Lemon Pie
Posted on January 16, 2009
I just finished off a piece of lemon pie from lunch and decided that would be a great set up for today’s posting.
Brady promotes to Shodan-Ho (junior black belt) next Friday. He is excited and has been working hard. Ben and I have ramped up our workouts in anticipation of a Nidan promotion later this year. I’ve also started studying Eagle Claw with some of the group and little Aikido on my own.
Emily is back at MSU and busy with classes and Winter Guard. She had to get AutoCAD running on her Mac. We installed Parallels and everything worked out nicely. Too a little work to get things configured, but in the end, she was happy. So win!
gotta go…
Blizzard
Posted on December 1, 2008
We’re getting a little wet snow here. Would like to see a couple of good snows this year so I can use that sled I bought the kids, like a bazillion years ago.
Thanksgiving was a blur. Shannon and I successfully pulled off a surprise 50th Wedding Anniversary party for mom & dad. It was a lot of fun and I got to see some cousins that I hadn’t seen in a bazillion years.
Lego championship is Friday and Saturday. We’re as ready as we can be. Emily will be coming back into town for the Winter Wonder Slam concert.
Busy We Are.
Posted on November 17, 2008
Wow things got busy. Emily was in this weekend for Abbey’s 11th birthday. We were helping out a couple of families and kept their girls this weekend too. Way too many females in Ford Manor this weekend.
Abbey had a great birthday. Friends, gifts, cakes and lots of fun. We had our Indian Princess campout last weekend. It was cold but not terrible. I became Nation Medicine Man and she had a big time helping me do my duties.
Brady’s Indian Guide’s campout was a few weeks ago. At the end of the camp he and I took off up the mountain through the woods with his slingshot. We walked to top, turned right and headed back down. Ended up making a circle around the camp. Last week he and I went to something called Elevate. It was an extreme contemporary worship service with BMX bikes, motocross, bands and stuff. We had fun. The Lego Robotics tournament is early December, so we’re also working hard on that.
Ben and I are working towards our nidan ranks so we’ve been practicing kata together. Also driving, as he’ll have his license in no time. He is enjoying playing the bass with the praise band at church.
Carol continues to bring home funny stories from her work at WPM. I keep telling her she should write a book.