Not such a tame world....

Warning -- Bragging Mom Moment....

Indulge me.

I don't brag about my daughter all that often. If anything, I tend to be the pin that bursts her bubble. But this time around I'm pretty proud of her.

Tab & Dad had apparently hatched a plan that she was going to try out something martial art-ish. So while I was at work, one evening the pair of them got her enrolled in a Tae Kwan Do class. And it's no surprise that our natural athlete took to it like a duck to water.

I'll be honest. I wasn't thrilled. This was too close to the 6 months of gymnastics that was her first sport. I had visions of concussions and broken bones as she got to the sparring levels. I believe when the two of them walked in the house after the first class, (looking like cats with fresh canary feathers on their faces - mind you) my comment was "Mark my words -- nothing good will come of this." But being the pessimistic realist that I am, it's just because I'm seeing ER visits and making friends with the local Pedi Ortho.

In two weeks, she had progressed fast enough that she was elibible to test for her yellow belt. It's the Winter season & the evening of the test was one of my late nights last week - so I missed it, but Michael did a good job of running the camera.

This past Wednesday was the award ceremony and Tab got her yellow belt. She was all smiles and wants to keep going. So what the heck. Me? I'll stick with my treadmill, thankyouverymuch....

Here's the video clip Michael caught from her belt test, followed by a few pictures:

   

 
 
 
 
 

Our Texas Blizzard - Christmas 2009

Here's a compilation of clips from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day of what the weather was like around here.

Now, I realize for my New England family -- this is realatively unexciting. I was in Massachusettes for the Blizzard of 1978 and I clearly remember the 10 foot high snowdrift in my grandparents' front yard after the iceplows came through.

I know what a "real" blizzard looks like, but for my Texas-born husband this recent snowfall was intensly exciting! Tabitha was exubereant and even the dogs got in the act. This was Zoe's 3rd time to see snow & Sam's second, but the first time either of them got to experience any accumulation on the ground.

All-in-all, it was the first true White Christmas for our area since 1926 and I will have a blast scrapbooking these pictures!

 

 

We all know that when I ObSEsS about something, I really ObSeSS....

And the upcoming movie New Moon is no exception.

I adored all four books by Stephenie Meyers, but honestly New Moon was my least favorite of the bunch. I suspect that this movie -- may change that a bit.

So I've been living under a rock this week & just finally got a peak at the new trailer that was released on Sunday. The links, etc are courtesy of TwilightSource.

Still, I feel the need to share....Enjoy....

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Trailer in HD

First video from Utah....

So here's a flip movie I worked on last night and in the wee hours of the morning.

This is the video I have of Tab climbing on day #2, the semi-finals. She just sat & watched with me and is horrified that I'm putting up video where she falls. She doesn't seem to understand that I do not have any vidoe from day #1 because the old flip had died literally an hour before she climbed. Sigh.... Just so you know, the video is almost 10 minutes long. I was trying to capture where we were along with some of the process involved in the competition.

In honour of Harry Potter....

I shouldn't be making fun of a movie I haven't seen yet, and the previews looked awesome, and Tab is there right now with her "next door sisters", but I'm feeling the need for a Jib-Jab moment:

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How Summer-time is this?....

So nearly every afternoon we've been at our local pool. The boys enjoy it because it's much larger and has a deeper section than what they usually have at home.

I've been using part of swim time to study, then I swim for the last part. While I was doing board review yesterday, Tab asked to borrow the Flip camera to shoot her own video. I didn't see what she'd done until I downloaded the camera today. I thought this was pretty darn cute, but I definitely need to work with her on her "steady-cam" technique....

Oh, and just so you don't think I was completely ignoring the kids -- they were the only ones in the pool and the lifeguard was in the 12 foot section swimming with them, but off camera.