Future blackbelt and future Olympian

Just a few quick updates from the kids....

First, a few weeks ago, Devon passed his test for his purple belt in Taekwondo. He struggled a bit with focus early in the test, but pulled it together and passed.

And here's one from Rylee. Ever since the winter Olympics, she's insisted that she is going to be an Olympic ice dancer some day (along with being a zookeeper and a mom). She's been starting to get a little bit stressed about it, feeling as though she's behind schedule in meeting this long-term goal. In particular, she was woried that she would never make it to the Olympics unless she actually learned how to ice skate.  Finally, this summer...ice skating lessons. Here she is before taking to the ice at her first lesson.

 

She was a little bit disappointed when she learned that the beginner's curriculum focused on things like balancing, gliding, and falling and getting up (rather than leaping and twirling). She ultimately decided that those were probably important basics to master though, and she did great at her first lesson!