Why protection is important...

That's gotta hurt!

'Thank goodness they wear cups.

It's also has to hurt when some girl keeps putting you in a headlock - a move that has nothing to do with sparring. No matter, Gabbie beat her and another girl.

Silver and Gold

Last weekend the kids had their first taekwondo tournament of the season in Ft. Worth.

Might I add, I have a brand new Canon lens that is nothing short of magic! I still have a little tweaking to do so my camera works well with it, but I am ecstatic with how most of my shots turned out. Thank you, my sweet husband for giving this lens to me as a birthday gift.

Here's Corbin rebounding from a kick to the chest guard. He went on to lose the match 6-3 but took home a silver medal. It was his first time sparring as a red belt and he was a little nervous.

Not bad for Gab's first time effort at competing in black belt forms!

What I want to know is what was wrong with the female judges
eyesight? Get a load of the extension on this leg!

She took 1st place and even she was surprised since
this was her first time competing in black belt forms.

OUCH!
A gold medal in sparring as well.

Fun and Frolic at Billy Bob's Texas.

Cougar Sports Heroes Will DOMINATE the Rebels!

Didn't get the photo of the kids dressing up like their favorite athlete today.

Gabbie's attempt to portray 4'9" gymnast, Shawn Johnson, went south when the leotard split as she was putting it on. No wonder since it was a size large...from the kid's section at Target! She substituted her brother's flag football jersey instead.

And Corbin? Well, he woke up 15 minutes before we left for school and all he had time for was the usual spirit wear ensemble of gym shorts and a Northland tshirt.