Belts, Tourney, Family Gathering

 Now for Eowyn and me to belt test.

 Frodo was one of the judges

 A middle stance for about 8 hours (old a handful of minutes)

 Yellow Belts! 2 months until sparring gear!

 This was a last minute tournament in Missouri. Only because it was hosted by Master Howard.

 Very nicely set up.

They had a great array of swords and such for sale

 Even a picture of Mr. Moh Bruce Lee (haha)

 Best set up of numbered mats

 2nd in creative form, 1st in x-treme form, he also received 2nd in sparring, 3rd in combat

 Photo with Master Howard

 4th in forms, 2nd in combat

 1st in forms, 1st in sparring, 3rd in combat

 104 degrees when we left. HOT.

 Family gathering. I can't believe how big Tiny Tim has gotten!  Plumpin' right out!

 4 girlie cousins decided to give us a concert in the chapel

 BABY CHINCHILLA!!  The father died (was wounded by the dogs) a couple months ago, so we were really delighted by this surprise

 Making peanut butter dollops.

 Peanut Butter and Maple Syrup melted together in a double boiler. Hmmm, someone deleted the rest of the pictures. Anyway, then it's mixed with cheerios. They were quite good.

 Kili found a hat that I believe belonged to him when he was born. 

 Woops, back tracking...

Hmmm... I think we are out of order here.  Pippin wom 2nd in Creative Weapons, 6th in form (it was great until he drew a complete blank), 2nd in weapons, 1st in combat. He didn't place in Sparring due to the fact he wasn't able to compete due to having to use the bathroom haha.

And sorry for all the TKD photos I know there are people in our lives who think ill of our doing taekwondo, but we really enjoy it. It's great exercise, a great opportunity for leadership skills and many other advantages.  But these are for our memories as well as for sharing with others.