Clayton and Leslie get promoted to yellow belt!

I'm a little late posting a blog for Clayton and my promotion. We both got out yellow belts June 8th. It was nerve racking, even though we tested as a group. The pre-test the day before we did individually. They do pre-testing because the school knows that when it comes to testing and/or having a group of people watching our nerves just might get the best of us. I'm very proud of our whole family for our accomplishments. :) I can't wait to learn the yellow belt kata...Sempi Hubert says that this is my kata because I have both grace and power.

Little Dragons Promotion: Yellow Belt

Today Greyson was promoted to yellow belt in his karate class. Greyson is also the youngest child Sempi Hubert has ever had in his class...so he was very honored to be promoting Greyson (that's what he said). Unlike in the Basic class (which is what Clayton and I take) promotion for a Little Dragon is based on attendance; after 10 classes you move up a belt. Last week was Greyson's 10th class so at the beginning of today's class his white belt was replaced with a yellow. We are so proud of Greyson. He was very excited to get his new belt. He had the biggest smile on his face when the presentation "ceremony" was finished. He was very outgoing during warm-up; Today he picked a warm-up exercise (jumping jacks) and then lead the counting. He is slowly learning his kata...we should practice more often (or at least just before class, so it's fresh in his memory)...but from what Sensei Ugi says we are ALL doing well (Clayton and I have testing on Tuesday - I will post pictures of that as well).

Sempi Hubert presenting Greyson with his old belt.

Ready for display.

Presentation of the yellow belt.

Mommy gets to do the final tie.
:)

Counting in Japanese

Semper Fi Over the North Carolina Sky: Air Show

We had a great time at the air show. The first year we were in NC we got here after the air show, and then last year Clayton was deployed and I went back to MI, but this year we were able to attend. It was a great day for it. There was a nice breeze which made the beating of the sun's rays bearable, and there were just enough clouds to create some shade every once in a while. Greyson did pretty well considering it was a long day (9:30am-4:00pm), hot day. When we got home we all took a cool shower and got ready to go out for dinner. That was nice as well. Greyson is such a good kid - we can take him anywhere! :)

Rescue basket

Jet Tire.

Rescue Chopper.

Lucky!

No one else got to sit in the cockpit.

Cool Jet.

Jet Pilot.

Oh Yeah!

Getting to "shoot" the gun!

He's a big as the tires.

Military Travel

Look at this cool plane.

Canadian SkyHawks carrying the US Flag
through the air.

The Blue Angels
Clayton was waiting all day just to see them.

He didn't like the LOUD jets.

$10

well-spent?

Otto the friendly helicopter

Someones already tired.

Otto Loves Veterans

God bless the USA

Canadian SkyHawk Team

Simulating a refuel of a jet

Dropping Troops.

Dropping a Humvee.

Jet simulating a bomb drop.

KA-BOOM!

Obliterating the enemy.

The Osprey
A plane that can become a helicopter

Picking up the troops.

The fastest Truck!

0-300mph in 5seconds

C-130 Hercules

aka

Fat Albert

The Blue Angels are heading down the run away.
Finally!

And they're off.

Diving.

ZOOM!

The last flyby.