Happy Birthday Aeva

Last Sabbath, September 19th we celebrated Aeva's very first birthday! For those of you who couldn't make it, you might assume this 1-year-old would have been indifferent to the party, presents, and cake. But Aeva understood exactly one thing.... this is all for me!!! Just look at the expression on that little face after diving into her smash cake.

Even though we had set up for an outdoor event, angry overhead clouds threatened to drown us out. The Lord blessed, however, and the rain held off right until the last guests left.

Aeva has been enjoying her new pink scooter.

Can't see it in this pic, but the party theme was puppies. No, we couldn't actually spring for a real puppy at this stage, but everything else was canine: puppy plates, cups, balloons, and most importantly a puppy cake.

Aeva's anticipation before each present was pallatable. She would stand right next to Mami as each present was unwrapped, bounching up and down with excitement, then grab the present and parade around the patio, clutching it to her chest or proudly displaying it above her head.

To see more pictures from the big day, CLICK THIS LINK: http://picasaweb.google.com/akorzyni/BirthdayParty?authkey=Gv1sRgCPzf9p-Ks_igzgE#

More Pictures from Panama!

CLICK HERE to see a few more pictures from our recent Panama Trip.
http://picasaweb.google.com/akorzyni/Panama2009#

At Last

This post is for you Mom and Dad. At last, after months of waiting, my medical license has finally arrived. I am now official and can hang out my shingle ? Moonlighting here I come!!!

Shootout!

Finally got the chance to take out my surplus gun collection! You can see me and my Dad holding my 1940 Finnish M91 mosin nagant (left) and my 1933 91/30 Russian mosin (right). Now, those are a couple of mean looking dudes don't you think? Turns out both guns shot pretty well... excellent, actually, considering they are 76 and 69 years old. I can't vouch for the two yahoos begind the sights, however. At 100+ yards, I didn't hit any of the targets, whereas Dad turned out to be a reasonable decent shot.

Here's Dad with my Yugoslavian M48 Mauser, testing the scope. Our friend Tony Reynold's and his British .303 Mark 4 Enfield and also did some pretty impressive shooting that day. All these guns take pretty large bullets, and my shoulder testified to that fact in the morning.

You can see more pictures from our shootout if you CLICK HERE at this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/akorzyni/Shootout#

Aeva's Panama Adventure

Hey Everyone, this is just a cursery post about the Korzyniowski's most recent family vacation--Panama! Actually, the destination was an island off the Pacific coast of Panama called Isla Bastimentos. I just got back yesterday in time to resume work today and left Jessica and Aeva there with Jessica's parents to enjoy a few extra days of sun and tropical weather.

We spent a whole lot of time at the beach with Aeva, who absolutely loves playing in the sand. She didn't care too much for playing next to the surf at first, but gradually did warm to the idea somewhat.

Here's just a quick view from the porch of our house overlooking the jungle and ocean. Don't have much time to tell more now but I'm hopeful to post more later. We saw quite a few cool animals, ate lots of good food, and even got a little healthy sun in the process. More later.