Good Byes, Welcome Homes and Amazing Dancing!!

I always check every ones blogs and they are so cute with pictures of their kids and the cute things they do... since we don't have any children of our own i choose to post my pictures of everyone elses cute kids so I hope you enjoy!!hahhaa!!! Thanks everyone for having such adorable children that I get to hangout with and have fun with.

So nothing too exciting has been going on in the Bing home... we've just been hanging out, working hard and slowly preparing to go back to school. Brandon is super excited...I'm getting there. What I think I am most excited about is not working so much. I have been working full time pretty much since I graduated high school. I worked through my first degree, but I know that I'm not going to be able to do this this degree and I am looking forward to the break, I think that excitement has grown now that Jeff has headed across the ocean to Jolly Ole England. Kathy and I had to make sure that we got to all hangout before Jeff left so the Tuesday before he left we headed over to have some fun at the Nelson house...and boy did we have fun!! We had to hit the soccer fields first since both girls were playing. It was super cute to watch and they've both really come along since last season when Brandon and I saw them play. They looked even cuter in their little uniforms!! Jeff got to really meet miss Georgia...and once she figured that he would walk around with her she was HOOKED!!! If she wasn't stealing the persons chair next to us she was walking with Jeff. It was a super chilly night so we were all glad to get home. Kathy never fails with yummy food, she served us up some spaghetti and garlic bread and then this yummy dip. The kids immediately made Jeff into their jungle gym. Sarah showed me some of her school work from this year in school and she is really coming along with her spelling and printing, although you should see how she wrote discovery center it was pretty dang cute. We had a blast playing the wii until what almost midnight...once you play the wii fit you'll be hooked...we did some hula hooping which was super funny...there is video action of Jeff M and Kathy showing us all how it's done on my facebook check it out for a good laugh. Kathy and Jeff N showed us how they take out aggression at home by doing a little boxing...hahha and then Jeff M and I had our go...we were dying after the practice round and then we actually boxed three rounds and I do have to admit that I WON!!!!! Maybe at Christmas Jeff and I will get a re-match. It was a lot of fun and I think Kathy and Jeff M had a lot of fun hanging out especially after all their chats on the phone in the store...hahha... I have to admit Jeff she hasn't called as much since you left the maritime...hahhha!!!! I know you still love me big sis don't worry.

Needless to say jeff and I were both pretty tried the next day at work luckily it wasn't that busy the next day so we were able to just have a somewhat relaxing day. I will admit it was needed my arms were pretty sore from my amazing boxing skills. We took the opportunity to take some pictures that day too since it was my last day working with jeff...check them all out on facebook but here are just two to show off. Jeff and I were such a wicked management team this holiday season that we needed our picture...so here we are in front of the new leather wall I felt super short in this picture...thanks jeff! Doesn't the new leather wall look spectacular...it has in wall lighting. It is quite impressive. The second picture is of me and my friend Farah who also finished working the same week as Jeff. She is going to I think Argentina for a semester, and we are going to miss her so much. She is one of the funniest and fun people I know. She always knew how to get us laughing in the store, and she also shared a love of my favorite show. One Tree Hill...we always had the best chats about the show and she borrowed the first four seasons of the show from me to re-fresh her memory, and we've been loving talking about past episodes. As you can see we are holding season three in the picture...hahha we are the coolest!!!

Since my Brother-in-Law has been home we have been trying to get together as a family for a delicious family dinner and we are excited to say that it finally happen, just about two weeks ago. As a family we had a delicious dinner at the Delta Halifax. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for the yummiest meal. We had a great time visiting as a family and just having fun, Peter,Brittany, Chelsey, Meaghan and I all got Shirley temples which I have learned is a favorite of Peters and we've gotten them every time we've been out. Brandon got to have a seafood meal, which he really enjoyed especially the lobster...I played it safe with the steak. Here are a few pictures from our family dinner...check them out and enjoy...

A picture of me and my sweetie...i think he looks really cute in this picture...especially in the roots hat...i pick out some good things!!!

This is my sister-in-law Chelsey and her boyfriend Ryan. They are such a cute couple. It was actually Chelsey's birthday June 30th, so I want to wish her a very happy birthday again!!

This is papa bing... he's so much fun especially when he gets us Shirley temples.

The Stewarts looking adorable as always...Meaghan and Jason!!

