Also in August, we surprised Ralph's mom with an 80th birthday party. There was tons of food, swimming for the kids, and family fun. Happy Birthday Omi!!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Black Belts!!
In August, Danny and Nick were promoted to 1st degree black belts. Congratulations boys!!
Pictureless Post/ General catch-up
So many things have happened, I don't really know where to start. I think I will do a general catching up post, and then several individual posts.
Ralph and Jackson and I took Cara back to college. We got stuck in crazy traffic on the way down (3 miles in 3 hours on the Grapevine), got there late, moved her in the next morning, and drove home. Long, long 2 days. But, hey, I got my favorite Denny's chicken sandwich out of the deal on the way down, so I was happy. :-) It was hard to leave Cara again, but not as hard as last year, for either of us.
We started school back up, with the remaining 5 at home. Jackson is in 1st grade this year and is now ready to learn to read. We have our school time together every morning, and for the most part, we both enjoy it. Rebecca is in 5th this year, Joey in 7th, Samantha in 9th, and Nick in 11th. Nick is taking the PSAT this weekend, and if he does as well on the real test as he has been doing in the practice tests, I think he will score somewhere in the 95th to 98th percentile. We'll see how he does under pressure, but I'm proud of him no matter what.
AWANA has started back up. This is Jackson's first year, and after being uncertain the first couple of weeks, he LOVES it. He has memorized quite a few verses already, as have the other kids.
The kids are still doing karate. Nick teaches a kids class on Mondays, then does the black belt class that night (Danny too). Danny and Nick teach at the Nazarene church on Thursday nights and all the kids but Jackson (and Cara of course) attend that one. Danny has also been teaching on Friday nights lately.
Danny has been very busy with school, working towards both his bachelors and masters degrees at the same time. He stays 2 nights a week down with Grandma and Grandpa, and Grandma is trying to fatten him up. :-)
Hmmm, Joey had to have 4 teeth pulled, cause they just wouldn't come out on their own.
Ok, that's the general news. Now, if my camera will cooperate with me, I will do some separate posts.
:-)
Ralph and Jackson and I took Cara back to college. We got stuck in crazy traffic on the way down (3 miles in 3 hours on the Grapevine), got there late, moved her in the next morning, and drove home. Long, long 2 days. But, hey, I got my favorite Denny's chicken sandwich out of the deal on the way down, so I was happy. :-) It was hard to leave Cara again, but not as hard as last year, for either of us.
We started school back up, with the remaining 5 at home. Jackson is in 1st grade this year and is now ready to learn to read. We have our school time together every morning, and for the most part, we both enjoy it. Rebecca is in 5th this year, Joey in 7th, Samantha in 9th, and Nick in 11th. Nick is taking the PSAT this weekend, and if he does as well on the real test as he has been doing in the practice tests, I think he will score somewhere in the 95th to 98th percentile. We'll see how he does under pressure, but I'm proud of him no matter what.
AWANA has started back up. This is Jackson's first year, and after being uncertain the first couple of weeks, he LOVES it. He has memorized quite a few verses already, as have the other kids.
The kids are still doing karate. Nick teaches a kids class on Mondays, then does the black belt class that night (Danny too). Danny and Nick teach at the Nazarene church on Thursday nights and all the kids but Jackson (and Cara of course) attend that one. Danny has also been teaching on Friday nights lately.
Danny has been very busy with school, working towards both his bachelors and masters degrees at the same time. He stays 2 nights a week down with Grandma and Grandpa, and Grandma is trying to fatten him up. :-)
Hmmm, Joey had to have 4 teeth pulled, cause they just wouldn't come out on their own.
Ok, that's the general news. Now, if my camera will cooperate with me, I will do some separate posts.
:-)
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Hope Valley Camping/Birthday Trip (Happy Birthday Danny)
Last weekend we went camping to one of Danny's (and my) favorite places for his birthday weekend. We took Colette along to experience the crazyness of camping with the Houseful of Blessings. The kids fished, played in and on the lake, we ate lots of good food, and we celebrated Danny's birthday. It was a really nice, relaxing weekend, and I'm so glad we got to go. It was the only chance Danny got to go with us this summer, as he has been so busy with summer school and working. Rebecca was the only one to catch 2 fish. She was dedicated and got out there at 6:30 in the morning. When she caught her fish, she came back and work us up (around 7 am) with "I caught it, now what do I do?" and it was dangling from her pole. We were too lazy to get up yet so had her put the fish on the pole in a bucket. (She said it was too wiggly to get it off herself). Funny girl.
I'm just gonna post the pictures in random order, cause I'm lazy like that. 
Thursday, August 11, 2011
To the Beach
Summer is flying by soooo fast and we have been so busy. We had swimming lessons for Jackson, VBS, Nick and Cara and even Samantha have been working lots, and I have been painting the inside of the house, plus lots more that I can't even think of right now.
We went to Bodega Bay a couple of weeks ago and had a wonderful relaxing time.
We played on the beach.
We flew kites.
We explored Fort Ross.
We went tide pooling.
We hiked through some redwoods.
Some of us climbed trees.
It was a great time to recharge our batteries and spend some time as a family.
It was a great time to recharge our batteries and spend some time as a family.
And that is about all the time I can spare right now for blogging. Summer is almost over and there is still so much to do......
:-)
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