Saturday fun

Cora learned about scoring goals in her football training Saturday morning. She scored three, and was quite pleased with herself. She also was happy about her new shin pads and knee highs.

When she and Stace arrived at the park, she said, "I'm a right footballer!"

After soccer, we drove down to Anaheim for a fun afternoon at an amusement park.

No, not that amusement park - we'll let Grandma and Grandpa do most of the Disneyland duty. Rather, we met up with them and Cora's godparents and family to have fun and celebrate Grandma's birthday at Adventure City.

It's a cute old-fashioned amusement park, with rides, a petting zoo and arcade. I imagine it to be the kind of place you'd love to go to in parts of the country that aren't near the major theme parks we have on our doorstep.

John and Linda's younger daughter, Mikayla, was excited to show Cora the rides, and Cora had a lot of fun with her and her older sister, Noelle. Hard to believe these beautiful young ladies were our flower girls seven years ago!

I am amazed at Cora's lack of fear on these rides! She loved the roller coasters and the ride that took you straight up and straight back down again. My stomach was upside down, but Cora took it in stride, laughing the whole time and saying, "That's crazy!"

On the way home, there was a lot of traffic on the 5 (to the surprise of NO ONE) so we stopped for dinner. Nothing like In-N-Out to top off a great family day!

On a side note, we are grateful for all the warm thoughts we've received for Somer. She is doing a bit better, surprisingly, over the past few days.

This special food she is eating seems to be helping a lot. She is eating a can a day, up from the few bites a day she had been eating. That means she is no longer wasting away, and seems to be more energetic and lively. We'll take it!