.....And time goes on....

Just haven't found the time to sit at home and blog lately... I've got tons of pics to share and no time to load them up!!!!

This month has been busy busy....

Working like a dog, keeping up with Noah's Tae Kwon Do, going for walks and running when it hasn't been suffocating hot.... We've been over 100 a few times this month!!!!! Can't run in that heat!!!! Obi's little paws can't take the heat of the pavement either!!! So we wait till it's cooler in the evening, or just go swimming...

I also ruptured my extensor carpi radialis tendon on my right hand this month. I was lifting a heavy pizza stone with a heavy pizza out of the oven and heard this loud pop from my right hand. I thought it was just my lifting the pizza a funky way making my wrist pop, but no.... I ruptured it.... I talked to our sports med. doc and he made me take some anti-inflammatory meds.... But I also talked to one of our cosmetic surgeons that did a hand fellowship and he said to fix it would require an anchor and lots of p.t. (physical therapy)... He also said that this tendon is one that is frequently used as a donor tendon for other repairs, so if I don't fix it, all I will lose is a small fraction of wrist strength.... I can deal with that. So I have decided to go anti-surgery on this.... But it does look funky when I play with it... Eventually it will scar down where it ends up..... Que sera sera!!!!

This month was also special because my little nephew turned a year old!!!! Happy birthday to my Little B!!!!! He's such a cute kid!!!! He's mobile now, walking and talking his jibberish all over the place!!!! His birthday party was at a place called jumping jacks... It was really cool.... Two bouncy rooms and pizza, cake and presents in the cake room.... We had a great time!!!!

Mark and I have also been hanging out a lot lately with my friends from work. Veronica and her fiance Daniel and my other friend Christi... They are all such awesome people!!!! We all just get a long really well and like to have a good time. We went to the Saddle Ranch chop house at the Universal City Walk and rode the mechanical bull..... All 5 of us took turns.... I got bruises on the inside of both legs!!!!! I was holding on for dear life!!!!! We've gone to a BBQ at their place to celebrate a homecoming for one of Daniels brothers.... Great times!!!!

Noah also tested for blue belt this month.... and after a few tears of laziness.... He passed!!! His form, sparring segments, and sparring matches were great!!! but when Master Nice asked him to perform one of his old forms, he choked!!!! So I thought for sure he would fail, but she explained to me that she is preparing them for black belt by testing their old forms, but it is not a requirement at this time for him to get to blue belt. So my little man is now a blue belt!!!! Congrats to Noah!!!! He is bored out of his mind right now being out of school. He goes to Kindercare full time and they do great trips, but it's still a long day.... So hopefully July will fly as fast as June and August will roll in quickly so he can get into the third grade. He will begin in the GATE (gifted and talented education)program this year at school... So we'll see how the work load differs....

For Fathers Day we went to a family BBQ at the park in Orange County that we always go to. It was a really relaxing day!!!! Mark and I even played some tennis.... Other than both of us being really sore from the bull ride the night before, we played pretty well!!!! The kids all had a blast playing together, and we even had some of the family dogs out at the park!!! Obi, Miley and Daisy!!!! Too funny!!!!

Today Jeff and Brandie are coming over with the kids and we're all gonna go to the pool, BBQ, and just hang out!!!! Should be fun.... Tomorrow my sisters are gonna come over and again we will head to the pool for some fun in the sun!!!!

Next weekend will be my first weekend off since I went to Oklahoma.... And it will probably be the last one for another 7 weeks or so..... I think the next weekend I will be off is at the end of August... I'm actually going to start taking call 2 nights a week, so that I can make some extra cash. I will be on call from 11pm to 7am. Phew!!! Life is going to get busy... or should I say busier????

Alrighty then... I better get home and get ready for my company!!!! I'll load pics soon, I promise!!!!! Have a great weekend everyone!!!!