A lot has been happening in the Casey household!

 Bragging - training - fundraising - and smiles!!!


Both kids are completely into karate.  Liam is currently a blue belt and has a tournament coming up this Sunday!  He will be competing in 2 events for sure, with the possibility of a third depending on how try-outs go.  Aine will be graduating the second week of March to a double blue stripe belt!  Both kids have a tournament coming up in April - Aine will have 3 events and Liam will have 4 or 5 events (again depending on try-outs)   Liam will then again be competing the end of April.

Aine is under the weather right now, so if she could get some positive thoughts, prayers, well wishes - we would greatly appreciate it.  I will answer any questions I can, but it will mostly be through some form of written update so I can stay by her and remain quiet to allow her to sleep.  Liam really wanted all of us at the tournament this weekend, so I'm really hoping this isn't the other shoe - just a tiredness issue.

Liam will be on a soccer team this summer as well as starting to take swimming lessons again (we took a break because the facility was updating their locker rooms).

Shawn is currently training for a 17.5 mile run as well as a few other events (Tough Mudder, etc) that he does on a yearly basis.

I am training for a powerlifting event called Relentless which is to raise money for HopeKids. 
To find out more information follow this link:   http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/nicole-casey-3/relentless2016


With all the cool things happening and the kids getting into more activities, I decided to try my hand at direct sales and chose a company that can satisfy my sweet tooth - Dove Chocolates!  I'm still super new at it, so I am still learning the ropes, but check it out by following this link: https://www.mydcdsite.com/pws/nicolecasey/tabs/index.aspx

Aine is also part of another group called Coles Page - this is a great site to share prayers and add people to your prayer list.  You will need to set up an account (free of charge and just for security reasons) to view many of the families profiles - but you can check it out here:  http://www.colespages.org/

Because we are all for the betterment of life, helping those around us, and sharing what we believe in - we have to throw out our friend Holly's page also.  She started taking the plunge with her co-workers a few years ago (you'd have to ask her if you want to know exactly how many times).  Well - she's at it again this year!  If you are able to help out it is greatly appreciated.  If not, passing her link on (as well as others you believe in) is a Huge help!  Follow this link to get to her page: https://reg.plungemn.org/participant/hollyf