whats new in life....

hey everyone.. i hope things have been well with all of you... life is great in our neck of the woods right now... just busy with the usual work and noahs tae kwon do... and of course family fun on the weekends....

just a little update on noahs tae kwon do... he has been doing great at all his practices and he already has earned his first stripe on his orange belt... next week he will be testing for his second stripe which means he will have to do his form (series of moves) all by himself without help from master niece... we are practicing hard everyday when we get home because the orange belt form is really different from the white belt form.. and i know they will continue to get harder but i think the beginning and getting the hang of it will always be the most difficult... gotta get over that first hill, you know??

wow.. he definitely amazes me sometimes... the other day he decided to kick his little heart out... my son is not flexible by any means (that would be something he inherited from me and he actually kicked with the proper form and execution and HIGH!!! woo hooo!!! these are proud days for me.. i think i have only had to miss 2 or 3 classes since he started but him and i make sure we practice almost everyday!!! this is our together thing since daddy has to work during the classes... i love helping him and learning a little bit along the way too...

he will be starting the second grade in august and can you believe he actually wants to go back to school??? he asks me all the time to go stop by his school so we can find out what class he is going to be in... i love that fact that he is motivated for school... (that he did inherit from me... :)~ i loved and still love learning...) a second grader... wow, i'm getting old!

TRIP TO KNOTTS BERRY FARM

this past weekend was the annual company picnic for the surgery center i work at... we all voted to go to knotts berry farm again this year.... the weather was absolutely awesome... i couldn't ask for anything better!!!! the sun was shining, the crowds were tolerable, and i had my boys with me!!! yay!! i even got my hands on an extra ticket so noah could bring his buddy christian.... here are some pics from our adventure at knotts....

here's noah at the top of boomerang!!!!

and a good time was had by all.... we even finished the night off by going to fuddruckers for dinner.... mmmm.. we love it there!!!

BRAYDEN JAMES MAY

did i mention how darn cute this little guy is???? man oh man... everytime i see him i want to hold him and do the goofy baby voice gooo goo gaga to him... he will be three weeks tomorrow and he's just perfect... doing all the usual baby things... eating, sleeping, and pooping!!!! that's a babies life... i love stopping by their house and seeing him just wide-eyed and kicking around... i love my little b... here are a few pics i took of him this past monday...

and my big sis??? well she is doing great too... since she has to watch her diet for little b's sake, she has lost a lot of weight!!!! which is never an easy thing to do in our family!!! what a great example of how kids can change your life for the better!!! i am sooo proud of her!!!! what a great mommy!!!

wow, did i write a novel or what??? this weekend should be pretty mellow.... i finally get to hang out with my best bud kimmy this weekend after a month or longer of not hangin' out!!!! yay!!! i feel a few martinis coming on!!! right on!!!

this saturday will be the first of five in a row for me that i work at the hospital so hopefully we get some fun cases to keep us busy.... nothing like a good bowel resection to keep busy with... (i know, i'm sick!!)

other than that, we don't really have any other plans, so i think we'll hit the pool and catch some sun the rest of the weekend... well, talk to you guys later!!!