family Karate Family It's been a while! We've been really busy with life and illness and life. Anyway, we've been taking a family karate class for a few months now, every friday night at Freeman's karate in Sparks, Carson has been taking classes there since
family Yellow Belt Carson has been doing very well in karate and recently tested and received his yellow belt. He's been practicing and improving his technique since he started last October. This is him and his Sensei. Just a recent picture of Savannah. She is sitting up by herself now.
carson Excited to Spar Carson just got some sparring gear to use in his karate class - he is so excited. He's been doing really well and improving his techniques.
carson Carson in Karate Carson started Karate today. He had a good time. It's a little tough to start with kids that have been doing it for a while, but he's excited to learn. He enrolled at Freeman's Shorin-Ryu Karate. They seemed really good with kids. He
carson Our Friend Christina Christina had her 6th birthday party today. Here are the kids playing pin the tail on the horse. What a treat! There were real (nice) horses for the kids to ride! I guess this is an exercise to help the kids feel more comfortable on the horse, even without holding
keith Home of the Brave(s) Wow! How often do you get a first row seat at a major league baseball game?!? I've been in Atlanta, GA for a few days for a trade show for a side business that I've been working on. Last night a company treated me and one
carson Carson rides with no training wheels! Until I can figure out how to load a video on the blog, you get some pictures. Granted, they aren't of Carson actually riding his bike without the training wheels, but this is what I have right now. It only took him a few minutes to get the
family Riding Bikes at the Sparks Marina To celebrate my day off (and labor day too), we all went to lunch at Fuddruckers, then for a bike ride at the Sparks Marina. Fuddruckers had really good burgers, chicken sandwiches and shakes; but you really pay for it. The food was fairly expensive for burgers. The fries were
carson This is for you, Andrea! I dusted off the old kiddie pool and put it on our front lawn and let the kids swim around. Shoulda done it earlier! (Everything got so serious when I gave them the otter pops.) Comments Andrea (Aug 03, 2009): Yay, pics of the boys. Yo' Mama (Aug 02,
carson Look Ma': No Training Wheels! Carson (with a little help from Dad), decided he was ready to try his bicycle without training wheels. He did pretty well, but in the end, the training wheels went back on his bicycle. We'll have to try again next weekend.
family A Bicycle Built for Two With the sickness of the winter behind us (hopefully), we finally got out as a family and went to the Sparks Marina. We dusted off our bikes, (except for Carson, since his is brand new) and headed for what's now called "Celebration Lake". We like "
tucker Tucker's Bicycle Seat We mounted a seat for Tucker onto my bicycle so that we can ride as a family. Tucker loves it!
carson My New Trek Bike Carson got a new bike, courtesy of Grandma Bea and Grandpa Gene, thank you! It's a Trek bike, and Carson loves it. We went to Scheel's yesterday to get it, and as soon as we came home, Carson was out riding it all afternoon. We are
family Glowing at the Coconut Bowl in Sparks Angela and I have never been bowling together and our kids have never had the opportunity. So we decided to spend our day off at the Coconut Bowl in Sparks. It has a fun family safe atmosphere, making it possible to bring a 3 year old and a 6 month
carson Loving the Time Off -- Hitting the Park with the Kids I have loved all of the time-off I took the last couple of weeks. I was able to spend so much more time with the family. Today, Carson, Tucker and walked to the park and played for a while. They are such cute kids! We played frisbee, swung on
family Family Night At The Park We finally had clear air today! The smoke has been so bad this summer that we have felt trapped inside of our own home. To celebrate, we went to the park. Carson and I rode our bicycles around while Angela watched Tucker. Carson is an offroad cycling expert. He would
keith Shooting the Breeze To celebrate the successful release of a new program at work, the CEO and CTO flew to Reno and took the development team out for an afternoon of Sporting Clays. For most of us, it was little more than 'Shooting the Breeze'; but it was really fun.
