Many of you may know that Michael is training in the martial arts. In fact, I trained with him for about 2 years before having Ethan. But for Michael, it has always been a childhood dream to earn his black belt. On Saturday, July 11, 2009, that finally came true. Below I will post some scenes from his test. Suffice it to say, he looked awesome out there and definitely earned his First Dan rank which will be registered in Korea with the Kukkiwan Tae Kwon Do, or World Tae Kwon Do, Federation.

Last week Ethan and I took a flight down to Corpus Christi to visit my mom and her family. We were there to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday, but ended up having an entire week of mini-vacation taking Ethan places for fun. Here's some pictures that show what we did during the week.The second day there, I took Ethan over to our family's house where he played in the backyard with Luke. He and Luke had a blast splashing in the sun.


The third day we spent at the Texas State Aquarium. Ethan and Luke really liked the fish and the dolphins.
I think the highlight of his trip was the last day we spent out on my uncle's farm. My uncle is a cotton farmer. We had my mom's birthday party out at the farm. Ethan made a beeline for the tractor when he saw it. My cousin Rob took him in the cab and even drove it for him. He was ecstatic.

I know we all had a good time. Ethan learned so many new words on our trip like airplane, boat, tractor, sea gull, dolphin, shells, and up and down. I hope we can visit again soon since Ethan really liked playing with Luke and Chloe. It was good to see all of the family.