My Little Karate Kid

We are so proud of him! He's worked hard the last two months and finally earned his yellow belt! The test was last night and we were looking forward to seeing him show his stuff. He's gotten pretty good, but admittedly still needs practice. For anyone who might not know, the orange stripe represents the next color belt he's working on. The whole thing was very ceremonial...the kids had to be spot on with all of the movements and even what they said...it's very disciplined which is another reason we are so proud of him...to see him show such control is almost shocking! Anyway...I'll have better photos to post soon.:)

(Master Randall Flaherty)

Father's Day in Monterey

For Father's Day we took a much needed 'vacation'...just a little weekend getaway for the three of us. We went to Monterey on Saturday and stayed the night, spent the day at the aquarium on Sunday. It was a first for Evan and I'd say he really enjoyed himself. We spent a little time at the beach before heading home and he was terrified of the water! It was actually kinda funny...heehee. We got some beautiful photos while at the aquarium which will surely make for some great scrapbooking! Anyway...I just wanted to say that I'm very thankful for the wonderful husband that I have and even more thankful that he is such an amazing father to my son. I love you Shaun and I hope to share many more 'Days' with you...Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day...any holi-day at all! Love you sweetie! Happy belated Father's Day!

Rain, rain go away...

I came across this photo of Evan that I took about a month or so ago. I absolutely love the way it turned out. He's such a photogenic kid and usually in a hurry to turn on the cheeses for the camera. I think we were both in a state of shock that it was raining in May here...not a usual thing for us! Anyway, just wanted to share it!

He's going in for the pretest for his karate tomorrow. He's excited but not half as excited as his dad and I. I'm sure he'll do well.:) Off to play...chat later!

Been awhile....again!

Ok, ok, I know....I'm a busy woman, what can I say! Well...let's see....

Evan is now officially a 2nd grader...he turned out a great report card for his last trimester, we were so proud of the little guy. His friend and our neighbors finally did move less than a month ago. We were so sad to see them go and it was alot harder on Evan than we thought it was going to be but he's doing better now. He starts summer school tomorrow. The teacher said he didn't need to go but because of his IEP he got an invite anyway. We figured we may as well take advantage of it, if for no other reason to keep him on top of things. He's also taken up karate...that's going on 2 months now. He'll actually be testing for his yellow belt at the end of the month are we are super excited about that! Shaun is planning to start going as well. He went once for a trial class and loved it so now I'm gonna have all the security I need when we all go out!lol Shaun is doing well. He's coming up on his 11th anniversary at Graniterock. Yes I know, I can hardly believe it myself! To think he's put up with that stinkin' 180 mile roundtrip commute for that long just to allow me to stay at home with Evan means so much to me. It's also hopefully going to be the reason that we are finally going to be able to get a house! Well, that and the fact that the housing market here in CA has nearly hit rock bottom! We have been steadily getting ready for it and the day can't come soon enough that we'll be able to put in the app for a loan! Anyway...enough for now! I will write more later...I know, I know...empty promises are useless!lol