Hearts of the Youth

This message hit home as I watched it. It's so easy to get caught up in daily tasks and to-do lists. They are only young once. Stop and listen....

Randomness....

We are now in full school mode. Ben is LOVING first grade and has made several new friends. He was happy to see some familiar faces in his class this year. He is staying busy with school, church, friends and karate.

Speaking of karate, Ben is a natural and is learning a lot about respect and self-control and is having a blast! His group is called the Little Dragons. Their belt system is a little different in that they achieve a series of 10 belts before advancing to Juniors. He was awarded Most Dedicated Student and Outstanding Forms and Focus at his last belt test and will achieve white/orange belt this month. We are really proud of our Little Dragon!

Ben earned a trip to the Lego Store before school started as he was such a good boy over the summer and kept his room sooooo clean! He was able to customize a few minifigures and we also let him choose a new set. We left with some great new Legos and much lighter wallets!

Grandma and Grandpa Judd will be here this weekend to help celebrate Sean's birthday. I will not disclose his age out of respect. :)

We then get to have Grandma and Grandpa Burris from Texas here for a whole week! Ben is so excited to show Grandpa Burris some karate moves!

Sean and I are busy as usual with work and church. We are both teaching in primary. Sean teaches CTR6 and I am teaching CTR7. I love singing the primary songs from my youth and learning a few new ones as well. Ben will be in my class next year and I am really looking forward to that!

We are also looking forward to our Snowflake trip over Labor Day. This heat is kicking us in the you-know-what! We will get to see Aunt Ronda and cousin Nick from Colorado as as well as most of the AZ bunch. We wish the NC Judds could make it but we will see them next summer for sure.

That's it for now. Ben has early release today so I'm off to pick him up and rehydrate the little dude! :) Have a great day!

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Procrastinate much?

Wow! Have I neglected the old blog or what?! I remember many, many months ago making a promise to myself that I would post regularly and post the requisite amount of photos/videos. How's that working out for me? I was inspired by my friend Tracy to get back into posting again. It's definitely time for an update so here goes:

Sean is working harder than ever and usually works from home when Ben is in bed. He has been called to teach in the Elders' Quorum and will do a fantastic job. He has subbed several times and really enjoyed it. I've been stopped at church many times to be told that "Sean's lesson was really great". He is still enjoying playing guitar and jams with Ben (on drums) quite often. He recently bought some camping gear for a ward campout and has decided that he may be a camper at heart.

Ben is about to finish Kindergarten and has loved every minute of it. He had his "cap and gown" graduation pictures today and was very handsome of course. Cap and gown for kinders? What the heck? He is very bright and has learned so much in school! He has some really cool friends and plays with them often. He loves primary and recently got to go on a Father and Son campout with the ward. He will start 1st grade in August and will make his mom cry again because she still remembers his first day of K5. He takes very good care of Bodhi who is almost one now! We still laugh about the night Sean brought him home and he was just a little ball of tan and brown fur. Cute!

As for me, I am still doing medical transcription from home. It is wonderful to be able to contribute financially but I will probably be cutting back on the amount of hours so that I can be more available for Ben this summer. I am still addicted to crafts and have started a regular craft night for my fellow crafters here in the QC. I love teaching CTR 7 in primary, especially singing the primary songs. I can't believe I can remember so many of them! I will be heading to the Oregon Coast in a few weeks with my sister and niece. We are going to try to plan a "girls' trip" every year and would have more sisters and my mom going with us this year but Janelle and I sort of sprung it on everyone on short notice.

I'm sure there is quite a bit I am missing but I'll hopefully be posting more soon. Oh, don't hold your breath though! :)