I have to laugh about this one*********

Do you have any idea as to what Olympic Atheletic Competition this picture represents?

It is for the Trampoline Competition. If your thinking what I was thinking before I began this post....go ahead and laugh b/c it feels good to laugh about it.

I do want to make this clear that I truly support the gymnists as I believe that they are true atheletes. I am merely amused that there is a singular event competition for "The Trampoline".

If I had known that "The Trampoline" was an olympic event I would have tried out myself.

I mean how hard can it be to Jump on "The Trampoline"?

I imagine it's good to stretch before hand.

And there getting rid of Softball & Baseball? What? What?

I just had to get that out of my system one more time...I'm totally over it!

BAFFLED

wHAT IS GoInG oN In tHiS wOrLd?



i KNOW WE AS INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS BUT WHEN IT COMES TO UNITING TO MAKE A DECISION (AS PER TAINING TO THE WORLD) dOES THE WORLD realLY AGREE ThAT SOFTBALL & bASEBALL SHOULD BE 86'D FROM THE olympics?

aPpARENTLY..., badminton SEEMS TO BE A hot OLYMPIC comPETITION. Badminton? Badminton????????? yEAH, FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ATHELETIC.



CoMe ON....NO OFFENSE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT ATHELETIC BUT IF ANYTHING WHY TAKE OUT SOFTBALL & bASEBALL?

hAVE ANY OF YOU EVER PLAYED bADMInToN? i HAVE AND I DON'T RECALL EVER BREAKING INTO A sweat! i'M A BIT UPSET ABOUT THIS.

Well I will definitely be rooting for TEAM USA's SOFTBALL/BASEBALL tEams....and of course if there happens to be a USA team fOR the Badminton competition I'll be rooting for them (but I wilL noT be WaTcHinG iT)

i AM NOW STEPPING AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER to deCOmPreSS my ANger.

Keedan @ 4 Months

This little guy isn't so little anymore :)

He's growing so fast and getting cuter every day.

He enjoys grabbing our face (lips, nose, & cheeks)when we hold him and occasionally gets a fist full of hair.

Jonas Hunt's Baby Blessing

Our friends Patrick and Jennifer Hunt had their baby Jonas blessed a couple weeks ago. He is such a cutie pie! We were very happy to be able to make it and to have only gotten a warning when getting pulled over in Katy, TX (by the Texas State Trooper b/c we didn't have a front license plate)on our way to the church. (OOPSY)


(From Left to Right: Malnar's, Whites & Hunt's)

Later we went to the Hunt's home for some good food and better company. Our friends Robby & Amber Whites were there as well with their little guy Zane who is a cutie pie also and the peacemaker out of the pack of three munchkins.


(From Left to Right: Keedan, Zane & Jonas)

We met the Hunts and the Whites after we married and moved into a family ward.
It's nice to have friends that even if you move away they still find a way to stay in touch.


(The Fella's with their little Fella's)

Happy Birthday to Me :)

Yesterday was my (Amanda's) birthday and it was probably one of the best birthdays I've ever had. I awoke Friday morning with Ryan's sweet voice singing me "Happy Birthday" with Breakfast in hand.


Now it wasn't just any breakfast he made. He cooked me Apple Pancakes (Yes that would be fresh red delicious apples)

Might I also add that the presentation was fantastic. The pancakes had sliced apples all around.

It was sooooooooo Yummy!!!

Okay I know what your thinking.....and yes Ryan is the VERY BEST!!! He is so very thoughtful. I am so grateful to be married to him. Even with the stress of studying for the Bar he found time to make my day special from morning to evening.

On with the story, after breakfast he again surprised me and this time with gifts. Can I not wake up from my dream, yet? I seriously wasn't expecting anything. Keedan got me some new running shoes and Ry gave me a gift card to Steve & Barry's. I was totally stoked to get some non-pregnancy clothes and had never heard of that store before but I was pleasantly surprised with the quality, trendiness and price of the clothes there.


Later that evening we went to dinner at On The Border
with our friends Laura and Brian and I found out that Steve & Barry's filed for Bankruptcy. It's a good thing I used that gift card earlier in the day. I definitely will be going back before there doors close for good.

So, I guess it's time for me to enter into the grand world of blogging. Amanda has been bugging me about making some entries for I don't know how long. However, in my defense, I actually had to log in under her name so that I could give myself permission to add a post! I think she really wanted the whole blog thing for herself. She only invited me to be polite because everyone knows that you should be polite to your spouse...well, haha, I have thwarted her plan!

Life is good! It has been great to finally finish law school and start making plans for life and what not. I really enjoyed law school and all the learning, however, in retrospect I could have done fine without all the stress and high tuition. Other than that, I've loved the experience, but I'm ready to move on. It seems like it's helped me to appreciate the simple things in life, like going for a walk or run with our little family. I still enjoy playing basketball with 18-20 year olds at the University and stealing the ball from them while my friends remind everyone on the other team that I'm 30 years old. Unfortunately, they like to exaggerate and they usually end up telling them that I'm 35 or 40. I don't mind, as long as we win.

I feel very blessed to be at the point that I am in life. I'm extremely appreciative of my wife and all the she does. She turning out to be an amazing wife and mother. I am also thankful for our little son Keedan. He brings a lot of joy to our lives and although at times he can be a handful, really is there anything else real important that I would be doing? (I realize there are a lot of good answers to this question; sleep, for example, does come to mind. The point is I love my son and couldn't imagine life without him.)

The next month is going to be a lot of fun. I'm taking the Bar exam. It's interesting that even after getting through three years of law school, they still make you take one more class so that you can learn all the law in order to be qualified to practice law. The class lasts for a stellar six weeks. It makes me wonder what I've spent the last three years learning. Although most of the information is somewhat familiar...there is a lot of stuff I'm learning for the first time, like, commercial paper. I'm surprised that I really had no idea what the subject was until the lecture. Now, I'm somewhat more confused about commercial paper. Fortunately, I have yet to meet anyone in my law class that understands commercial paper. So, my question, is there any real reason why we can't learn all this stuff in law school instead of learning about old English cases from the 1500's? I'll keep you updated on how the studying is coming.

This seems like a sufficient post for a first one...so stay tuned...more to come.

Sunday Evening Family Time