I had to make sure I got everyone's picture that night...so here is the man of the hour, my brother-in-law Jaccob with Brittany and Laureen.

It's Brittany's Birthday as well this week so I need to put another birthday shout out on my post. Happy Birthday Brittany hope you have a GREAT birthday!!!

This is just a group shot that peter took at dinner trying to squeeze us all in!!!

I have to mention a nursery story... so as everyone knows I'm having blast in nursery. My Schedule is working really well and the kids are super cute. This week was especially funny. I'm quickly learning that these kids have great imaginations. This week these three cuties built this boat/bridge out if little foam squares that we sit on and they were running around them yelling "the octopus is coming" it was too funny. We chatted quickly though that we don't want the octopus to hear us so we had to say "the octopus is coming" in our quiet voices. So this is the girls showing me how they use their quiet voices...it was priceless...what will it be next week!!!!

Hopefully Chelsey won't look at this before tomorrow because this is her birthday card but I just figured I would post my latest creation...I have to make Brittany's tomorrow. I think this turned out pretty well, I was very happy!!

So that's really what we've been up to. We are both excited to have the day off tomorrow for Canada day... Happy Canada Day to all!!! Hope everyone will have a fun day and sport a Canada Tee..l.I know I will be, I have quite a collection working at Roots...hahhaa!!!!

I also want to say that I got to hangout with my friend Suzanne who used to work with me at ROOTS and we had such a fun night together, we just hung out and chatted but it was great to just visit and catch up, she is one of the funniest people I know. She gave me a really cute birthday card and a magnet for my fridge with one of me new favorite quotes, this is what it says

"Good Friends are like stars. you don't always see them but you know they're always there"

it totally sums up me and Suz...we don't get to hangout as much as we'd like but we both know that we'll always be there for each other...your the best suz!!!

I need to share one more thing with all of you my blogger friends. As many of you know I do love TV, maybe a little too much but I just can't help myself. A favorite show of the summer is So You Think You Can Dance... I have a few favorites in the competition, but this past week two pulled way ahead of the pack for me and that is Chelsea and Mark...they did a lyrical hip-hop routine, by Tabitha and Napoleon a married couple who work together...they are soooo cute! Anyway they made an amazing routine to Leona Lewis song Bleeding Heart...and I've been obsessed with it, I've watched it on you tube sooooo many times and the first night to came out I watched it like seven times since I had taped the show. Hopefully this will work because i had to record it off you tube, on my digital camera because i needed to show you all...I have a few favorite parts...they are hard to explain...so if you really want to know message me!!! Ohh and if you hear MSN bleeps during my video that's my friend Becca...we were chatting about the Bachelorette while I was recording...hahha too funny!!!

Okay so it's not working right now and I want to post this, so I'm going to try again in the morning...if you are really eager to see it go to you tube, and search So You Think You Can Dance Chelsea and Mark. Then find one that will work and you'll LOVE IT!!!!!

Hope you enjoyed my little update and my video...love love love this routine...night to all and everyone sleep in tomorrow it's Canada Day we all deserve it!!!!!

A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That!!

So I wanted to start tonight's post off with something I found really funny...no one else may but I did. So last week I think I was watching So You Think You Can Dance- which I LOVE!!! Anyway and I was laying on my couch all bundled up because I love to be warm, which sometimes means that I will tuck my hands underneath me so that stay nice and cozy- I have cold hands what can I say. So anyway the show ends and I get up and I go in to check my e-mail before bed and I suddenly look down at my hand and notice that it is all blotchy and red which always concerns me. I was a little stressed for a moment when I suddenly realized that my hand now held the imprint of the letter O! Random you might think but it made all too much sense to me...that's what you get for having ROOTS written across your butt...so for all those who love a good sweat pant with a word across the but be careful because it can imprint. If you enlarge the picture you can see the full shape of the O, and I just had to take a picture!! haha!!

I wanted to also give a quick shout out to my father and father-in-law...

Happy Father's Day!!!

I hope they know how important they are to us!!!

