Just like Jana

I am told Lani has similar fashion tastes to those of Aunt Jana (like 20 something years ago). Of course, Lani has no rocking horse and keeps her diaper on (for now). But she does have some great dance moves in those boots!

Litttle Samarai Class

Last day of class I remembered the camera:


This is usually how the first 15 minutes of class goes. The kids run around while the teacher gets the mats out and decides what to do. (With community ed classes you get what you pay for-not much).


This is the usual warm up. Notice, Cousin Arie running around, Aaron is left of the guy jumping in circles, and Ian has to be held by the instructor.
This about sums up the rest of class. The teacher tries to explain something while the kids wrestle. He really forgets there are three year olds in his class. Example: Cousin Arie can't sit still. Aaron takes it well.
Ian is actually so tired by 5pm that he is spastic (defense mechanism against sleep). Half the time he is going crazy trying to beat up Arie or anyone else in his way.
Meanwhile, Lani is on the sidelines playing with her new friend. Well, she follows her around to sit by her anyway.

And that is our karate class. It really is pretty hysterical. I'm considering investing in real lessons (as opposed to what we got). I mean, I already invested in the gi attire. Some say this encourages violence, but if you know my boys, you know that violence occurs without any encouragement in my house. Aaron might as well learn how to defend himself, right?

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Projects

I can't help myself. I always have a project going on. It might keep me sane. I always feel better when I see a finished project. In the past few months I have refinished my old kitchen table as well as my new kitchen table. I am working on refinishing some chairs. In between I decided to build some storage space in my basement entryway. I bought the stuff yesterday and put it up today. Brad's in California this weekend so I wanted to get it done before he got back. I can't take all the credit because I needed my brother, Ben, to use his strength and help me keep things straight. But as the engineer, I am pretty proud of my work. I made all the cuts myself, too, even though the table saw scares me. To celebrate, we had my other brother, Spencer, and his family come over for dinner and root beer floats!

Brad is home!

Yeah, Brad is home. He is not up to his usual strength, just looking at our kids seems to tire him out:) But at least he now gets a steady flow of applesauce, cream of wheat, and an array of soups. Soon he will graduate from liquids, but we are taking it slow. By the way, Kristen, who really needs sleep?
Thanks for the prayers, love, and support we have received. We are blessed to have such a support system to take care of us whether you are near or far. We did not even realize just how serious the injury was until the doctor showed Brad Tuesday morning the original cat scan taken last Wednesday. His esophagus was cut through and around in a semi circle, then on through the muscle. He truly is fortunate to be home without a scar over his chest.