Grandpa's here!

My Grandpa is here for a visit this week! I'm so excited!We played our first game of chess and I won! Hopefully we'll play more games while Grandpa is here. 

Yesterday we went to the zoo in Oklahoma City. They had a fun slide that came out of a tree!

 I practiced hanging on a rope like the monkeys. It was hard to balance!

 We went to see the larikeets. All of a sudden Grandpa had two on him...

 Then Dad had one land on his shoulder. They were flying all over the place and one even went to the bathroom on my shirt! It was so gross!!!

 This guy looked about as tired as we all were. 

 There was a cute little baby chimp. He was playing all over his mom and dad and kept swinging around on the rope.

2nd Place!

I went to a karate tournament in Austin, Texas. It was my first ever tournament and I was so excited. Before the tournament we stopped at a cool taco place for lunch. It was called Torchey's Tacos. Here I am standing  in front of the restaurant by a big cactus!

 Then, I took a picture of my mom and dad.

 Here I am with some other kids from my school at the tournament. We were getting ready for our events!

I'm telling the judges my name, what school I'm from and what form I'll be doing for them.

 Here I am doing my form for the judges.

 I had a lot of fun and just tried to do my best.

 Then we had to spar. I kept winning each match so I kept getting to go again. Then I found out I won 2nd place!

 Here I am getting my medal for 2nd place in both forms and sparring.

 Me with my 2 silver medals.

 I'm so excited I couldn't stop smiling.

 Here's all the people that went down to Texas from my school. I'm in the front row second from the right.

 After the tournament I was SO hungry. We went to a place called Hula Hut for dinner.

 It was so good and a lot of fun. I want to go to there the next time we're in Austin.

At the hotel we stayed at we made our own waffles for breakfast. They were in the shape of Texas! How awesome!

The next day we went to my cousin Weston's house. I love hanging out with Weston. He's so funny.

I can't wait to go to this tournament next year! We had such a great time.

Today was my first day of 2nd grade. I was so excited to see all my friends again. 

This is going to be a great year.

Tang Soo!

I have been studying Tang Soo Do Mi Guk Kwan since November of last year. I have already earned my white and orange belts and today I had my test for the green belt. I'm in the back row on the right at the beginning of our test with my classmates. I was the most junior out of everyone testing. 

 We had to do our highest forms, blocks and kicks.

 I've been practicing very hard and really try to do my best.

 After 2 1/2 hours of testing I passed my test! Here's my instructor, Master Steefel, giving me my green belt!

 Here's me with the other new green belts.

 Some of the people that were testing were already green belts but they were testing for a higher rank. Here's a picture of everyone that was testing and the three judges are in the middle.

TANG SOO! (This is what we say at the end of ever class and what we're saying in the picture. It's our "cheer")