So what's been going on in our family this past week... not a whole lot, both Brandon and I have been working hard and enjoying the brief times we get together. We just had a crazy busy week at work, we are not sure what caused a week like that but it was awesome we had some great sales and we also got a new leather bag wall installed. I've been meaning to take a picture of it, and hopefully will tomorrow. It looks so amazing, and Ben and Michael were too much fun to have in the store to install the wall. It made for a dusty and hectic week but it all came together. Brandon and I went two Friday's ago and saw the new Narnia movie... Prince Caspian...which was soooo good. It wasn't really Brandon's type of movie but I love love love it. Such an exciting and great tale and it didn't help that Caspian was pretty dang cute!! Brandon's been enjoying having his brother home, they went out and played some baseball the other night and then the group came back to play cards and have pizza. It's fun having them in our home. This past Friday we began another job in our apartment. We've been wanting to paint our bathroom for awhile because the paint it was painted with before was horrible. So we decided to paint that and touch up my dresser with the glossy black paint. The bathroom was my task to take on and although I don't want people to look at it too close because I'm sure it's not perfect-I'm super proud of the job I did and how it looks. I will post a picture when it's all done.

That night as you can see from the picture above we went to my parents house to wash some clothes, have a BBQ and of course see the kids. We love any opportunity to spend time with the kids, we love having them over to our place. That night since it was so beautiful we headed down to the playground with them, even though it was super windy. We had a great time there and we were all pretty drained by the end of the night...except Georgia she was in a crazy mood when Kathy, Jeff and Darren showed up. To see all the pictures check out facebook but for now here are a few of my favorites...

Georgia Marie Nelson... don't you just love her she has the greatest smile that can just brighten everyones day. She is a real trooper. She put up with all the crazy things we made her do at the play ground and didn't even cry once...man I love this kid!!

This was a super cute shot of Big Brother Jake taking care of his baby sister. Plus his smile was much nicer in this shot then in the other where he is looking much more forced to say CHEESE! I don't think Georgia was ready for what came next and we threw her down the slide but she's slowly warming up to the idea of the slide!This is my little cutie Sarah Grace. I think she looks adorable in this picture. She is looking more grown-up everyday and I love her to pieces. She recently as I mentioned lost another tooth so she is showing off the new hole in her mouth and her cute new hair do very well! This is my first baby...well baby niece I should say. She is 7 now and is so grown up. She is such a little cutie and super smart she has grown a love for reading chapter books and we had matching colored shirts on that night which was pretty cute.

I must also mentioned that she learned a lesson about drugs that night and how you should not take anything from strangers or eat anything that you don't know what it is because it can make you very sick. How you might ask she learned this lesson...well it was from watching Coronation Street with her favorite auntie. A little girl was in the hospital because she had taken some drugs that she found in her dolls head. Jessica wouldn't go get a bath until the show was over and she know what had happened to little Bethany on the show...Kathy you can update her that Bethany is doing much better and her uncle David is being punished for what he did!

This Final picture was a really funny one from our night at the playground. Brandon had shown the kids how much fun it would be to wind the swing up and let it go...which I'm sure we all did and loved as children. Anyway Jake wanted a turn so Brandon wound him pretty tight. So he's having a blast un-winding when he gets to the end and is jerked a bit and the swing started twisting the other way....he fell off the swing and landed pretty softly with his feet stuck to the swing still. I didn't get to snap a picture because we were more worried about him being okay...which is was...ohhh it was a priceless moment that I should have been video taping!

The final thing to mention would be the wedding reception that I went to with my sister and friends Saturday night. I'm sure many of you know that Nathan and Caverly got married back in may and are officially the Smith Family. We had the chance to celebrate their big day Saturday night. The reception was a lot of fun with really cute games, toasts, a slide show, and yummy deserts. It was a fun night to hangout and celebrate with everyone. Again you can check out the pic's on facebook but here are a few from the night. I just want to say how much I love this couple. They are so adorable together and I'm so glad that they'll be in Halifax ward... It's fun because Nathan and I go back to the youth days. Caverly and I only met a few years ago but she is such an awesome gal and I can't wait to get to hangout with her sometime soon!!

