This and That

Yesterday was pretty fun! We had a great time playing at a new park. All though the city of Las Vegas gave us an excellent example of how NOT to water your grass in the desert. I think it's absolutely hilarious that they harp and preach about water conservation, telling people to water at night so the water will actually soak into the ground and not be evaporated yet; they decide to water the parks during the hottest part of the day! MAKES NO SENSE!!! Ok... off my soapbox!

After playgroup Ethen and I headed to the bowling alley for a quick match! Can you believe this kid beat me! I wasn't trying to let him either... of course he did cheat a little... whenever I would be up to bowl he would run up and cross the foul line so my score wouldn't count! GRRR... The little turkey! I REALLY don’t bowl this bad… On the Wii it’s like 200+ (hehehe). Ethen did fantastic though and even though he cheated!

Final Score 84 - 79

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After bowling it was time for Ethen to get into his martial arts groove! He had color belt testing yesterday and did FANTASTIC!

For Ethen’s age group they test in half steps so he did not change colors just advanced to the next stage of Yellow Belt. He earned his yellow headband and cheetah patch that goes on his belt. We also had a special treat and got to watch Mr. Wong and Mr. Martin Jr. spar – that was actually really great to see!

I was most impressed with a “young grasshoppa” that decided to help Ethen practice his forms, rather than prepare herself for her testing! What a great example she has set for Ethen and all the other students.

Ethen going through his forms with Mr. Wong. He also went through his self defense and one steps. He was the only Yellow Belt testing and one of three Tiny Tigers.

Ethen receiving his yellow headband and cheetah patch. They must bow and shake hands with all the instructors. (left to right) Mr. Martin Sr., Mrs. Baker, Mr. Martin Jr., Mr. Wong.

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Because Ethen did such a fabulous job at testing, he sat so patiently for about 45 minutes, we decided to treat him with a movie.

We are pretty big Transformers fans so this was the perfect movie to see. Opening weekend – yikes – there were sooooo many people there! But we had decent seats.

The movie was pretty good, had more language than the previous ones and a little more risqué in their camera angles, but the plot was fantastic!

Brandy