And.. VEDA is here!

VEDA is Here!

Well, hello there. I seriously haven't blogged since January? Wow. Thats bad.  I sincerely apologize. Well, in anticipation of how behind I have been getting in blogging I prepared to do another 1 month VEDA series (Video every day in April) I"m so excited its here! This will give me a chance to keep up with you guys better (for those who watch of course!) Here's the first one, recorded today.



February

In February, Joel and I went to the annual Wuerrful trophy banquet.  We brought Luther.  The trip was a blast.  Luther was so easy to travel with.  I took him for fear that if I left him he would not nurse again.  Well, my fears were relieved, the trip strengthened his nursing at a time that it was much needed!  I"m not sure if it was the extra Mommy time or the lack of distraction but by the time we traveled home, Luther was nursing in a much more content fashion.  He went down easily in a pack n play wherever we were as long as he had his own room.  It made it easy to socialize more with adults, so Mommy was grateful.



Luther enjoyed lots of attention from Mommy and Daddy.



Luther traveled very well, thankfully.

We had a great time catching up with former winners, Rudy Niswanger and Barret Jones.  We also were able to visit some awesome restaurants.  It was like a vacation. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

March

In early March, I had a chance to judge the OHSAA (Ohio high School Athletic Association) State Gymnastics meet.  It was a blast.  The highlight from the meet was giving out my first 9.9!! Thats the highest score I have ever given out!  The meet is a 4 judge panel and it is open scoring so all scores are revealed (which coaches love!).  When the 9.9 vault was done, all 4 judges flashed a 9.9 as their individual score.  That is called a 4-way bingo, which is also very rare.  It was a blast! Here's an article written about the history-making score!

The meet was bittersweet, as it was also my last gymnastics meet judging with my mom.  She is retiring from judging after this season to spend more time with her grandchildren ;)

Later in March, Joel was able to speak near his hometown of Van Wert.  This gave us a chance to visit the grandparents and cousins quite a bit.  We learned the news that Mollie Crummey is expecting their 4th child! Their 3rd baby, Frank is very close to Luther's age, so the two will be quite close in age.  Gran and Grandad Penton are very excited to welcome the 11th grandchild to the family!

Random Winter Pics



The boys tend to stick together and find each other no matter where they are.



A typical day at kickboxing.  The morning hangout 3x a week for the past 2.5 years.  Mommy watches the other kids on Wednesday mornings.



Joel is a fan of 'projects' and Mommy isn't very creative.  This lion face is from Joel's "Ready, Set, School!" set that he got for his birthday.  Its the gift that keeps on giving.


Sometimes on the way home from kickboxing or wherever we are, Judah will fall asleep.  And then later he will take a 2.5 hour nap.  Its easy to get tired when you run non-stop all morning :)



To manage the long Winter, I have been taking the boys down to the basement and allowing them to watch a video while I workout.