Hi everyone,
June is full of celebrations!!
At the beginning of June, Alexa and I went on her 5th grade camping trip for 3 days at Camp Warm Beach! We had a great time - the last horrah of Grade school for our family! Alexa was then invited by her good friend, Anna, to go to the Sounders game, where her Coach, Michelle French, was the recipient of the "Golden Scarf"! A video was played on the big screen showing all of her accomplishments and it also included a photo that had Alexa & a couple teammates in it :-)
After that excitement, we move into the "graduation" stage....all 6 kids of the Kirton & Rankin clans are moving on to the next phase in their lives: Connor graduated from College, Pierce was drafted in the 38th round by the Toronto Blue Jays and is now playing for the Gulf Coast Blue Jay's in Florida, Jessica graduated from High School, Noah and Kourtney are now moving into High school and Alexa is moving into Middle School. Good luck to all of them, boy they grow up fast!
Doug was invited back by the Straubing Tigers in Germany to come play in a game against their rival town, Deggendorf, in "oldie/All-star" hockey game. He will be going in mid-August. It will be the first time back for him since he left in 2001.
We celebrated Father's day by going to a soccer tournament with Kourtney's team in Burlington. We also hosted a big party for my Aunt Tracie, who turned 50 yrs old this month, she doesn't look a day over 35 though! And Alexa's soccer team had a tournament and just missed making to the finals, but now are getting ready for a CA tourney mid-July.
Last, I had my 6 month PET/CT on June 22nd and it came back CLEAR again!! I now have had 4 clear scans since July 2009. We are all very relieved and excited with this news. I will continue to take my GM-CSF shots and regular check-ups. Thank you for all your support!
Happy SUMMER everyone!
The Kirtons!
