Jaiden and Seth - Best Buds



Anna, Hailee and Myself with Sensei Robert for our belt promotions.




Jaiden removing her old belt.

Anna, Hailee and Jaiden making Nicole into a snow girl

Us in the Dojo for our belt promotions

Stuff

Hello All-

I know it's been a awhile since I wrote anything- sorry. Here's whats been happening:

1. Report cards- the girls got their report cards, Anna and Hailee are B+ and As. Jaiden received her first Kindergarten report card and is slightly above grade level. We are so proud of all of them.

2. Karate- Karate has become very big in our lives. We go three times a week and are progressing nicely. All of us are testing for our belts next week and should do well. Since starting Karate I've lost about 25 lbs. The weight lose isn't due solely to karate, but because I've been exercising at least 45 - 60 minutes per day. to test for your black belt you have to run 3 miles in 30 minutes, do 100 push ups and 150 sit-ups, so I'm preparing.

3. College- I have two more classes to finish before I start gathering information for my dissertation, so the PhD is moving along nicely.

4. work- well work is work isn't it.

We went to go see A Christmas Carol on Saturday. We didn't go to Trinity like normal, we went to a little play house here in Westerly. It was very nice. I don't know what it is about me and A Christmas Carol. I love the story, a classic rebirth (Phoenix arising) story.

I'll post some pictures and videos from the belt testing.

Dave