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Beaumont the ultimate soccer mom
Kurtis J. Wood/Post-Register
Katie Beaumont enjoys road bicycling with her husband, Pete.
Katie Beaumont has four sons with her husband, Pete. and all are very active. While keeping up with the activities of her children has kept Beaumont busy, she’s been able to succeed in her endeavors because, in a way, she was uniquely prepared to deal with a house full of men.
“I have nine siblings, seven brothers,” she said. “I’ve just done it for so long. I don’t even think about being outnumbered. You just have a sense of humor and roll with it.”
Her four kids — Nathan, a freshman at Washington State University; Cody, a junior at Quincy High School; Riley, 10; and Tyson, 8 — have been involved in a variety of avocations over the years, mostly sports.
“All of them are different,” Beaumont said, “but they are alike in that they are all athletic.”
When Nathan was 5 years old, he joined the Quincy youth soccer program. His team needed a coach, and Beaumont was chosen.
“Nobody else really wanted to do it,” she said, “and I had played one year of soccer, so that made me the most qualified. That was the start.”
Beaumont went on to coach soccer for 22 seasons — 11 years.
“I had to take off one season because I had a baby,” she said. “I remember once coaching, reffing and being pregnant all at once. I usually had a baby on my back (when I was coaching) because you couldn’t let them run around.”
Beaumont certainly learned a fair amount about the game during her tenure as a coach, but wasn’t hesitant to let her players coach her at times.
“They taught me about the game,” she said. “I’d ask the kids about the rules, especially some of the goalie rules. I wasn’t worried about it. The kids knew what they were doing. We were all a team. We all learned from each other.”
Beaumont said she introduced her kids to soccer because it’s a sport that facilitates constantly active team play.
“We chose soccer because it’s a sport that every kid can play with no waiting time,” she said. “That’s the difference from baseball. I like baseball — I played softball when I was younger — but with little kids, everybody can play soccer all the time because they just all go to the ball. Everybody gets a chance.”
All four of her children are also swimmers. All of them have competed for the Quincy summer swim team, and Cody just finished his second year of high school competition. He swam for Eastmont High School during the regular season and took fifth place in the 100-meter breastroke last week at the 2A state championships in Federal Way.
When Nathan and Cody were younger, Katie would take them to East Wenatchee to swim.
“We commuted to Eastmont basically year-round for four years,” she said. “The worse the weather, the more we’d try to make it over there because you’d end up with a private lesson, basically. That was a pain, but you just do what you think is right.”
Beaumont grew up in Royal City, the daughter of farmers. After graduating from high school, she worked as a dental assistant in Quincy and Ephrata for about 10 years before taking a job as an accountant for Pete’s farming business.
“That was around the time Cody was a baby, so I was happy to quit (being a dental assistant),” she said. “I’m happy to work with Pete. The hours are flexible, which is wonderful with the kids.”
The sacrifices Beaumont has made have certainly been appreciated by her sons.
“She’s definitely been involved. There’s been a lot of effort on her part,” Cody Beaumont said. “She’s a great mom. Up until recently, she made cookies every single day.
“She has the hardest work ethic I’ve ever seen, too. She’ll get up at 5 a.m. to go bike riding. She gets up the earliest of anybody and goes to bed the latest. I don’t know how she does it.”
It may not seem like Beaumont could have time for any other hobbies or interests outside of her work and family, but she does. A few years ago, Pete suggested they should go road biking.
“We’ve done it ever since,” she said. “At least once a year we try to do a century (100-mile ride). The furthest ride we’ve ever done was 150 miles. We started in Wenatchee and went through Ephrata and Dry Falls and Davenport and Waterville and Douglas and ended back up in Wenatchee.”
Beaumont said she and Pete are trying to get a road biking group together in Quincy.
“It’s just something to do to get out and vent,” she said. “It’’s (about) riding, being outside and meeting nice people. Since it’s not a race, sometimes the goal is to meet nice people. It’s fun that way. We try to ride together as much as we can.”
Since Beaumont and her family lead a fairly active lifestyle, living in Quincy is an ideal choice.
“Quincy has a lot to offer,” she said. “Even though I’ve lived here longer, Pete actually shows me what is has to offer. It’s got the best biking around, you can boat on the river; the kids love to fish. Waterskiing is close. There’s neat youth sports programs. It’s a nice community.”
