2011 Spring - Summer Update

Hi all,
It has been a busy Spring/Summer for the Kirton family. Here are the highlights:

Frankfurt, Germany

Kids: Year end school grades were all A's for both of them, Yay! Soccer tryouts: Both made the same teams they were on before, Yay! Kourtney has her driver's permit...Yikes. Alexa got braces..ouch! Keeping us busy with all their activities & lots of fun times!

West Seattle

Parents: Clean bills of health after Doug's knee surgery & Keri celebrated being cancer free for 2 yrs- April. Doug saw U2 in Denver with his sister, Deb and brother-in-law, Alan, amazing! We also celebrated 17 yrs of marriage in July the same time Doug's brother, Scott, visited with his girlfriend, Danah.

Sinsheim, Germany

Vacations: Spring Break- Palm Springs, fun times. Summer- Germany -Women's World Cup Game (USA vs Columbia) unbelievable, and staying with life-long friends (Fleischmanns) was like home away from home!


EFC '98-Red

Summer Soccer Tournaments: Kourtney - 2: Kent (1 pt from final) and Bigfoot. Alexa- 3: Crossfire Challenge- Finalists, Slammers Futbol Classic -Semi finalists, Mustang Stampede Champions!


September and another school year (7th & 10th grades) are just around the corner, we wish you all the best of health and happiness! Next update will be after the holidays!
Love,
The Kirtons

Jan-March updates

Hi all,
Transitioning to a quarterly update seems a bit more realistic for us to maintain. At the end of the day, Q1 2011 was a good one with lots of sports and b-days for all of us!

Kourtney: Her ISC select soccer team came in 2nd in State. She went to her first HS dance: Tolo and now she is playing Skyline HS JV tennis. In March, she turned 15 and started Driver's Ed.

Alexa: Turned 12 in Feb. Her EFC team lost in the semi's of an AZ President's day tournament and NWCL playoffs, but then they won RCL Spring league and are now about to start State Cup. Her basketball team lost in the semi's of the league playoff tourney and now she is on a Spring select b-ball tournament team.

Keri: Turned early 40-something in Jan. Coached Kourtney's team to the state finals and is now taking the spring off from coaching. T-Mobile is in the midst of being acquired by at&t, so after about 9 years with TMO, we have about 12 months to see how that plays out. She still has a clean bill of health! :-)

Doug: Turned mid-40s in March. Directed a bunch of youth hockey tournaments and while playing "lunch" hockey, strained his MCL, but no surgery needed, just rehab.

Buddy: Still protecting us and going on his "Walk-abouts" whenever possible. We recently learned he has arrhythmia, so he needs to be careful and stop chasing the deer!

We hope you have a wonderful Spring!

The Kirtons