Taekwondo Tournament

The Reader had his first major Taekwondo Tournament! He had participated in a smaller tournament once before, but this was his first big event.

Participating in the competition was educational. The Reader had hopes for a better result, but learned a lot!

8/29/22 – 9/4/22

The first day of school! We were so excited!

After more than two years of staying home together, the pets took a couple of days of adjusting (to a quiet home).

Week of 8/15/22 – 8/21/22

We went swimming a few times.

And the Negotiator created many things…


The Reader won the library’s summer reading program! He got a local toy store gift card as a prize.

We tried the new water gun too!

Week of 8/8/22 – 8/14/22

The Reader had a week of taekwondo camp this week. So after dropping him off, the Negotiator and Mom took a morning walk.

And the afternoon walk – with a hat and sunglasses.

On Saturday, there was a Summerfest in the town. One of the event was 5k, which Dad and the Reader participated!

Before the race:

The race is about to start:

To the finish line!

After the race:

It was the Reader’s first 5k race, and we are so proud of him!!!

After the race, we looked around the event.

Week of 7/31/22 – 8/7/22 part 2

I think it was Wednesday. The Boys wanted to try this.

On Thursday, we had a cross country, a tennis, a taekwondo, and a swimming class. I took these photos while taking a walk with the Reader and Hope.

Then we found this cool fort!

We had to climb the tree again. And Hope posed for the picture too.

We also had a library event on Thursday.

Friday was very hot, and it was hard to fall asleep. So we stayed a little late waiting for the weather to cool down, while enjoying a ‘bedtime banana’ just like the book we like!

Week of 7/31/22 – 8/7/22 part 1

Dad left for Colorado for a week with a Mom’s haircut.

Since the pandemic, it was the very first time that any of family was away for this long.

The Boys had a tennis class on Saturday.

We took a walk on the dirt road a couple times. It was quite hot.

On Monday, the Reader had a cross country practice, and the Negotiator had a tennis class. Instead of driving back and forth, we took a walk with Hope while the other is busy.

Then we went to watch a movie. We were the only ones in the theater!

On Tuesday, we had a cross country, a tennis class, and a taekwondo. Mom took a lot of walks while waiting.

We found this cool tree, and had to climb it.

We played at the park too.