Blizzard of 2007

Well we probably have at least 2 feet of snow on the ground. This is Nik getting ready to help us shovel the driveway. Last night in the blizzard Jason lost his keys somewhere in all that snow. Nik had no school today and Jason did not have work/school either. Though Rachel did in Chardon. I think we got more here than Chardon for once. Its supposed to get really cold this weekend. Stay warm!!

Nik's punching bag

We got Nik a stand up punching bag like the ones they use in karate. We promised Nik one, we got this one used for only $60 off of Ebay. We had to go to Beachwood to pick it up. It was a great deal. He was very happy to get it. It can be adjusted for height so even Jason can use it. Boy we got more snow last night it was really bad out there. Rachel is home from school she got a snow day but Nik did not.

Playing in the snow

The kids played outside in the snow today. Nik looks really cold and did not last long outside. Rachel stayed out longer and finshed the baby snowmen. We are getting more snow as we speak.

Numchucks

Here are the pictures of Nik's numchucks. One more thing Rachel got here report card for the 2nd quarter. She got all A's and B's and one C in Math. Not bad.

Finally winter

Winter is defiantly here. We are getting more snow possibly up to a foot by tomorrow night. Yuk!! Rachel got sent home from school. She has pink eye. I took her to the doctor yesterday and they put here on drops and he said as long as I get two sets of drops in her she can go to school. Well the school called and told me to pick her up its board policy that they wait 24 hours after medication is started. Nikolaus got numchucks for karate now that he is an orange belt they do weapon training. He did pretty good yesterday was his first time using them in class. I will post a picture later today.

Guitar playing

Nik was so cute today. He asked Jason if he could play his guitar and wanted him to teach him some things. He showed him the different notes. Maybe Nik will take after his daddy. Izzy wanted his picture too. Yesterday Izzy was so funny we have a space heater in out bedroom. Izzy always likes to me by the heat. So I went to go into our room and I saw Izzy in front of the heater with his bed and his fish toy that Grandpa Spotz got for him. He moved all of this stuff from the laundry room and put it in front of the heater in our room. It was so funny. We received more snow today around 5 inches or so. We are expected to receive more tonight and tomorrow. It is finally feeling like winter around here. I am glad it held off for awhile because I hate the snow and cold. Well have a nice weekend!!!

More Karate

Got his Orange Belt

Nik got his orange belt in karate today. He did really well. His punches were very strong. He was so proud of himself. The next belt is a yellow belt. We finally got some snow yesterday. Probably about 6 inches. We got the Saturn back runs good. I have been taking it at night and the weekends so I don't run up the miles on my PT Cruiser

Orange Belt

Nik will be able to test for his orange belt next Wednesday. He is so excited. He completed his 6 stripes and qualifies for testing. This is the nice outfit that Auntie Kim & Uncle Jay got Nik for Christmas. Yesterday we had a tour of Phillips-Osborne. It is a very nice school and we are happy that we have the chance to send Nik. Rachel is doing good. She was home sick one day from the flu she recovered quite quickly. We are in the process of fixing the Saturn, it needed new motor mounts and the transmission replaced. Hopefully now it should run for a long time.

Happy New Year!!

Wow its 2007. I can't believe it. Everything is going back to normal. Jason went back to work today he has been off since the 22nd. Tomorrow both kids go back to school. Everybody was a little bit sad. Rocky was good, I really enjoyed it. Nik is on a Rocky kick. He has watched all the Rockies and had the soundtrack which he listens to over and over again. He also got Rocky 4 for Christmas. So Nik got a lot of enjoyment out of the movie. I hope everyone has a Happy New Year. No pictures today.