The Momoishites enjoyed the pizza, the comaraderie, and the fact that they got to play on grass today. When the got ready to leave, they thanked all of us in English. A very nice touch. They got on their bus and headed back to home with the invitation to come to their field in the fall and give it another go.



Sports. The great international equalizer. Only wish Corbin could be here in the fall to play against them again. He'll be playing against new kids and giving them heck just like he did against the Japanese kids. But we'll never forget playing against all of the great Japanese kids this year. We may even see a couple of them on the Japanese World Cup team in 8 years. Never know.

Corbin....Shaking....Can he do it... aha - his hair dresser is cute.... I think he can make it... at first he is not sure if he will be shy are he will even smile. NOPE no smile. not even a little bitty smile. But finally he makes it through the whole proccess and he has his hair cut and he actually likes it - WHEW - now he goes - DAD - TAKE ME NOW TO GO GET MICKEY 'D'S - of course his wish WAS GRANTED!! yeah!

Torrey - Totally different- in total control - she can't wait to have it done and she can't wait to have the FOUR, I said FOUR hours of hair proccessing it takes to have her hair straightened. WOW - She is a trooper and of course GETS NO FOOD - and has to just wait it all out!!

She is flirted by to Japanese boys but doesn't budge. She is waited on by no one and she just sits there patiently for the end result. She is such a great NON ADD or ADHD girl!! SO Proud of her!! and she never had to potty either hmmm.

SO YOU WANT TO SEE THE END RESULTS????

FERGUSON KIDS - OK
I can't say the apple fall to close to the tree -

or can I....
The blog is dedicated to just that - them....
Sharing what they are and what they do.....
AND YES NONNY - we are using their names -

Torrey - Smart - Smart alec - not unlike her great great "me ma" Vivian Vinita High. She looks just like her second cousin KIM - she is a FERGUSON no doubt. She has her Daddy's attitude - and sarcasim. boy is that NO fun for MOM. But she has her mom's love of MUSIC and her love of yes - musicals and love of the ARTS and she loves kids and has a heart that just adores to hold little kids (that's a daddy trait). Her favorite people in all the world are her family and I know without a doubt she wishes that she could be in the states to be next to everyone so that she could go shopping with Charlie and play with her cousins and just enjoy "grown up" conversations with her Grandparents. Here is a bit of her spirit... here is a bit of what she is like... enjoy her.... I woulden't make it day without her - she is my pill of sanity - crazy pill no less - but sanity - snap out of it sanity!!


CORBIN - Is he me in a smaller package - yes and no. Ok He can play sports. He is my security blanket. He is my hero. He is my ROCK.
He is my protector when DADDY is gone. He wears his hair just like me (HA)
Corbin has a sense of humor on used when necessary and then you better watch out. He also has a way of laughing at you when he is supposed to get in BIG trouble. He still love sitting on his Grandma's lap (don't ask how he does it), he has his Nonny's sensibility he is shy around girls but not enough to make them think he doesn't like them and he LOVES DOGS!! Also somewhere along the way he decided to play SPORTS and he was GOOD at it. GO FIGURE!! So enjoy a little bit of the "HAM" that he is.

So here is how the kids are just as they are...
fun and just them....