The first week of June we went to Cedar City for the summer games. For the past few years Shalum has participated in the Men's Soccer 3 on 3 tournament. The first year, 2 years ago, his team placed 2nd, last year they placed 1st, and this year they placed 2nd again. They all had a blast. Shalum looks forward to it all year long. He gets so excited and he has to buy new jerseys each year for it. He's so cute. This year the wind was blowing so hard, and it was freezing. Fortunately we had brought a warm blanket, so I was able to bundle up as I watched. But each year something always happens to Shalum right before the games. The first year he rolled his ankle pretty badly. It was swollen and deep purple. Last year he had mono and had very little energy. This year he smashed his finger pretty bad (that's for another post once I figure out how to get pics from my phone to the computer, I'm not technically inclined) and then he pulled his hamstring. And it ended up ripping during the games. He was having a hard time running. But even being hurt and sick he's an amazing soccer player. He would tell you differently, but he'd be wrong.
Brent, Russ, Shalum, and Jake
The same four, obviously
Jake, Shalum, Pedro, Russ, and Brent
Pedro's daughter got her endowments on Saturday that's why he wasn't in the other 2 pictures.
Shalum, Russ, Jake, and Brent all went to school together and played soccer together, and Pedro was their high school coach. They're from Delta and their school mascot is the rabbits, so I named their team The Ferocious Rabbits. I thought it was funny. Shalum thought it was retarded.
Shalum's nephew, Jace usually plays in the tournament with Shalum, but he got shot in March and is still recuperating (also for another post). So it was sad that he couldn't be there. Shalum and Jace play really well together. We missed him. Hopefully he'll be well enough to play next year. It was a pretty big disappointment for him that he couldn't play.
(There you go Mary, I told you I'd put something new on)
