Martial Arts (Kyukido) Belt Graduations- Again

The Boys both graduated Martial Arts Belts in March. They had to show sparring skills and their forms.
Our oldest son is in the red sparring gear, above.
Our second son here is in the navy blue sparring head gear.


Congrats kids!

Kyukido Tournament

Our 2 boys participated in a Kyukido (Martial Arts) tournament a week ago. Our oldest didn't score as well as he had hoped, but as you can tell from his sparring opponent, he was a little shorter (therefore, the 2 point head kicks were out of range for him, but not for her). He did really well though in sparring and forms. He was within a tenth of a point of the other 2 opponents. Our youngest son had a great time...winning the sparring competition and coming in second in forms. It's a little surprising that he won the sparring seeing as how he'd close his eyes when kicking or getting kicked. Notice the shut eyes in the picture...funny.




Our boys with their friend after the competition.

Catching up on Scrapbooks

Well, I just finished digitally scrapping the years 2006 and 2007 for my family album and all the kids' albums. Only 2 more years to go and I'll be caught up. I love digitally scrapping...I reuse layouts, I just pull in the photos of specific kids for their specific albums. I save so much time. I don't know how much cheaper it is in the end, but it works well for me. I print out the finished page on 8.5x11 photo paper at a photo printing place (just bring them all in on a CD). Then I put them in page protectors and in scrapbook albums. The kids love looking at them. Here are a few examples.