Amber Young (AKA "Auntie" Amber) loves, yes... LOVES soccer. Actually, her whole family does. So when she proposed coming up to watch Katiree play soccer, it just so happened that Katiree's soccer club offered discounted tickets to the Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers game in Seattle. It was the icing on the cake. Kezia stayed with our friends, the Blickenstaffs, while the rest of us drove up to Seattle, met Amber's brother and sister-in-law (and later her mom, too), went to Ivars and fed the seagulls (I don't know if my children ate their food or threw it to the seagulls, but it was just so much fun!).
Then we were off to the Seattle Sounders game. It was a record breaking night - there were 66 thousand people at the game. Our children haven't ever seen a professional soccer game, but Amber soon had Zane and Tate pointing out Freddy and Eddie and cheering for the Sounders. Zane didn't leave Amber's lap the entire game!
Now, because we live so close to Portland, it is often expected that we would root for the Timbers, but we actually live in Washington state - the home of the Sounders... PLUS... the Armstrongs have always rooted for Seattle teams... and this is just the way it will be. It doesn't help that the kids think that everything Amber says about soccer is golden! So she says "Seattle Sounders" then Seattle Sounders fans they will be!
And the Sounders beat the Timbers 3-0.
Amber and the Armstrongs
Amber with her mom, brother and sister-in-law (all avid Sounder fans).
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