Fabulous February Update

Hi all,

I don't think we have ever had such an action-packed month as we just did!

Kourtney was cleared to play soccer again 5 weeks after she broke her collar bone, but her soccer team lost in the quarter finals of State, just before she was able to play.  But she is back now and playing on 3 teams, so she has practice every day for middle school soccer and then at least 2 games a weekend and one game during the week. She also is back playing tennis too and just registered for high school classes.....I can't believe that!

Alexa, along with turning 11 years old and having her Uncle Scotty and his girlfriend, Danah, visit us from Calgary, was literally busy every day with either soccer or basketball (or both). Her basketball team played their last game of the season today and won to solidify 2nd place in their league! She will have her Basketball playoffs the first weekend of March. Her soccer team has also solidified 2nd place in the PDL Spring League, they start State cup mid-March with a trip down to Camus, WA for 2 games over that weekend.

The highlight of the month and one of the best vacations ever, was our trip to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics! We stayed with Deb, Doug's sister, in her apartment, downtown Vancouver!!! First, Doug & Deb watched Shawn White win Gold in the half pipe, thanks to Alan getting them great tickets. Then we all watched the USA beat Norway in men's hockey.

Us girls then got to go watch Evan Lysacek win the Gold for the USA in the Men's long program -thrilling! While Doug made his way into the "sold out" Molson Hockey House to meet up with his college roommate Chris, and watch on the big screens, the Canadian team win in a shoot-out. Alan flew in from Denver that night & joined Doug and got VIP treatment - again, not sure how they worked all of that, but there is a story behind it all! Doug, Deb and Alan then watched Germany play Belarus in men's hockey, after visiting and getting into the German Saxony House - in the Vancouver Yacht Club - spectacular view and another story can be told on how they got in there despite the VERY long line.

Last seeing the cauldron and doing a ton of shopping rounded out the 5 day winter vacation for the Kirtons! Gotta love the Olympic red mittens!!!

Doug played in the Microsoft All-Star/Celebrity Challenge, 2/27, and his team won in a shoot out, but Doug wasn't able to find the net this time around, he now has no room for getting on the girls about missing shots ;-) Last, I had my yearly brain MRI, 2/22,  and it came back CLEAR again, so we all are very happy about that fact!

So all month we have had much to celebrate and be thankful for......except for the outcome of the Gold Medal Men's hockey game....oh well, at least 3 out of us 4 Kirtons were happy with it!

Thanks all! Until next month!

-Keri