This is one of the deserts that we had at the reception. Cav said that Nathan's aunt Gina makes it and it takes about 10 hours to make...probably because it's layers of colored Jello...too cool and pretty delicious. We just had to take pictures of it's coolness!! This is Caverly and Nathan Smith at their little table for two. They both looked amazing that night, they could seriously be models in a wedding magazine...goodness just look at those bright white smiles!!! They are a match made in Heaven for sure!
This was half of the table that I sat with...who knew that we all planned to wear black and white tonight to this event...I had a blast sitting with the girls they are definitely good for laughs and fun conversation...plus Vanessa just hooked me up with Laguna Beach seasons 1 &2 and The Hills season 1 &2 and I've been enjoying them so so much!! Thanks Vanessa!
This was probably my highlight of the night. We were getting ready to head home and were just chatting with the bride and the groom when the final song from High School Musical 2 came on...and that is when this picture occurred when Caverly and I figured out that we both share a crazy obsession with the High School Musical Movies. We're already planning on watching them together and she's going to teach me the moves to the song "All For One" the finale of the 2nd movie...and hopefully we'll get to go see the third together.

Becca you would have had so much fun meeting another person that shares our love of these movies. I was telling Cav about you and your post about the movie and how you live down the street from east high... i wish you could come to the movie with us it's going to be a blast!

This is just a shot if me and the bride...her dress was beautiful and so perfect for her figure...she had a hand in the design for it and could seriously go into business because it was super cute.

They are a beautiful couple and I'm so excited for them as they begin their lives together!

This week is going to be a fun but sad one because we are loosing 2 great employees at Roots. Jeff and Farah...we are so sad that it's their last week...they'll be missed for sure! I'm excited though to hear all about their adventures. I'll hopefully be posting some pic's from tomorrow night. Jeff and I are going over to Kathy's to play some wii before Jeff moves to England. Man I'm going to miss you Jeff!! I was especially bummed tonight when i was watching the Bachelorette previews for next week which look super good and I realized I won't get to chat with Jeff about it next week at work...bummer!! Farah is my OTH friend we have the greatest chats about our show...we're going to have to e-mail each other about season 6!!

Last thing to mention...

We had another successful nursery week!!!

I get so excited when nursery works and we stick to the routine...what was great was that this week two of my kids that sometimes have a harder time leaving their parents had a GREAT week Both little Halle and Ethan came right in and were brave and made it through the whole nursery time without any tears...woohoooo!!!!! Loving the nursery success!!!!

Anyway it's late but I wanted to get this post in...I'm off to finish Lord of the Rings Book one and then continue with Can You Keep A Secret... if you want a funny read check this book out so far I've laughed out loud a few times.

Oh and I'm going to say sorry for anything being spelt wrong or not gramatically correct...I was just too tired to go back and re-read my post!!

Night Night Everyone...until next post!!!

My Roots Family!!

So this is a little post about one of my other families that I belong to and that is my Roots Family! I have been working for Roots for just over six years, can you even believe that. I started as a full time key holder and moved my way up to assistant manager... come September I will take on a new role of possibly just part time sales person as I head back to school. It's going to be a big adjustment for me. We have a lot of fun at my store....380 Spring Garden is the best store ever...we are one big family that always is just laughing and having fun. I have made so many great friends there that I know will be my friends forever no matter where they go or what oceans they cross.

Tonight we had a fun get together with just a few of our Roots family members because there are a few moving away from us and we are all really bummed about that! We met up at the Fireside Restaurant for dinner tonight and had a great time hanging out, eating and snapping some photos. They had delicious fries there I so wish I'd gotten a meal with fries... but my meal was still so yummy and dessert was delicious!! Any time we get to hangout there are always some great pictures hope you enjoy them all!!

Ben and Terri Smith... Terri was our manager for almost five years. Her and I were a GREAT team and we'll miss her lots as she moves to Kingston Ontario. Ben her husband just finished up school and passed his big tests, so we were all so excited and happy for Ben. Terri is one of the sweetest people I know, she lives near me but mailed my birthday gift to me because she knows I like getting mail!! They enjoyed their Nachos tonight!!
This is Jeff and I with our delicious dessert...we were the only two that got dessert but we deserved it after our busy day at work...Jeff especially had a busy day running all around trying to finish preparing to head to England...but the super star that he is got it all accomplished in one hour!! Go Jeff!!! Oh and this picture is for Kathy she needs to frame is since Jeff and I are two of Kathy's favorite people!!
This is Dina and Maria... Maria and I call Dina our mutual friend...Dina is also friends with Melissa, so we have another mutual friend...so it's super fun when we get to chat and figure out who our friends are we were both excited to find out that Melissa and Nate were having a baby boy!!!!!
This is Jeff and his fish face as he prepares to each his fish and chips...he'll be eating a lot of this meal when he moves to London England this month. I'm so excited for Jeff but he'll be missed big time. Jeff and I have I think a lot in common we can always kill a morning talking about our shows...we have a lot of great chats and loads of good laughs...so Jeff you'll be missed big time...you are one of my favorite friends, and we'll keep in touch somehow...you'll be my coronation street connection in the UK and you better do the tour and take pictures!!
This is our awesome Roots family...were a great team and we always will be no matter where we all end up!! L-R Me, Farah, Jeff, Melanie, Terri and Maria.

