And 2nd place goes to...

Proud brother!
Proud of those 2 trophies
WOW!
Waiting to compete
Padded up and ready to fight


Cameron competed in a karate tournament at his karate school (he is currently an orange belt). It was his first tournament. Wouldn't you know, he gets called 1st to perform his "kata" - (basically a demonstration of movements) in front of a panel of judges and a huge crowd. He stated his name and proceeded to perform great only forgetting a couple of moves. He ended up taking 5th in that part of it and took home a trophy. Then he moved into the sparring division. He has never offically sparred and was placed with kids from his class as well as the 8-10's. His first match he sparred a 9 year old and won in sudden death. He moved to the semi finals and went up against a girl who happend to be a red belt (one away from black) and won again, moving him into the finals. There he sparred a green belt and lost. He came away with 2nd place!!! Unbelievable. We were so happy for him. We are so proud that he even had the nerves to get in front of the crowd of about 100+ and perform - winning 2nd and 5th was just a bonus! (Our camera takes crappy pix in the school so ...)

Climbing fun

Cameron celebrated his 7th birthday with a few friends at the climbing center. They did the obstacle coarse and climbed several walls. Cameron has a knack for climbing and scaled to the top in record time (who knew?!) Fun was had by all!

Look out Tony Hawk!

Had a day off of school and kept ourselves busy at the skate park that recently opened in town. The kids loved it and want to go back today after school. Billy even showed up and hung out with us for a while.

A rare calm moment

PRICELESS

Start your engines....

Kill'n time in the camper to let the storm pass. A little painting project.

The crew!

He does exist. Taking a break after his ride.

Ready to go!

Full of character. Cooper has a green mohawk on his helmet, and is spinnin a web for the photo.

Went on our first riding/camping trip of the season. We had a ball. Got lots of riding in. Daddy & Billy went for the big ride while the kids and I stayed on the track and went up the river bed which is not yet full of water. The kids can't wait to go back.

It's official, it's finally over

We did it...we finished the Halloween festivities at last. The pumpkin carving was a success. We have them in the kitchen window and light them every night.

Trick or Treat

Ok...so for trick or treating Cooper was a - pirate, dirtbiker, football player, soccer player, baseball player and Cameron stayed as the black ninja. We escaped the rain and came home with a small pile of candy. So far they have been good about not downing it. All we have left is our pumpkin carving. I know we're behind but on the agenda for today. Then halloween will officially be over. Let the Christmas shopping begin...

Party Party

Despite the rain Halloween was a success. Cooper had a party at school - complete with pinata, bounce house and carnival games. He wore his big muscle spiderman costume and enjoyed "spinning webs" on us. Cameron had a parade at school and wore the black ninja outfit. After the parade it was back to the classroom for art projects, singing and a snack. I was able to work in both classrooms and happened to be the helper at the cookie decorating station for each of them. The kids had a blast.