Here he is doing show time kicks. He can pick any series of kicks (3 kicks) then they do the black belt stance and courtesy and go back. I wish you could see the concentration on Jason's face.

He is making the symbolic sign that means you are leaving the old belt behind and embracing the new one. The two belts form and L. The L stands for longevity, loyalty and constant learning. Aren't they cute?

Here is Jason sitting still and not moving a muscle while the instructors discuss how the class did. He sat still not moving for a long time. This is so amazing. We love Karate!!

Allison got the principal's pride award on Ashley's birthday. She got it for her oustanding work on a big math assignment. Yeah Allison.

Ashley got a lil'kinz pug for her birthday. She loves webkinz. Such a great toy. you get a stuffed animal and something to play on the computer.

We did not have any candles so we used the ones left over for the pumpkins on halloween. Does that sound like something my mother would do or what? We had two candles that were pretty big so I told her each one was worth three. She thought that was great. Jason was singing a very enthusiastic "happy birthday" complete with "cha-cha cha's".

Ashley's birthday party.

Ashley Jean turned six. I guess I have to quit calling her my 4 year old. It is so fun to watch her grow but it is also a little sad. She had a birthday party with some friends from school and church. We played a game where we popped balloons by sitting on them. I think I got the wrong kind of balloons because they would not pop. So I told the kids they could pop it any way they could. They had so much fun doing this and it took almost a half an hour to get them all popped(I blew up a lot of balloons.)

Murray Park

We went to Murray park. One of my favorite places to go in the fall. We were taking some pictures and having a little fun.