Michaela's 10th birthday

I'm procrasting folding the weeks worth of laundry, so thought I'd post KK's birthday pics. We had to squeeze her birthday in after we picked her up from school and an unusual Thursday night game (more on this in a minute). Michaela has asked for about 3 years for a violin. We told her after 2 years of piano we would consider it. So she reminded me about a month ago that she was starting her 3rd year of piano and when could she start violin. We decided (along with some family members) to get her the violin for her 10th birthday. Do you know that there are a kazillion different kinds of violins??? I finally found a guy online who taught strings for 44 years who found her a beautiful instrument for a reasonable price. So needless to say, when KK opened her present, she was beside herself. :) It was one of those priceless moments.

We then jammed to the fields where KK got to be a captain. They played an awesome game, winning 2-0. KK was on fire! At the end of the game for this particular game (a seeding game), each team takes 5 penalty kicks to be put into a computer score (not affecting this game, but perhaps seeding in the future) and KK stopped all 5 of the other team's PK's and our girls made all 5 of theirs...it was a great birthday. But the best part is that a friend pulled some strings and invited Brandon (goalie for the Fresno Fuegos -- our semi-pro team) to come watch KK play since he coached her at goalie camp this summer, and he actually came to watch her after his practice. She didn't see him until after the game, I had Brandon holding the Soccer cake with the box lid in front of his face and when we sang her Happy Birthday, I pulled the lid down and she saw it was him. She was shocked! It was very fun. She said it was her best birthday ever (didn't she say that last year????). :) Can't believe she is now double digits. Enjoy the pics...they speak a thousand words.