Hayden moves up in the world

PURPLE BELT!!!!!!!!

About a month before tournament Hayden completed the test for his purple belt. This time we had to go to another school and had to be evaluated by the owner Master Nelson and a panel of instructors and peers. He was very nervous about it but as he soon learned he had nothing to fear.




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He did great!! And was very very proud of himself :)

Scott and Autumn Visit the Midwest

It was wonderful having Scott and Autumn home for a visit. They were here for only 5 days but we had a lot of fun in those 5 days :) The last night they were here we had a big Shrimp Boil to celebrate them being here and Mother's Day all in one. Lots of food and lots of wine.... it was a great time!Yes we ate 90% of that pile :D YUM YUM!
Scott had more fun playing with the boys. Wrestling, playing football, listening to Hayden explain one of his many Pokemon games, tickling Jax... you name it. He became a big kid with them. Makes me sad knowing how much fun he and the kids would have if we lived closer. It was also his first time meeting Jaxson and I have to give Tim and I credit... we make sure the boys see pictures of family and out of town friends so they know of the people that love them... Jax went right to Scott and Autumn because he sees their picture everyday in our home.
Our required family shot. I think it turned out nice. Thanks Jo for taking it!


Man have we aged in this picture!!!

This was the best... before they left Jax needed to go to bed so Scott wanted to read him a bedtime story. Jax just loved it and so did I.

Farmer Jax

I've been trying to practice my portraits recently so I used my ever so willing subject Mr.Jax. I took him to a local preserve that I knew had a farm but I didn't know how wonderful a backdrop it would make.
Jax was so cooperative and willing and that helped A LOT!! I also am playing around with what they call 'actions' in Photoshop. It's basically different ways to process a photo. I'm really liking some of them. So without further adieu... here's FARMER JAX!

He is the Champion my friends...

So not sure where to begin I'm picking something and posting about it because I was told I am not allowed to get too far behind again :D (Hi Aunt Mar!)

So Hayden had his spring tournament on Mother's Day weekend. Some how he insanely got signed up for 3 events but surprise surprise he WON two FIRST places and one THIRD!! WOOT WOOT!

You can see he competing in sparring which he won his third place in. In the picture he's the one on the Right.
He competed in self-defence and won first. I wish you could of heard him yell. It startled the whole crowd and the judges :)
And then he competed in his Kata: Genesis. He's very good at that. Another first place here too. I think the other kids were getting annoyed that he kept winning but he really worked so hard this season. He would attend 3 times a week most weeks. He really put in the time and effort.

Also you can see Pa and Jax were really paying attention...

We were so proud of him and I think he was finally proud of himself too. In one picture we got you can see the surprised look on his face.

And onto the next one...

I did it again!

I went MIA on my blog, again. I'm sorry. I have just been so busy with taking pictures, family coming into town and me getting ready to go out of town I just haven't had the desk time to sit down and post.
That will be my weekend goal is to get some news up here ASAP, and new we do have!