Martial Arts (Kyukido) Belt Graduations- Again

The Boys both graduated Martial Arts Belts in March. They had to show sparring skills and their forms.
Our oldest son is in the red sparring gear, above.
Our second son here is in the navy blue sparring head gear.


Congrats kids!

Kyukido Tournament

Our 2 boys participated in a Kyukido (Martial Arts) tournament a week ago. Our oldest didn't score as well as he had hoped, but as you can tell from his sparring opponent, he was a little shorter (therefore, the 2 point head kicks were out of range for him, but not for her). He did really well though in sparring and forms. He was within a tenth of a point of the other 2 opponents. Our youngest son had a great time...winning the sparring competition and coming in second in forms. It's a little surprising that he won the sparring seeing as how he'd close his eyes when kicking or getting kicked. Notice the shut eyes in the picture...funny.




Our boys with their friend after the competition.

Catching up on Scrapbooks

Well, I just finished digitally scrapping the years 2006 and 2007 for my family album and all the kids' albums. Only 2 more years to go and I'll be caught up. I love digitally scrapping...I reuse layouts, I just pull in the photos of specific kids for their specific albums. I save so much time. I don't know how much cheaper it is in the end, but it works well for me. I print out the finished page on 8.5x11 photo paper at a photo printing place (just bring them all in on a CD). Then I put them in page protectors and in scrapbook albums. The kids love looking at them. Here are a few examples.

13th Anniversary Trip

We were able to take a short trip down to Vegas over President's Day weekend for our 13th Anniversary. It's been a wonderful and full 13 years. So, 3 (and a half) kids, 1 dog, many many apartments, 3 homes, and many experiences later...here we are, stronger, closer, and more in love than ever. Happy Anniversary (Feb. 15, 1997)

Getting ready to go see the Cirque du Soleil show, "KA". It was really really really good.

Outside our hotel, Planet Hollywood (where we had 2 free nights, yea!)

At one of the Hotel Pools...yes the weather was warm enough...ahhhh!

At Dinner at Bahama Breeze...one of our old favorites we first ventured to in Michigan while living there. Too bad there's not one in Utah yet. Someday maybe.

The view from our hotel window.

Hair accessory giveaway

So I'm blogging about this because it provides another entry into a giveaway. I think my daughter and I would always enjoy more hair accessories. So click here and enter...

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Another Baby on the way! Oh my!

Believe it or not (we hardly do), we have another baby on the way. We're due July 28, 2010. We should find out in March whether it's a boy or girl. But for now it's healthy and we're waiting out the morning sickness.This is a video of an ultrasound at the beginning of January.

New Year's 2009-2010

We spent the New Year as we usually have, with Nana and Papa. Fun was had by all.Yummy homemade pizzas.
There was even a goofy "Photo Booth." It was hilarious!
The kids and their cousins all put on their annual "Show" for the adults.
Midnight celebrations. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I wasn't even sick that night...miracle.


Then on New Years Day we all went bowling together like we always do. It was fun.