Letterman Jacket

It arrived!! Allison has worked so hard to letter in 2 sports as a freshman and again in soccer as a sophomore.  She asked for this jacket as an early Christmas present and took great pride in it's design!

She has both sports embroidered, her jersey # inside the soccer ball, her graduation year and WSB patch on the front and sleeves.

I love the font she chose for our last name and think her quote suits her perfectly!

"She believes she could, so she did!"

And she looks so happy wearing it, which makes me smile too!

Surf College Cup

We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Oceanside for the Surf College Cup.  Beautiful weather, tons of college coaches and lots of great soccer.  Allison wrote letters to a few college coaches prior to the tournament and was so excited that the Iowa keeper coach watched one of her games!

The team was also watched by Washington State, Cal Baptist and a few others.

 Allison was pleased with her play and wrote an email to the Iowa coach afterwards.

 He invited her to a prospect camp in February and is so excited to go! 

It's going to be a great way for her to see the competition she is up against to play college soccer, but I know she will do great!

Sunny and Allison have become so close on this team and can't wait to start playing together on varsity next week!

Thanksgiving Break

Taylor flew in for a few days over Thanksgiving break.

We went shopping with the Lebitski girls,  

 saw Wonder which we loved and

 ate dinner at Guadalajara.

 We enjoyed a nice family hike on Thanksgiving morning, although it was way too hot for November!

 We hiked up into the citrus groves 

and stopped at this ranch full of friendly horses.

Taylor saw a few friends and both girls enjoyed a little down time before the stresses of finals.  We hated to send her back to Kansas, but Taylor will be home for a month in just 19 days!

Welcome to California

My cousin Anna lives in Rochester, NY and flew into SD today for a work trip.  I picked her up at the airport and took her to Cafe Coyote to experience her first ever California Burrito!  She loved it and it was fun getting a chance to visit.  We drove along the coast for a bit before I had to drop her at her hotel in La Jolla.  Welcome to California!

18

We've celebrated your birthday with rubber ducks, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Dora The Explorer, chef hats, a surprise trip to Knott's Berry Farm,

a pop star mystery dinner, sleepovers and pool parties.  I wish we didn't have to celebrate this one 1,500 miles apart,

but I know you are right where you are supposed to be!  Happy 18th Birthday Taylor!  I love you so so much!

KU BASKETBALL IS HERE!

Taylor attended her first game at Allen Fieldhouse!  This is one of the greatest traditions at KU and one she has been so excited about.  From getting lottery numbers, to camping out, to making your newspaper cone and throwing confetti...she is happy to finally take part in all of the traditions!

She's Permitted

After months of online training and practice tests, Allison passed her permit test at the DMV this morning!  She is officially permitted and now gets to be our chauffeur, as she practices for her behind-the-wheel test in 6 months.

Great job Allison!!