There are a few more pictures on facebook so check them out. We love visitors at the store so stop in and say hello...it gives us a great break from sometimes long days!!!

It seems like all I ever post about is Birthdays...

I definitely feel like I'm ALWAYS posting about birthdays...but what can I say our family loves to party. So be prepared for party updates and lots of pictures there were just too many cute ones to comment on...so let the update being!!

Jessica Turned SEVEN! I cannot believe that our little Jessica is seven already, next year she'll be eight and ready to be baptized. Jessica and I have a special connection I think because we've been together since her birth. She was my first neice born and we spent a lot of time together as she's grown up. I used to get to babysit her every friday when she was little. I also got to be one of the first people to hold her, which I think I earned since I had umbilical cord blood splashed on my white sweater. I know your probably all thinking who wears a white sweater to the delivery of a baby...well I do...it was like 4:ooam and it was the closet thing I could grab in all my excitement!! She has been a blessing in our lives ever since that day and she is so cute and so smart. She is an awesome little girl and I love her so so much. On to the party...

So we celebrated Jessica's birthday on her birthday...May 25th. It was a fun night of delicious Super Store Cake and ice cream...YUMMY! Jessica got so many thoughtful gifts she was very excited. This picture shows part of the gift that uncle brandon and I gave her...it's the soundtrack of High School Musical 2...the kids and I share a love of these movies so Jessica was hooked up this year by getting one of the movies and both sound tracks. We're going to go see the third one when it comes out in the theatres. I only wish Becca lived closer by so she could come too!!! Jessica even had a high school musical themed cake which not only looked good but it tasted soooo amazing!!! I definitely had two pieces. It was great to celebrate Jessica's birthday with all her family and friends around here. Here is a cute pictures of Jessica and her sister and cousins. I think they all must have color co-ordinated their outfits for the birthday festivities!! What was an even bigger hit at the party was the movie theatre pop corn machine that Kathy and Jeff had...man they know how to deliver a good party. We all ate popcorn like crazy people that night. I don't normally like movie popcorn but ohhh this was so good and so fresh...yummmm now I want popcorn!! Oh well!! So Happy Birthday to Jessica...I hope that she knows just how much we love her and just how blessed we are to have her in our lives!!

I don't have a picture to post with this next little post, but before Jessica's birthday party we had Cory and his adorable family over for a BBQ. They came over since Cory was advancing in the priesthood..woohoo for cory...we were all very proud of him. Cory comes from a large family there are eight kids...2 girls and 6 boys and they are all so adorable. I had a lot of fun playing with the little boys...Ben, Christopher and James...they are the cutest little guys...i hope they'll come visit again.

I have to mention too that Sarah Grace lost another tooth. She was very excited about it. She called me the day after it came out to pass on the good news. I didn't get to see her until the birthday party but she made sure to show me and her toothless smile looks GREAT!! She also got her hair cut the other day and she looks so adorable. They just trimmed it up and it looks great. I had to post this picture because she is just too cute with her new hair and lost tooth. Yeah for Sarah!! She's getting so grown up! Can you just tell how much I adore these kiddos!! haha!!

