The Fab 5

Ok, I'm continuing this from my sister-in-law...should be fun...

The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something specially made by me for you! Of course, there are some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make - yet, its from me, so you should like it!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It will be done sometime this year.

4. You will have no clue what it will be. It could be ANYTHING from a story, to an article, to something baked or sewn (yeah right), or painted! Who knows? Not you, thats for sure!!

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

6. I will send it anywhere! It doesn't matter where you live!

The catch? The catch is you have to repost this on your own blog and offer this to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will when a FABULOUS homemade gift by ME!!!!

Oh! And be sure to post a picture of what you won when you get it!

What Happened to July?!?!

I can't believe that its August...and practically the middle of August - summer is almost over!! AHHHH!!!! So, what did we do in July?!?! We started off by going down to Cedar City for the Utah Summer Games. Kai competed in Demo Team competition and he got his very first Gold medal!! He was super excited and he keeps it safe in his special "Treasure Box".

Troy also competed at this tournament. He got bronze in his forms division and gold in his sparring division - I wouldn't want to compete against those long legs!! Troy is in blue.
God Bless the USA
The kids and I watched a parade that Troy participated in - don't they look super excited?! We got there an hour and a half early to drop off Troy and by the time the parade started the kids were ready to go home - hope next year is a better experience for everyone. But don't they look cute?! :)

Reese got a pretty necklace from a Princess in the parade.

Afterwards we went to a carnival and watched fireworks!

We also goofed around and read a lot of books.

We also went to Las Vegas for the Martial Arts Supershow! Troy got to meet a lot of awesome people and the kids and I got to have a great vacation!! We hit the strip and M&M World - chocolate is a favorite for the kids and me.

Troy got to meet and train with Chuck Lidell...he said it was awesome!

We went to the pool A LOT!!! The kids LOVED it and I am so happy that Kai will now put his face under water and Reese absolutely loves the water!!

Reese has also been advancing in her activities...she is standing and walking along furniture. She is standing on her own, but not moving. Her favorite place to stand is in the bathtub.

We were so busy in July, the kids slept where ever they could!! Kai is in the stroller while we are checking out of our hotel in Vegas.

I also took pictures of the kids, finally!! Reese's 6 months and Kai's 3 year pictures. I did these myself and I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out!

I LOVE this picture of the two of them together. I just LOVE my kids so very much and I'm grateful everyday that they are healthy, happy, playful kids - it makes my days easy!!