Soccer and Teenagers

Celebrating Kiley's Birthday

Kiley became a teenager on Friday


Kiley turned 13 this weekend. Jason had Friday off and she wanted to go to the MOA and do some shopping. We had a great time shopping all day and we tried out the Flying Dutchman Gangplank Ropes course. This was cool and kind of scary as they hook you up to a harness with a rope and turn you loose inside this obstacle course where you can climb 56 feet above the Nickelodeon Universe and trying out your talent for tight rope walking and walking across steps, boards, and cool obstacles and ultimately reaching the top where you walk out on the plank and ring the blow horn, signaling that you made it. It was scary and very high, to feel like I was just dangling there, but the rope gave me some sense of safety and I made it back down safely.

Then on Saturday, Kiley's sweet friends in the neighborhood planned a surprise party for her. There were only five other girls and they got Jason to take her out running errands so they could come decorate for the party, then she came home and she was very surprised. That was so fun of them. One of her friends in the ward made this adorable cake for Kiley. I thought it turned out so well. Those of you who know Kiley, knows she just loves giraffes.




And Saturday morning, Kate had her first soccer game. They won, like 5-1. She had such a good time and she was pretty good at getting in there and getting that ball moving in the right direction. None of my other kids have ever had any interest in playing soccer, so this is a first for all of us and we are really enjoying it.




As you can see, Kate is very short compared to the other kids on her team, but she is fast and she loves soccer. It was so cold here on Saturday.