Getting back into this

Time to get working on this blog again, so here goes...
Things that have changed since our first post.
I left Target after 5 and 1/2 years to start a new job with Wells Fargo. I love it, it's definitely a challenge re-adjusting to a completely different corporate world. I'm still pretty much doing the same thing as I was at Target, but the website I support now is for corporate banking rather than consumer credit card payments online.

Jen left Target after almost the same amount of time and is giving the Stay at home mom thing a go. She's been thinking about it for a while and finally decided to give it a shot to see how it works out. We're all really happy for her, especially the kids who won't need a sitter over the summer now.

Warner just earned his black belt in Karate. The graduation was May 13th at the convention center in downtown. Jen and I are both very proud of him for sticking through with it. It's been a long trip, he started just before he turned 5 so it's been just shy of 6 years in the making. I'll post pictures as soon as I can. Besides that, he just started his baseball league. He missed all of the practices getting ready for the Karate graduation, but at his first game, he ripped a screamer down the third base line for a stand-up double. The coach came over and told me "First at-bat, first pitch and he does that?He can skip every practice if he can do that every game"







Willem has earned his advanced red-belt and is now about a year and a half away from his black belt. He always tells me he doesn't want to go to practice, but once he gets there, he loves it. The best part is watching him spar. It's semi-contact sparring (punches and kicks to the body are ok, but no head contact is allowed) so you have to be ready. He'll jump right in there swinging away at his opponent regardless of their size. He's definitely one tough little kid. He has his first soccer practice tonight so that will be fun to watch. It'll be fun being the soccer dad. I just have to keep my excitement in check and not yell too much during the games.




Ella is growing like a weed. She's in the middle of potty training and she's doing pretty good with it. She is turning into a little princess which is a little funny considering she's got two older brothers who couldn't want less to do with girly stuff. She's really into Snow White right now so that's cool. It'll be especially fun when/if we can take a trip to DisneyWorld. She's talking a lot too which is nice because when she needs something she usually just asks. The best part is that she is becoming much more independent and not taking too much grief from the boys. She'll hold her own for awhile with both of them.









Ok, that's the family update, we're all thinking about Mom and the boys are including her in their prayers. Like I said, I'll add some family pics a little later. I'll also try to keep this thing up to date more.

Let me know what you think.
Cheers.