Taekwondo Take Two

After nearly two and half years of watching Jaxson practice Taekwondo Asher has decided he would like to start. So he got all dressed in his outfit, tied up his white belt, and off he went. He was timid and a little shy but overall did a great job. Jaxson helped in his class and he loved a role of helping. Jaxson has now moved up to a brown belt and is in the senior belt class. It is a lot more difficult with all directions given in Korean and more advanced skills.

It is nice to see him begin and it also makes me proud to see how far Jaxson has come from starting when he was 5!

Cute little Asher all dressed and ready for some side kicks!  

Jaxson standing up with the instructors while speaking to the group of incoming white belts. 

Jaxson also helped in the colored belt class as well. He is standing up with the instructors at the end of class. 

While On Break

The kids just enjoyed ten days home over the holiday break from school. We did so many activities and enjoyed family visiting from Los Angeles. Here is our break in pictures! 

Alice was helping us clean up and leaving a trail of step stools along the way. 

She was thinking of all the ways she would break brothers lego creation. 

We cleaned to prepare for guests. The boys loved this part. hahahaha

Alice has been a big selfie taker lately. 

This image was on my phone about 20 times. 

About 10 copies of this Alice gem

I helped her with this one. 

Then I had another 30 of this one

Christmas Eve snuggling in the morning. Or elbows to the face... 

Christmas Morning! 

Santa nailed it with a guitar! 

Alice has been the best Mommy with her carrier and new baby doll from Grandma Elaine! 

There is always a wrestling match happening. Always. 

We all went to Glazed Expressions and painted pottery. We are going to get our finished products soon to see what we ended up with! 

Alice just wanted to sword fight with her paint brushes!  

Indoor playground fun was great. The kids ran and had so much fun. Jaxson did get pummeled with the chair swing they are in in this photo. He just walked right behind the chair with three kids in it at the perfect.. or imperfect.. time. He was airborne and I have to admit I was slightly concerned. He shook it off and got right back to playing. It was pretty impressive. 

Colton and Jaxson got the first sparring match on the new sparring mats during TKD. 

Science Center with cousins and friends! 

On the news at noon! 

Jaxson received his BROWN belt during break! 

Alice tried to convince us she needed cheese balls for breakfast. 

The boys received smart watches and when they realized they had step trackers it was on! Asher has racked up over 20k steps each day. 

New Year's Eve with family and friends!! 

Alice and her best neighborhood friend! 

Well, I got one of them to smile. Alice left the photo at just the wrong moment.

 For the last day of break the boys wanted to build a fort with their new fort building kit and sleep in it. Dave and I worked for longer than I want to admit building a fort for them. We started with big ideas but realized it wasn't going to work after trying really hard for a very long time. 

This was before we told Alice she can't sleep with the boys. 

And now they are at school after many tears for wanting to sleep in today. Now we have get to look forward to our big spring break trip!!