Archive for July 9th 2009

Liam tested for his green belt tonight and got it! We were so proud of him. I think it is pretty funny that he got points taken off for not being loud enough; they should hear him at home. I told his instructor that he was quiet because he was nervous which he said was good….if you’re nervous then you know it’s important. His instructor also asked him, after he broke his board, how he makes it look so easy. 🙂
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Taking off his orange belt.

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Getting his green belt.

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He now gets to be in a different class. That is all fine and dandy, but now he is at the bottom of the pack. When he was an orange belt, he was at the head of the class with all the yellow and white belts below him and he liked that. There are certain benefits that go along with being the highest belt in the class and now he has to start all over.

My brother and his family were in town the week of the fourth. They live in New York and we don’t get to see them very often, so the time we do spend with them is very special. We had a lot of fun with them while they were town. We went to at least a couple of Mexican restaurants (they don’t have any where they live), watched fireworks, went swimming a couple of times, went putt-putting and just hung out and enjoyed each others’ company. The boys had a great time playing with their cousins, too. Colm is still asking about “those girls”. 🙂
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