Tang Soo Do

 

Tang Soo Do practice twice a week... fun times!

Nathan and Naomi, classmates in 3rd grade and Tang Soo Do

Naomi moved up to orange belt white stripe. Jonathan and Jacob moved up to brown belt!

Christmas party time!

Tang Soo Do challenge: write your name with your foot!

Steady kick competition!

Punching and sit-up competition

Thanksgiving!

 

We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with many friends this year, 32 of us in total.

We weren't sure if we would be able to have apple pie for Christmas due to the lack of apple supply. But thankfully Jacob found enough apples in a grocery store in town!!

Ready for Thanksgiving dessert!

Everyone brought food and I baked the chickens. No turkeys in PNG. But we all enjoyed some yummy food!

Reading, Playing and Running

 

Jonathan loves to read!

Naomi also loves to read!!

Jonathan has started taking flute lessons and even got to perform at a recital. 

And Naomi is taking some piano lessons too!

Our practice run before the Turkey trot, 5k

Getting ready for the 5k Turkey Trot, Aaron and Jonathan

Getting ready for the 2k Turkey trot

Jonathan and I both got 1st place in our age category! 1st place 12 year old and 1st place 51 year old. Also, the only people in our age groups. :)

Decorating for Christmas!

 

Getting out the memorable decorations.

Well, we have a rat story for you... We got a new Christmas tree last year... we stored it away in the Christmas tree bag that came with the tree, which was not a good idea. The rats decided to make multiple nests in it. It was nasty!

I'm very thankful for Jacob's ability to do the dirty jobs... he opened all the branches up, got rid of all the rat's nests and hosed down our tree. I'm also very thankful for Norwex products! I sprayed it with mattress cleaner to get rid of the dust mites. Then I sprayed it with odor eliminator to get rid of the terrible smell. The enzymes work so well! We had a new Christmas tree by the end of the process!

Dressing up on Bible Character day as Naomi from the Bible. :)