Amateur Taekwondo photo shoot

If you can't tell, the kids are loving Taekwondo.  We got some great photos after class one day.  The top one is my favorite :).

Summer long weekend in Austin

For our last family trip before Tyler starts school we took a long weekend in Austin.  On the way, we stopped at Louie Mueller's BBQ in Taylor where I had the best BBQ that I've had since we moved here (and we mistakenly ordered 7 ribs until we discovered that they each had about 1.5 lbs of meat on them).  After that, we headed west of Austin to Enchanted Rock where we had fun hiking to the top.  The next couple of days we had fun around Austin swimming, hiking, and, of course, eating.

Click on the top photo below for more pictures.

...And another

Last weekend we travelled north of Dallas for another TKD tournament. It was a great venue and had alot of fun with all of the families from the school. Ty won a tiebreaker for 3rd place in forms.

Another TKD weekend...

This weekend we had two fun TKD events.  Tyler got to participate in his school's instructor demo at a local festival (Tomball Night) and then the next day we had an "in-school" tournament at the school.  For the first time, both Megan and I (yes, I'm training now too...it's a great bonding time with the kids) got to compete.  Everyone did great and had a lot of fun.

Here are the pictures (linked) and the video from the instructor demo (they were supposed to be on the stage, but there wasn't enough room).


Click on the photo below for the tournament pictures.

In our side yard...

More TKD - Worlds 2013

The weekend after we got back from our trip, we drove up to Little Rock, Arkansas so that Tyler could participate in the first (and biggest) tournament of the season--the World Championship.

This was Ty's first time competing in sparring and he did a great job.  He came home with a first place in forms, 2nd's in traditional weapons and sparring, and 3rd in combat sparring.  It was a great experience.

For more pictures, click on the photo above and for all of the video action, click here (our favorite is Sparring Round 2...he's the one in the black gear).

Summer "Road" Trip 2013

Once again, we enjoyed a wonderful (air and road) trip Up North and to Palatine to see the Burke's, Chernesky's, Shripka's, and Granny and Grandpa. We had a great time tubing, swimming, hiking, go-karting, mini golfing, and relaxing. The weather was beautiful, too. 

After our time Up North, the Shripka's were nice enough to drive over to Palatine for a day of fun at Granny and Grandpa's house. It was a perfect ending to another very memorable summer trip. For lots of pictures, click the top photo below.