Karate test, new belt, kick-a-thon, and my work of art

Jason tested for a new belt week before last and did great in his test. This is him doing one of the forms for the test.














This is also part of one of the forms but I liked that he is kicking right at me. :)










This is when he received his new blue belt from one of the black belt instructors at his karate studio







Each year his karate studio hold a kick a thon where the students get pledges for how many kicks they can do. They have one minute to do as many as they can. I didn't get any good pics of him kicking, but this is his demo. This year they did a sparring demo where they rotated quickly through sparring partners. Jason is on the left. He did a great job that night





I just had to throw this picture in. Jason is always willing to take Liam for me when I need to get something done. He doesn't even care if Liam is cranky. This pic is of him trying to calm his brother down--it worked well right after I took this picture. :)




So, ever since Liam joined our family I've been looking for a dresser for his room. I was having a really hard time finding what I wanted for his room at the price I was willing to pay. Finally as I was at the RC Willey outlet and saw this dresser I had a great idea. I knew this dresser would go great in my room and then I could refinish the dresser in my room for his room. I'm brilliant aren't I? lol So, I bought it and it looks fantastic in our room and matches well with the bookshelves that we had to put in there when Liam took over the office as his bedroom. If I can find somewhere besides the top of this nice dresser to put our old ugly tv I'll be even more happy!


Now, this is where my work of art comes in. I only regret that I didn't take a before picture of this dresser and that this picture just doesn't do it justice either. Imagine that this used to be 70's brown fake wood with REALLY ugly drawer pulls. So, I sanded, painted, varnished, and put new pulls on and I couldn't be more happy with the results!! It looks good if I do say so myself and I got it all done in one day! THAT to me is an accomplishment considering that I have a small baby to take care of. :) Don't worry I did it while he was napping so he wouldn't be neglected. :) So, this is my work of art for the week. ;)