Chloe is a Sears girl

This weeks flyer.

She looks like she's up to something...

grade 2 is behind us, She's a Third Grader now

Fiona's made her way through her 4th year of school
a happy graduate with excellent marks and big smiles
And somehow, third graders are more co-operative as of today. I'm liking this!
NOTE: look at SEPT. 2008's first day of grade one photo on the blog.
same dress, same girl - just 2 grades later!

church picnic on father's day

fiona has her first tug of war, won a few ribbons, (mom and dad won first place in a race too) and dad was very tired at the end of it all!

CC's Birthday

Simon and Chloe stayed with Gramma while Mommy and Daddy went out for dinner.
The "cakes" and presents were lot of fun, and I think it was a fun birthday for all.

CC has a birthdy

And we hope it was and is a good one
happy birthday CC
from the farm!

Wow!

I bet the Bradt household feels ever so secure with Mr. B the black belt in the house. It was my morning smile, watching the video clips. THanks and congrats dave!

Self Defense demonstration - 8 attacks

5 direction break - made 4 out of 5

Sidekick break - 2 boards

Test day... success for all

Test day a Tecumseh TaeKwon-Do was a success for all testees. Natalie achieved her 2nd promotion to Yellow belt, picutred here with her friend Nikki, who also got the same promotion.

And, after nearly 7 years of TaeKwon-Do work, Today was test day for my 1st Dan.

It wasn't a cake walk, that's for sure. But I came through the other side and was presented with my black belt. I've got some video of my breaking and self defense, which was sort of fun, and I'll post that after I edit it down a bit, and reduce the size.

Pictured at left with the two head instructors, just after they presented it to me.

I don't think it's really sunken in yet. It's been such a long journey to get here, and there's still so much ahead. But it's a significant milestone on the journey.