Happy Birthday Rob!

We like to get together with my aunt and cousin Sarah. For Rob's birthday we met at Benihana. We had never been there before but it was very fun. We even sang happy birthday to the beat of a very loud drum and had ice cream.

Our cook making the veggie fried rice.

Rob and the kids watching the cook make chicken.

We found it interesting that we were in a Japanese restaurant and our cook was Alfredo a Hispanic man.

Jeremy had to have his own hat. He looks like Alfredo.

That girl can really kick butt!

Once again I forgot how to put the pictures in the correct order so these are in reverse order. We are so proud of Emily. She started karate in the fall of 2004 at 9 years old. She earned her black belt almost 6 years to the day of earning her first belt.

Emily moved up the line because she is older than the two black belts to her left.

Shaking hands with Grand Master Saffold.

A tradition in this class is that the black belts surround the newest black belt and the Master ties the last knot of the new belt.

Emily putting on her new belt. Her official belt is on order. It will have her name on it in English and in Korean. She will also get a jacket that is trimmed in Black and she will wear black pants in class.

One of the 3 board breaks she had to do. This is her palm heel strike.

Round house kick. It is impossible to get the actual break. Trust me, I have tried. She also did a spinning hook kick.

The thing that made me most nervous is that she had to fight 2 black belts at once. They didn't take it easy on her either. If you notice she did this with out her glasses on which means she could only see blurry people in front of her.

A picture of her entire class. As you can see Emily is so excited and proud of herself.

The boys of Fall

So, there is a great song by Kenny Chesney called The Boy's of Fall. It is about football and it made me think of Jeremy. He decided to play football this fall for his school team. These pictures are from his last game on November 1st. Until this game they were undefeated.


Jeremy is #96 but you can only see the 6 in this picture.

I wish I could of taken a better picture of Jeremy and his team mates. He is a head taller than most of his team. There are only 5 or 6 boys who are tall like him. Jeremy was the wide receiver and his coach was so proud of him for knocking a kid on his butt so our guy could score. I'm just glad we ended the season with no injuries.

Hard Rock Cafe and Halloween

We love to get together with my aunt Rita and cousin Sarah. We went to Greenfield village to do some trick or treating. This is a fun night walking through the village and picking up treats along the path.

I forget how much this pumpkin weighed but it was like 700 lbs.

The path is lined with hundreds of carved pumpkins. Emily had a great time taking pictures of them.

Before we went to trick of treat we met for dinner downtown Detroit at the Hard Rock Cafe.

I just loved this stain glass window in the cafe.

Look, No Braces!

September 29th was a big day for Jeremy. He got his braces off, his football team won their game and he earned his rank of Star scout. We thought we had problems with the girls before but with this great smile I know we are in trouble.

Ok, so this is a bad picture but I once again remembered to take the picture as Jeremy was heading out the door for school. At least I didn't have to run down to the bus stop this time.

Star Scout

On Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 Jeremy advanced in Scouts to the rank of Star Scout. We are very proud of him. He is working very hard at earning his Eagle rank.

Walking to Find a Cure

This is team Emily's Hope. We walk and raise money to help fund research for Type 1 Diabetes. This disease dictates Emily's life right now and insulin is only a treatment NOT a cure. We had fun together and beautiful weather.

Back row: Erin, Jeremy, Yvonne, Jacob, Michelle and Rob
Front row: Sydney, Donna, Emily and Sasha.


Movin right along.

Erin, Sydnie and Emily had our team butterfly logo painted on their faces.