Going to the lying fruit

Geneva loves to be out and about. Everyday she asks if she can go to the library and gets upset when we don’t go. Ethan came up with the code name…one day he asked me if we were going to the lying fruit. It took a couple seconds for me to figure out what he was talking about. For the last couple Sundays Geneva will cry that she doesn’t want to leave church.

Winnie and Harley seem to be getting along. Harley tries to hit Winnie in the face when Winnie comes by but most of the time he just sits there and stares at Winnie. Winnie wants to play with Harley.

Rex’s parents came over last weekend. Bob is retiring a year early because he has high blood pressure and his medication for it doesn’t seem to be working like it used to. Jeanne said he is on 4 different ones now. Hopefully it will come down soon.

Happy Memorial Day!!!Today we are having a family over for a barbeque from tkd. Play games etc.. We have just a few more days of school left. I need to order the kids their tests. In MN you have to test your children once a year using a nationally recognized test if you homeschool. They always score very well. Rex’s dad said that he wants to give a scholarship to kids who are C students, maybe I should tell the kids not to do well on their test so they can get a scholarship?..lol

It's a girl!

We got Winnie, short for Wing Chun from the humane society. She is Welsh Cardigan Corgi. Ruff Ruff

Winnie is between 1-2 years old. She was taken to the humane society without tags. A couple of boys found her and brought her in. She has a very sweet temperament so far. The day we adopted her was her first day on the adoption floor. She was spaded the day before we got her. We went to the humane society to look at another dog we saw on their internet listings. We spent some time with her and really like the way she responded to Geneva. We planned on spending time with a couple other dogs but after spending time with another dog we wanted to see Winnie again. When we played with her the second time we decided without telling the kids we were going to adopt her. She didn’t want to leave the playroom when it was time to take her back to her area. Her name was Gina at the pound. So we of course called her Geneva! The name they picked for her at the pound was real cute but it was too close to Geneva’s name. She is an English breed, so her nickname is English. My neighbor across the street said Corgi’s are the dogs the Queen of England has. Isaac and Lilly are extremely happy about her. My dad told me they are diggers and he was right, when we got home from the vet yesterday she dug a hole to put her treat in and also tried to dig a hole to put her play ball in. We will have to be careful she doesn’t dig under the fence out back and get loose. Housetraining is coming along ok so far. One accident in the house but I guess that is to be expected. We don’t have any information on her so we really don’t know if she has been housetrained and everything else. She is a blank slate to us. She is very good natured and doesn’t bark easily.

Where is my supersuit?

Saturday we went to our TKD School’s tournament. I did concessions and everyone else entered the tournament. Rexford got third in sparring, second in forms, Ethan got second in board breaking, Isaac didn’t place, he did excellent, his division was really hard. Lilly got first in sparring, third in board breaking, Danielle got first in forms and Big Daddy got first in sparring. The best part about doing concessions was I didn’t have to get all nervous watching the kids compete. I missed cheering the kids from our school on during their competing. I am so glad I had people from the school cheering my kids on while they were competing though! Rex was moving from one ring to the next watching the kids and also competing himself. Geneva stayed with me while I did concessions, most of the time:) It would have been nice to have a babysitter but it worked out fine. We brought a blanket for her to sit on and our computer and she watched The Incredibles a lot of times! Ethan got the movie from Danielle for his birthday.

“Honey, Where is my supersuit?”
“I put it away”
“Where?”
“Why do you need to know?”
“The public is in danger!”
“My evening is in danger!”
“It’s for the greater good!”
“The greater good? I am your wife; I am the greatest good you are ever going to
get!”
Jason was exhausted after the tournament, he really did a great job!

Danielle and Suzie after the tournament

Anna the card shark complete with hat!

Nick with mom Lisa

I am hoping to get up some more pictures from the tournament. My camera was low on batteries so a lot of the pictures were blurry. If not, next time!