His trophies

Nik with his trophies he got one for his form and one for weapons.

Nik outside the college it was held at Slippery Rock University in PA

Nik at home displaying all his karate trophies in all he has 6. And I am sure many more to come.

NIik doing his weapons form and sparring

Nik doing his song jabongs (not sure if thats how you spell it). He did great and he got a trophy for the best triangle. The judge said it was the best triangle he has seen in awhile.

Nik getting ready to spar, he did awesome, though at one point he slipped and landed on his butt, but he was ok and got right back up and kept on sparring even better.

Nik doing his karate form

Nik doing his karate form, he did really good. For his form he got a trophy for best kicks and precise hand movements.

Nik's karate tournament

Nik on the way to the tournament in the car, it was in Slippery Rock PA.

Waiting his turn .

Getting ready to have his turn.

Nik talking to the instructor before his turn.

Rachel & Nik

Here is Nik's soccer pictures and Rachel on a mini trip that she went on with her dad during Labor Day weekend. Nik looks like a tuff guy in his pictures. Tomorrow we are going to PA for Nik's karate tournament. I am sure he will do well. He had a soccer game on Wednesday and he did great, it was probaly the most her played and he is starting to really get into the game. I brought Noodles to the game and the nominated her as the team mascot! Thurday Grandma & Grandpa Spotz are coming and we are all excited. We haven't seen grandpa in 2 years. Kim's due date is this weekend so any day now. She went to the dr. and nothing is happening yet.

Old pic of Jason

Here is an old pic of Jason probably around 20 yrs. old or so. Dale his buddy in Florida sent it to him.

Odd and ends

Its been a busy week between soccer, karate, girl scouts, and everything else or week has been very full. Nik is doing great in soccer much better than the first game. His name will be in the News-Herald tomorrow. He is loving karate, they teach them differently in karate for kids since they need to memorize thr form now. He loves the challenge and he is very serious about it. Rachel is having fun with girl scouts, she is having the next door neighbor Brittany over tomorrow night for a sleep over. Last Friday Noodles over eat to the point of making herself sick. We did not know what was the problem at first, I just noticed she was very fat to the point she looked pregnant, So I called the vet they said bring her up ASAP. They took x-rays and her stomach was twice the normal size it was full of food. It turns out that Nik spilled some food that morning when feeding them and he didn't get it all and also she got into the cat food plus she had her normal breakfast. I was not home. The vet gave her IV fluids and some pills to help her stomach. We now just need to keep a careful on her. Kim is only around a week away from her due date and here is a picture of her huge belly.

Nik is a blue belt and a karate kid.

Nik passed his test for his blue belt. Nik is hitting the pad in this pic doing his form. He will now be in karate kids not tiny tigers. On Sept 27th he will do a tournament in PA. He had his first soccer game yesterday he did ok, but while he was playing he was acting weird by walking funny and just standing there sometimes when the ball was near him and we couldn't figure out what was going on. We thought he was not listening and purposely doing this. Well on the way home Jason took him home and I had to go somewhere else he ended up peeing his pants on the way home. The whole time during the game he had to pee and that is why he was acting the way he was, he didnt want to ask the coach. So he now knows to ask. And it makes sense why he was acting the way he was because at all the practices he did great so we were like what happened. We have open houses at the kids schools this week, I already had Rachels, she has a great teacher she graduated the year below me, looks like a lot of work but I am sure Rach can do it. Nik's open house is tonight. He has another game Saturday for soccer.

No front teeth

Nik lost his other front tooth yesterday evening!!

Soccer time

Nik before his first practice of the season

Nik posing with his ball.

Nik in his official soccer uniform, they gave him a jersey, short, and soccer socks. They took their official soccer pictures today and had their last practice, the first game is the 1oth.

His sponsor for his team is Napa Auto Parts and he is #9. He is doing really good, and enjoys it. He is a natural.