St. George with the Ericksons!

This weekend, I spent time with the Erickson family with a trip to St. George. We started out by driving down to St. George on Thursday night for Kyler's soccer tournament (Kyler is one of the goalkeepers I train here). I was a little nervous at first to go with them...you really get to know people when you spend 3-4 straight days with them....especially when two of those days is in a car! What if they didn't like me anymore after this weekend???!!!! EEK! Also, I worried I would throw off the family routine, dynamics, etc....you just never know when there's a new person around; I didn't have a car so they had to take me to and from the place where I was staying, which meant they would have to be ready a few minutes earlier than planned! Plus, I was worried I'd just be another "kid" totally joining in with the boys when mom and dad are saying, "no more!" OOPS! The weekend was a total blast. I got to watch soccer just to simply watch soccer! Kyler played well and I was really proud of him for his overall performance. His team did not advance out of their bracket, but it was nice to be outside in warm weather and see Kyler play outdoors. It gave me a better idea of how to help him better in training. On Friday, I spent over an hour and half with my little buddy Kasen, who is six, in the pool at their hotel...we had races, contests to see who could do the best tricks in the water, splashing fights....it was way fun! And I was way tired afterwards! On Saturday, I went shopping with Kyli, Kyler's mom, at the outlet stores. It was just us girls for a little over an hour....we enjoye shopping for clothes and shoes!!! Then we went back and picked up the boys and baby Kayt for dinner and more shopping. I had a blast watching little Kaytlin laughing and smiling with her big brothers and parents who were laughing and smiling with her as she said or did different things. Kasey, Kyler's dad, helps coach Kyler's team, so it's nice to talk soccer with someone who understands and has a pretty good idea of the game and what coaching entails. We packed up this morning and left warm St. George to return to the Cache Valley, stopping along the way at McGrath's Restaurant and then Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!!! We got two free doughnuts, and the boys and I got our Krispy Kreme hats! It was so much fun and came to an end way to0 quickly!