A Northwest welcome

My mother left Texas yesterday for her cross-country road trip to help us set up the nursery. She got to Aurora, Colo., by sundown and called me, victorious. Or was that defiance of my worry I heard in her voice? Either way. Her call increased my excitement at the visit by her and Elizabeth.

Next week, mixed in between multiple trips to Lowe's and Bed, Bath & Beyond, I hope to give the two of them a taste of my life in Serious Suburbia. One such morsel will be the Saturday morning soccer game. A preview, from two Saturdays ago when the Fircrest Wildcats played in gusty wind and sideways rain:



Enduring the weather was worth it, to see Maddie boot the ball the length of the field, at least three times. The kid has some power.