Soccer and Karate Camp

The boys have been doing Shou Shu Karate for three years. 

They love learning how to protect themselves. 

Also how to control. 

Nate was our energetic little guy. 

When he started karate, he really changed. 

Instead of the constant crazy running around, 

he started being able to choose when he wanted play or be calm. 

I loved this transition. 

Karate has been a great outlet for the boys. 

We were able participate in karate camp September 2014. 

It's a weekend of karate all day long with some demos at night.

 It was just me and the boys in a tent. 

It was very hot with a loud train at night.

 But a great experience. 

The boys both earned their high purple belts. 

Nate played soccer this year. 

He was on the Decepticons team and had a blast running around 

with boys his age. 

Coaches Micah, Jesse and Mike

Some firsts for Grant

My baby is going to school! No tears or sadness from me.

I was super proud of how big he has gotten. Grant has been preparing &

talking about going to school for over a year.

(Don't mind the time stamp, it's from my Mom's camera & we can't change it)

SOCCER!!

I have been waiting to be a soccer mom FOR-EVVV-ER.

So even though Grant only made the age cut by 2 days,

therefore making him theeeee youngest kid in the league,

I signed him up.

He doesn't run too fast, but he enjoys picking flowers for me during games.

During a game last Saturday, I kept looking into the backyard behind us. Then one time I looked, a small table in the yard had caught on fire. I told the people around me, "Ummm, can you tell if that's a table or a BBQ on fire?" We yelled a bit & after I had a bad attempt at climbing the fence (darn flip flops), one of the parent refs hopped the fence where there just happened to be a gallon of water & a towel nearby. WHEW Guess the person was in the shower & a candle caught the magazine on fire.

Never without excitement.

He looks like a natural.

Charly got to a bowl of cheez-its.

Kept finding bits & pieces

throughout the house for days