Kristi surprised us all this past month by coming for a visit and it's been so great to have her around. I got to sit by her and that cute son of hers on sunday and it was super nice. Isaiah is a total cutie and such a charmer. He kept leaning on me...it was adorable. I wish they lived here all the time. We had the opportunity to go to dinner with Kristi and the girls and it was such a fun night. Sonja picked me up and we headed to East Side Marios. Check out kathy's blog to see everyone that was there I haven't had the chance to steel her pictures yet, but they are really nice pictures. I hope Laura isn't counting my word usage again...I know I say nice and cute and awesome too much. It was a fun night and it was great to get to sit and chat with all the girls. What was especially enjoyable was that my sister and two sister-in-laws were there. I love when I can go to something and some family member is there. I love all my sisters and am so lucky to have them all in my life. Keah came up from bridgewater for the night so I had to get a pictures because she looked too cute with little hunter. Sadly my chicken Cesar salad did not agree with my tummy and i knew that as soon as I got home. So I ended up having to take a sick day the next day. Luckily Laura and Jeff were able to cover for me so that I could take the day to feel better. I was feeling better that evening so Brandon and I went over to the Bing Home to celebrate Lucy's Birthday...Lucy is Brittany's Beagle and part of our family. We had a delicious chicken pot pie which I have the recipe for and I can't wait to try to make...mom bing sure knows how to cook a great meal. We had ice cream cake for desert and they even had a little cake for lucy, which Brittany took pictures of her later eating it. We did some laundry there and watched the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks. I didn't think that it was going to be any good, but it was actually really cute. Brandon and I enjoyed remembering the past and the cartoon show we both used to watch. I also had the some Christmas Christmas by the chipmunks in my head the rest of the night. Check it out it was super adorable.


Georgia is One!!! I cannot believe that it has been a year since little G joined our family. She is the sweetest, funniest, cutest little girl and again has been a big blessing in our family. We celebrated her birthday on Friday the 30th of May with a big family BBQ. I love the summer because I love BBQ's and Kathy and Jeff always know how to deliver on a stellar BBQ. I have so full, but it was just so hard to stop eating especially with Charlotte's Potato salad on the table. Georgia was so cute the whole day with all her giggle and smiles. It was great to have to whole family there that we took the opportunity to take lots of pictures. Laura came up with the idea to get this one of the O'Hearon girls and it turned out really cute. Laura was concerned that if I stoog between her and Kathy that we'd look like Christmas but I think it turned out alright...only Laura would worry about that!! hahha. I love all my sisters so much O'Hearon and Bings. Georgia didn't dig into her cake as much as I thought she would. She is usually into everything but not this day...she poked and picked at it and put her face into a few times but that was it...she preferred her ice cream cone. Gift opening was funny because she didn't quite get into the excitement. Luckily though she had a loving nanny and many eagar siblings t help out. She did get into playing with the toys. She got a little walker and she was jetting around the house with it...she may never learn how to walk alone now!!haha!! After the crowds had cleared out we got to test out the Wii Fit and it was soooo much fun...I did hoola hooping and set aerobics and it was so much fun, I can't wait to go over to Kathy and Jeff's to play it again. Here are few more of my favorite pictures from the Birthday party...

Cute cousins playing in the yard...abigail, jessica, jake, sarah and emily

Saying goodbye to Nanny Logan at the party...such a cute little birthday girl

Georgia's little friend Elle who came to share in the birthday festivities. She turned one a few days before G...she is a total cutie...especially in that little hat!!
So I named this picture before I saw it enlarged...I thought she was relaxing but I guess not...she looks like she's on a bit of a sugar high from all that cake!!
Jake hasn't quite figured out how to smile on demand...so this was what I got. Classic Jacob!
Me and My Big Brother...man I love this guy!! Don't you love Kathy's green wall such a great backdrop!
Three cute girls... Laura, Elle and Nicole enjoying the party!
Uncle Brandon having fun with one of his favorite girls...

Georgia and her first birthday cake...she is so cute with all her little teeth!

This was all the parents watching their kids play...i thought it was pretty cute!


Uncle Brandon and two of his other favorite girls...he's always up so lifting and swinging them around and they love that. He's such a great uncle it makes me love him even more!!!

Nursery is Going Great!!

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I've been having a great time in nursery. The kids have really settled into the new routine and we've had success every week. They are all such adorable kids and they always say the funniest things. This is a picture of them having snack a few weeks ago. I can't help taking pictures of them all because they are all just super adorable!!! I'll post more nursery updates soon!!

Hope you enjoyed the update I'm sure I'm forgetting something from this past week, but I have to go jump in the shower and get ready for work. I'm off Friday and can't wait to go to the travelling book store!! Oh and everyone my friend Jeff from work has joined the blogging family and Kathy and I couldn't be more excited about that. He's such an awesome guy and he's getting ready for a big move over to England so check out his blog and leave him lots of comments!!!