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In our house, July 4th is important for only one reason.
It’s Jenna’s birthday.
And this year she turned 10.
Apologies for the blurred aspect of the picture but this is the last picture my camera managed to take before it died – I guess the quality of it is partly due to its imminent death.
Still, I want to say …
My princess you are beautiful and I pray that you continue to bring love and peace whenever you walk into a room – you have a unique ability to calm the storms, to bring rest to the weary, joy to the sad and light to all.
Never let that go.
I love you Jenna – happy birthday my angel.
Daddy x
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So once again Kathryn has proven how adept she is at creating something out of nothing.
Here we have Jenna & Coel and a friend thoroughly enjoying themselves over a 2 or 3hr period with nothing but a garden slide, water and plastic sheeting.
Who says you need TV’s or gadgets in this day and age to have fun?
Well … not really.
Last night was the family (aka Jenna, Coel and myself) jaunt to our Tang Soo Do lesson.
Towards the end it saw all three of us sat on the side for one reason or another which caused Ma’am to ask us if “we were on a family vacation” – the funny thing being is that we’d just come back from one and that possibly didn’t help.
Some context though …
Jenna was the first one sidelined. She was exhausted and physically couldn’t stand. But then she had also been in a school swimming gala that morning, then done an hour of ballet practice in the afternoon and finally ended up in the steaming hot gym hall that is our Tang Soo Do class.
Next to fail was myself. My excuse – 12hrs straight in work before heading down the gym and not enough food or fluids inside me. After a particularly brutal, lets mangle the senses type exercise my head went spinning and if I didn’t lie down I’d be passing out.
Finally, Coel who’d also been in the same swimming gala was doing fine when a freak slip with his partner caused the kick pad to glance his left eye and he couldn’t see out of it.
So lessons learned:
- Ensure you are well fed and hydrated before exercising on a hot day in a hot gym.
- Ensure you haven’t already indulged in several hours of exercise beforehand.
- Pay attention at all times.
Have you ever felt like you’re on vacation when you should be ‘up and at them’?