My Dearest Avery,
Wow, you are becoming your own person. You're more talkative lately which is a fun surprise and I've never heard anyone say 'bruh" more in my life. You want all the things but struggle to straighten up your room :).
You're a good student - your electives this year are STEM and choir and you're enjoying both. Your STEM class has required you to do an Engineering project for your science fair project so you're working on a new shin guard design with Dad's help. You also really enjoy choir - and we got to see you at your first choir concert last week!
Over summer, you worked more on riding/jumping and soccer - and you're enjoying your new soccer team, as a midfielder. You're also still really into nails and nail art, as well as growing your jewelry collection. You're considering piercing your ears but you're not 100% sure yet. I taught you how to shave your armpits but I will say you're not great at it yet. And you've shown no interest in learning how to shave your legs, although I've offered a couple of times. You're a real tomboy - and we're working on making sure you use deodorant as often as you need to :).
You are smart and funny and you usually have strong opinions about what is right or wrong. I say usually because you did break into a peer's school account when he said girls can't play soccer...I'll just say you've learned from that mistake.
You love eating bread and you're a fierce supporter of your friends. I think your riding lessons sparks a part of you that you need sparked in a way nothing else works so it's fun to watch you get that excitement and satisfaction from doing something hard in your lessons.
And you had your first experience playing in a soccer tournament out of state, in Provo, in September. It was a good Mom/daughter trip and some great time with your teammates.
Here's your life in pictures right now...
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| Practicing all the time! |
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| Celebrating my birthday |
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| July 4th! |
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| Recovery time - you really enjoyed this! |
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| Road trip to hockey camp in Denver! |
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| photo bombing Jessica and me when we stopped to hike with them on our way to hockey camp |
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| Visiting the weather exhibits in CO |
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| Annoying Dad |
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| F1 arcade racing with Grandma and Pop in Denver! |
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| We went to a fair in Everest |
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| Rockies game! |
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| Denver hotel pool - you did a soccer camp while there too |
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| Playing with Dad while Evan was at camp |
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| Early morning riding! |
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| Team hiking on Mt Lemmon |
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| First day of SEVENTH grade! |
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| Evan's first day was after yours! |
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| Quick trip to San Diego for traditional baseball jerseys - stopped at the dog beach! |
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| Padres game! |
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| Selfie! We made sure this wasn't for something nefarious - you are so beautiful! |
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| Bike riding! |
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| What started as annoying Dad wound up in a family nap! |
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| Watching Evan play hockey |
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| Kids of Steele cancer research community service event |
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| We stayed at a nice resort for one of your tournaments in Phoenix |
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| Smores! |
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| You do some of the corner kicks for your team! |
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| First class on the way to Provo tournament (only because all the other seats were taken) |
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| hiking in Provo |
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| Fall festival with the team |
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| DPL really knows how to support their female players! |
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| We tried a haunted train ride |
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| And took a drive to see the fall colors |
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| Scheels! |
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| This past week was fall break so amongst the cleaning/purging, we went to a gaming cafe near the university |
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| You loved this game |
Avery, you're absolutely the best. You are kind and giving and smart and playful. I can't wait to see what the rest of the school year has in store for you.
All My Love,
Mom
