first things first - brooke had a soccer game this morning, and she scored 5 goals!!!! for weeks i've been struggled with the fact that brooke was very content to just run around the field and have a good time. she showed no desire to ever get a foot on the ball, let alone score a goal. i've been working on building up her confidence and encouraging her to focus on the ball without being too overbearing (hopefully!). this morning i told her to remember to "run to the ball, kick the ball, run to the ball, kick the ball." i also told her that we'd get ice cream if she scored a goal. well, i have no idea if it was something i said or the promise of ice cream or just the fact that something happened to click with brooke today, but all of a sudden she turned it on out there on the field. bob and kaye were there to see her, and we were all so proud of the way brooke played! i couldn't stop screaming and cheering for my girl :) we all headed to graeter's after the game to celebrate brooke's great game. unfortunately, gavin awakened from his catnap in the car and proceeded to walk into graeter's with kevin and throw up all over the floor :( kind of put a damper on things.
thankfully, bob and kaye were there to take care of the kids so that kevin and i could join the rest of my family for a night out on the town to celebrate mom's 60th birthday. 6 0 !!!!! What a big birthday. We had dinner downtown at the new Christian Morlein Lagerhouse. It was a beautiful night, and the city was buzzing. We had beautiful views of the river and a very nice meal. After dinner we hit some bars for some drinks, music and fun. It has been SO long since we've all been out together, and it was great to have some quality adult time with some of people i love most in this world!
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