Sunday, July 28, 2013

Group Hug

 Sidnie with two of her friends in early May.

Roller/Ice Skating

James bought some skating passes from the Arkansas Daily Deal website.  We didn't have time to use them over and over.  The expiration date was approaching, so on April 27th, we had each of the kids grab a friend and we hit the ice rink.  Then some of them decided to pay a buck so they could switch to the roller rink as well.  We had a blast.  James only got a few shots, so, here they are...
Big sister helping little sister.
 Strike a pose!
 Ta Da!


Random

I took this selfie (at the end of April) before going to bed because I had taken the time to do my hair all curled that day and wanted to have a shot of it.  I don't have make up on at this point, but oh well.

This is the view of sky on the morning of the 26th of April while driving Sidnie to Preschool.  I thought it was pretty, so I snapped this shot with the ipad at a stop in the flow of traffic.

A picture the boys took of themselves.

Kammie's hair all in braids for hair full of pizzazz the next day.

Sidnie had me do her hair in curlers...
 The results...



Pepe'

Pepe' visited us on April 19th and climbed up on the counter and helped himself to some cake someone else had left behind.
On April 26th, this was the last shot of Pepe' as a "free" cat.  Shortly after this, his owners decided he would no longer would be an outdoor cat.  They keep "our" cat inside their house now and never let him out.  Sad!
Poor kitty cat.  He has been free to roam and hunt for 6 plus years and NOW they suddenly freak out and decide something could happen to him outside and they are keeping him inside.  We miss our kitty.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

1st Degree Black Belts

After 3 1/2 years of taking TaeKwonDo, Zack, Kammie and Kate tested successfully to earn their First Degree Black Belts on April 25, 2013.

Kammie as senior student helping to lead the students in the tenants of TKD...
Kammie and Zack doing their form...

Kam and Zack sparing...

Zack breaking a board with his hand...

Zack breaking the board with a kick after jumping over another kid...
(There was an audible gasp in the room when he did it.)

Kammie breaking a board with her hand...

Kammie breaking the board with her jump kick...
 

Zack getting his black belt...

 Red-black belt back comes off...
 1st degree black belt for Zack!

Master Tammy had great things to say about Kammie when she called her up...
First degree Black Belt for Kammie!


Kate's form...

Kate sparing...

Kate breaking a board with her elbow...
 Kate breaking the board with a kick...


The Black belt goes on...
 First Degree Black belt for Kate!

Congrats on all your hard work Zack, Kammie and Kate!