Orange Belt

Brayden had his orange belt test Thursday. He was awesome.

Big test day for everyone!

This is his board he broke with his first kick! All the others had to practice their kicks on Master Bruce's hand and then kick the board. It took most of them 2 kicks or more before their boards broke, but not my little Bruce Lee, he did it with no practice kicks and busted that board with one axe kick. Below is the video. Excuse the reflections and all the noise, including my goofy laugh:), we were on the other side of the window.

Dare Graduation and Allergy Test

Bailey had her Dare graduation the other week. It was a nine week program that really taught her a lot. They had to write essays and take quizzes, much more than we did back in the day. These 5th graders really worked hard, now hopefully they will remember and use everything they have learned!

Brayden was tested for allergies. This is his skin only moments after they pricked him! You have to wait 20 minutes to see the full effect, so yes these welts were bigger! Ya think he has allergies? :) The allergists was a little surprised when he saw his back, he is allergic to almost everything outdoors and his doggies. The funny thing is he is allergic to cows! How weird is that? He gets a kick out of telling everyone that:) He starts his allergy shots this week. Poor guy:(

White Belt

Brayden has been in Tae kwon do for 6 weeks now. He finally earned his white belt. He has been waiting for this day for soooo long and was soooo excited. He loves Tae kwon do. Master Bruce says he is so well behaved and is such a good kid:) He called his dad and Uncle Francis as soon as class was over today to let them know. It won't be long till we have another black belt in the family:)

Look at that smile.

Haude Ambassador

Bailey was voted Haude Ambassador at her school. Only two students are picked and it is a huge honor. They are chosen on grades, conduct, extracurricular activities before and after school and the students had to write an essay. She was given her award by the School Board Trustee Committee. Bailey is also student of the week for the City of Houston. She will be on the news anywhere from now till June. They will let us know when. We are so proud of her and all of her hard work.

Bailey, Mr. Duty, who is the Teacher of the year and also Bailey's choir teacher, and Tim.

Houston Rodeo

Ok, it has been forever once again since I last posted. The kids have been busy and it is hard to find the time to sit down and get caught up. The rodeo was here in March. We went during spring break. Here are some pictures from are fun filled day.

Brice actually got a higher score than the man next to her did:) How embarrassing for him!!!

Blake was so excited to ride the ponies. She was actually doing a little dance the whole time. She still remembers her pony's name:)

Bailey didn't want to feed the animals,(chicken), but the other three had a blast.

Basketball

Bailey's fifth grade teacher, Mr. Goss, came to see her and best friend Marie's game.

This is Brice dribbling down court.

Brice going for the lay-up.

Bailey shooting a free throw,

and making it.
The videos below are blurry, I wasn't fast enough working the camera to clear it up:) Before each game the coaches do a role call and the team runs through the arch. It is one of their favorite things!

Lip Gloss and Facial Hair

Blake was wearing lip gloss in the car and wanted Bailey to take a picture of her.

Bailey went to her friends house Friday after school, so the rest of us went to Double Dave's. Blake purchased this facial hair from one of the machines and when I went to take her picture she told me that she didn't want it to go on the blog! :) How funny, but it just guaranteed that it would go on the blog!

Eating his favorite thing in the world, pepperoni rolls!