Photo boards for Service Auction

Here you see Akorren and I posing for our picture in BAUUC's (Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church 17503 El Camino Real Houston, TX 77058 (281) 488-2001) Service Auction night photo boards. Glenn made these for the event tonight at 6:00 PM over at our church. This is one of our big fundraising events for the year. It's where we auction off activities, events, services, and goodies to make money for the church. It should be a lot of fun.
With Zhivanna sick with an ear infection and a fever I do not know which of us will get to go out tonight. I would like to go, but it would also be nice to let Glenn go and get all the complements on his work since he was the one who made them. The other two kids are going to spend time with Papa Herman & Lois. And one parent will be at home playing nursemaid to sick girl. Glenn did a good job with the photo boards and I am sure the church members will have fun photographing in them.

BAUUC Retreat

Here I am (bright pink center) with fellow board members from Bay Area Unitarian Universalist Church BOD retreat weekend. It was so nice to slip away for a day and a half and stay in down on Tiki Island for a night. Sometimes being someplace different can be so refreshing. I woke up early this morning and was able to jump around on the deck overlooking the water and squeezed in a 30 minute Taebo workout. It made me feel alive again and not just in mommy mode. We learned so much at this retreat and look forward to sharing our excitement with the rest of the church community soon. It is a learning process and we are just getting started. Here we come Houston.

The Aquarium @ Kemah

Today the kids and I went and celebrated my Taebo teachers' (Hiro) b-day by going out to dinner with her and many other families to The Aquarium restaurant at Kemah. It was fun, the kids all got to play with the kids of my friends and the adults had some time to visit. The cool part was getting to see the diver feed the fish. This was the first time we got to see that at the restaurant.

One-room School House

Today Papa Clyde and Grandma Dani were visiting with us, and Glenn had to work, so we decided to take them to see something local. We took them to the West Bay Common School Children's Museum . here in downtown old League City. It was a fun look at the local culture of the area and the ladies who ran the museum had a great time showing us the school and items in the museum. The kids really enjoyed the player piano as you can see from the video below.

Karate Tournament

I love this photo of Zhivanna you can see the good form she has for her kick (roundhouse). This is a great "action" looking shot. I also like how you can see the other girl really stretching out to make contact with her. If I recall correctly the other girl did get the point on this one.

In the end Zhivanna got her 3 touches first and she won her 1st ever tournament. She was just excited that she got a medal and did the sparing. It was not until after she got off the ring and had a snack that she realized she won the match. I love it!

Sailing

Tonight we went out for a night sail with our friend Tom on his boat. It was a lot of fun just because Glenn & I have not been out much on a boat, much less at night. We had dinner at a steak house in Kemah and then went to the marina and out for a 2 hour ride. We will definitely have to do it again sometime soon. Here is what the boardwalk of Kemah looks like at night when you are sailing back in.

Rough cut of So.Padre Commercial Spot

Here is the rough cut of the commercial the family shot in South Padre Island in May. I still do not know when it is supposed to play in the Houston area but a friend did say they saw it the other day. The color still needs to be adjusted and some of the cuts as well. It looks pretty good, the kids were excited to see it.