A day to relax

This past weekend has been a busy one here . Though our big shopping trip plans for Saturday, due to weather and baby sitting conflicts of friends, gave way to just a night with friends after mass, it proved to be a wonderful time . Sunday brought it's own appeal with My maternal family's annual Christmas reunion, which was also a good time. The funding auction which accompanies this get together, proved to be a little wallet draining but hey, it is all for a good cause and I got some great things. Sunday night Mike and I found ourselves finishing our Christmas shopping while out on an errand for DVDs. A fifteen minute trip turned into a few hours but Oh how nice to be done ! Monday morning started with a snag as Michael and I showed up for a school meeting ( all good:-) only to find that it had been canceled due to illness. Michael seen this as an opportunity to take the entire day off of school, which for some strange reason I allowed. The rest of the day was spent preparing to host our Parish Thirty Forty something group's evening meeting which followed mass for the Feast of the Immaculate conception. I believe that a good time was had by all as we ate , drank a bit of wine, and discussed the group's plans for the coming year. All and all our weekend was packed full of fun and good times, however everything has to come to an end and our weekend of fun has done just that. As for today,I plan to just relax, Thanks be to God

Dedication

Even after spending a great evening with friends last night and getting in around two AM ish, I still got up at six fifty AM to bake a red velvet cake for a family Christmas theme reunion. Now tell me again why I should be the favorite niece & cousin ?

2008 ISKF National event Los Angeles California

ISKF Mid America region competitors. Robby and Michael first two on left kneeling.




Michael's kumite(sparing) match




Robby's kumite match



Robby as he has his metal placed around his neck



Robby and I after winning his metal

Finally LA pictures

The encounter resteraunt at LA international airport




Our Hotel was within a block of the airport. The outdoor pool and hot tub were on the roof of the hotel where you could relax and watch the planes coming in and taking off





Santa Monica pier, the only tourest attraction that we visited.



Beautiful sunset at Santa Monica Beach

Dilema

After making fifteen dozen buckeyes, a dozen which didn't even make it into a a Tupperware container, I ummmm welll actually Cindy noticed that Robby's birthstone had fallen out of my Mother's ring. Finding the stone to reset it is not a concern as I have an extended service plan, with the jeweler, on it and it is being fitted with a new stone as I type, but do I throw away all the buckeyes and start again since one may just contain the tiny stone, that could probably be eaten unnoticed anyway ?
Lets just say that though I am debating on whether to waste these wonderful homemade treats or simply pray that the stone fell out when I washed my hands one of the million times . If you do bite into something hard, while eating one of my buckeyes, You should just assume that one was made with crunchy peanut butter, OK?

Hey everyone; Mike is on YouTube

While in L.A. for nationals Mike was video taping for our region. As someone from another region taped the following, Mike was caught taping the same match. Mike is the one closest to the head table, check him out !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34pRp_lLKOQ

Heard from a certain daughter of mine.....

Mom,is it OK if I use your credit card to buy your Christmas present online ?