Happy Birthday Kylee!

 Happy 15th birthday to our Kylee girl! 

She's really grown up in the last year- she recently got her braces off and looks even older! While she may be done growing physically taller, she continues to grow emotionally.  Freshman year is a lot. She is busy with cross country and volleyball- she's competitive in both and having to divide time and pick which one is more important to her is proving to be difficult but she's managing it the best she can.  Along with team changes often goes shifts in friendships and of course finding out her school schedule and seeing who all she has classes with also determines who she will spend a lot of the school day with and it's a lot.  She was overwhelmed the other day and we talked about it and I think she's got a pretty good game plan going forward and a village who supports her and I just know it's all going to work out how it's supposed to.

She has surrounded herself with the best people which speaks volumes about what a great young woman she is.  She has church friends, cross country friends, volleyball friends, school friends, random friends, a boyfriend...I couldn't be prouder of the group she has chosen to be her people.

While she would LOVE to be a starter on the varsity volleyball team AND running varsity cross country- those aren't her only goals.  She constantly strives to be the best version of herself and trusts that will put her in the best position to succeed.

A typical summer day for Kylee looked like this: 

8:00-10:00 Volleyball camp

10:00-11:30 Winning Edge Weightlifting

1:00-4:00 Volleyball Club tryouts

Cousin birthday get together

7:30-9:00 Five mile run with Cross Country Team

Home to ice her knees, shower, rest and do most of it again the next day. Maybe for tryouts or cousin party, sub in hanging out with friends or boyfriend or possibly squeezing in a private or group volleyball lesson- girl is BUSY!

Kylee has had her school permit all summer and has done a fantastic job driving safely to all of her school events.  She loves driving! Now we just gotta work on her sense of direction and geography skills-ha!

Kylee is positive and upbeat.  She always has a smile on her face.  She is a natural around kids, any age-  not only is she super responsible, kids just love her.  She's fun and engaging and just an absolute joy.

I can't tell you the number of people who have asked me things like, "How can I get a Kylee?" and "Can you tell me your tricks and tips of how you raised her so that I can make sure my daughter turns out just like her?" Everyone should be so lucky as to have a Kylee.

Happiest of birthdays to you, Kylee! We love you so much!