Saturday, May 18, 2013

Belting Up

Since the beginning of the school Adam has been taking Karate and from what I could tell has enjoyed doing it.  I got to see him start in his first class and little glimpses here and there but I haven't really seen him perform.  This ceremony let me see Adam in a different light.  He was so focused and serious.  All of this punches were sharp and powerful.  I was really shocked.  He moved from a white belt to a yellow belt.  It was one of those proud parent moments.


Thursday, May 2, 2013

Birthday Girl

My birthday was very enjoyable I got woken up to my boys singing to me, presents and a card that made me cry.  Josh got me what I wanted which was a bike rack for the car.  Jenn Guirguess took me out to lunch at an Indian buffet.  Josh brought dinner home for me; my favorite coconut shrimp form Bone fish grill.  We celebrated that night with cookie cake.   Super bonus was all of the birthday wishes from facebook friends and family phone calls.  It was a great day.

As an extension of the celebrating we went on a family bike ride on the Delaware raretiane canal.  It was a perfect day for a bike ride flowers were out turtles sunning, everything green and new.  I absolutely loved being able to be there with my boys.  Josh gets the best husband award for that day because as he was getting out our bikes from the shed he saw that my bike's rear tire was punked.  So to make this bike ride happen for me he told me to ride his bike and he would ride mine pulling Andrew.  What a guy!  We did the bike trade and I had a great time and Josh got a good work out.  Adam loved being the fastest and Zach rode with me.  We stopped to look a the turtles and flowers and enjoyed our selves.  That was my real present.  I really want to have authentic experiences with my children.  I don't want something that is manufactured and prefabricated.  I want to go out and explore all the different things that this earth has to offer and I want to do it with my children.

That evening we had a gumbo party.  I made a huge pot of gumbo and fed about 25 people and still had tons left over.  It was really nice to have the kitchen done and people over to enjoy a meal together.  Kevin and Morgan got to come too.