Easter Egg Volunteering AND White Belts!!!

Casey and Randy volunteered at the Easter Egg hunt. (What they won't do to get candy!)
They don't fully know how so very proud of Casey I am for her to take the initiative to volunteer her time like this. It means a lot to the younger kids.

It was a surprise to me, and to them, too apparently that the boys received their white belts today. I'm very proud of them. I hope this encourages them to continue. At least for the self-discipline it teaches.

Big smiles!!!

Kids at the zoo

Which one's worse? Taking the kids to the zoo or taking the zoo to the zoo?

Before and after haircut

Casey got her haircut. It's the first time I ever took her to get it professionally cut, though her father managed to get her there once before. I generally cut her hair and while we were at it Casey wanted it straightened so we did. Check out the before and after pics.

BEFORE (I love those curls)

AFTER (who's this pretty girl? hehehe)

Shouldn't we all?

The best laugh is the one that you laugh so hard your side hurts.

I love to watch my kids laugh. Rolling on the floor laughing so hard.
Never mind that seconds before they were wrestling before they landed in a heap on the floor. (Yes, with his camera in his hand they were wrestling). Crazy kids. But I love them all so much.

Did you see the moon tonight?

Coming back from the boys' karate class I noticed the moon, not quite full but the colorful ring around the moon was awesome. I wonder what causes it.

Walked at the park today

Nothing new walking at the park, I mean. But what was new was what I found. I've gotten some pretty cool pictures before, but it was great to step out of the van and ask God to show me a Damselfly so I could take its picture. On the last several walks through the parks I'd seen them, but was unable to photograph them. But today, within maybe a 100 feet I saw two of them flying around a tree.

Then a little bit later I saw two that very much look like they are mating. AND I got to see a black and red striped snake swimming TOWARD me in the water. I've never seen one of those in the wild before.

Randy had lost his top for his "Gi" so after I finally got him a new one I got him back into karate classes. He will be back up to speed in no time. :)

Stretching exercises

I don't have much to say right now since I'm really tired.

Stretching exercises

I've got some more pictures that I want to post but that will be a different day and a different posting.

Stretching exercises

I'm so glad the boys went to Karate tonight. It looks like they're both enjoying it.

Stretching exercises

Considering Randy tried so many times this week to stay home and/or to have me pick him up from school he's looking/acting pretty well.

Practicing stances

I don't want to see either of them sick. And it better stay that way.

 Randy and Timmy have a field trip coming up to Busch Gardens. Won't that be fun?

practice, practice, practice

Please enjoy these photos. I don't have anything else at the moment to add.

Getting it right

I'm sure I could think of something, but why should I? You can view the pictures without my input

Is it easier with the adults?

They are going around in a circle 

When the music stops they have to be in a stance

And they have to name the stance 

name it correctly

Or they are out and sit in the middle

These are the leaders

Running home

Wow! What a blast of wind!!!

All that wind rocked the bus back and forth. I thought the wind might flip a bus. I'm glad that it was short-lived.

Well, no bus flipped... at least not that I know of. But it was such strange weather. Hmmmm....
Look at how fast the storm and wind moved in and dissipated.

Adventure...and danger, now you're talking.

A broken, forgotten boardwalk

I never knew this trail existed, at least not inside John Prince Park. Wow.

It doesn't look safe, right? And we shouldn't walk on it, right? So then that must be why we climbed up and followed it for a ways.  This was an exciting day!!