We were glad to have celebrated our Irish heritage last weekend, since yesterday was a special day for Gavin's dojo. To commemorate the birthday of Grand Master Griffin (founder of kajukenbo, a certain strain of karate), all the students gathered for a two-hour workout. Gavin got to see some great moves from the more advanced students, as well as from his Professor. Afterwards, we all gathered at a local Chinese buffet for lunch. The all-you-can-eat format was seventh heaven for Gavin (the dessert section managed to capture his particular attention).
Although we had to skip the St. Patrick's Day parade, Gavin and Arwen didn't let us forget appropriate attire for the day. Arwen insisted we dig through boxes of outgrown clothes to concoct a fitting outfit. We also painted her nails green.
Today we celebrated the unseasonably warm weather with a drive through the countryside enroute to the open house of a recently returned missionary in our ward. The kids (all three of them!) had a great time selecting and skipping rocks on the pond.
After we returned home, Gavin and Arwen unleashed their creativity on their backyard fort. It's great to have them playing outside again. Hope to see - and feel - more of the sun this week!
2 comments:
I HATE having to go back into the outgrown, nicely put away clothes!! I need to do some switching out this week- it seems like someone is always growing out of a size. So glad it's warming up in the NE. We're loving the warm temps here (and marvelling that it's warmer here than in our soon-to-be home at the moment).
Love the picture of you and Gavin! It just seems to say "I love this kid." We are enjoying unseasonably warm weather here, too. My kids have managed to play in the water twice, and I thonk they are sure summer is here...
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