Happy 13th Birthday

We officially have a teenager!  I have no clue how you went from 1 to 13 in the blink of an eye but you did.  Today is your day to be spoiled!  We started the morning with cinnamon buns per your request followed  by opening presents (in the present chair of course).  You got some pretty cool stuff if you were to ask me (HA) - Strawberry iPhone Case, UGG Slippers, Pure Vida Bracelet Club, Stanley Water Bottle!  Since we already went to the safari park we decided instead of the zoo we would go to Second Chance Ranch to feed some of our favorite animals.  That night for dinner your requests Build Your Own Pizza/Calzones.  We had fun with Grammy, Sophia and Ella trying to see who's food looked the best . . . Pretty sure Ella won but they all tasted good thankfully!

Saturday we had a birthday with a few of our closest friends.  The party started at Pine Lake paddle boarding and jumping off the dock.  We had dinner at the Gaslamp and ended the night with cake and a slumber party.  I am pretty sure lights did not go out until close to 2am but based on the laughing and fun I heard downstairs sounds like it was worth every minute.

Happy Birthday, we are so proud of you and all you have accomplished.   You are a smart, caring, beautiful girl who's love for her family, friends and of course soccer is unbreakable.  Keep dreaming and you will do even more GREAT things!  We Love you!

San Diego Vacation

We decided to take a bit more time in San Diego after Surf Cup to enjoy the CA weather.  We spent time with a few other soccer families shopping on the boardwalk on Mission Beach and Dinner at a fun brewery with lawn games for the kids and good drinks for the adults.  The pool was a big hit along with the nightly fireworks right across the bay by Seaworld!  

This year Kallie wanted to go to the Safari Park so we made a day out of it!  Since her birthday is coming up in a few days we decided to buy a special tour at the park riding in a Jeep through the African/Asian safari parks so we could get up close to the animals!  It was so much fun - we all loved the giraffes (they ran after our jeep) and the BIG rhinos!   So glad we were able to squeeze a little family vacay!

Surf Cup San Diego

Surf Cup is the tournament Kallie and her teammates look forward to all year long.  Teams submit an application to attend and are approved based on team stats etc.  This year her team has a full roster picking up 4 new players.   They had 4 games in 24 hours which was intense!  The results were mixed (2 Losses and 2 Draws) and the refs were just "ok" but the girls never gave up.  They got better with each game and loved the experience overall and yes we got suckered into another over-priced sweatshirt :)

Along with soccer comes lots of team bonding - team meals, beach day, evening swim and lots of running around the hotel playing picture tag!  We can't wait to go back next year (knock on wood)!