Green Stripe Testing

This is my testing for Green Stripe belt. I was totally surprised when Patrick was called out to test me on kick/counter kick!

Name in Lights

This article appeared in the Shelburne News. My mom submitted the article and photo to several local papers, but as far as we can tell only one printed it. Thank you, Shelburne News.

Cool Dude

We have been having Spirit Week at school this week. Each day we dress in a theme.

Monday was Sports Day; show off your favorite sports team.
Tuesday was 70s Day; bring on the bell bottoms and crazy colors.
Wednesday was Clash Day; how many different patterns and colors can you where at one time?
Today was Crazy Hair Day.  I wore spiky hair, but ended up covering it with my hat.

My friends all decided I looked like one of the Men in Black. So when I got home, (today was a half day) I started horsing around with my camera.

Friday is Team Spirit Day; wear the school colors.

The Countdown is On

Taekwondo Black Belt testing is only a few weeks away.  Tonight's practice included a few minutes to do some board breaking.

Fine Arts & Academic Competition

On Friday, my entire junior high class (eleven 7th and 8th graders) went to New Hampshire to compete against eight other Christian schools from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Connecticut.  There were 213 students total and we competed in 49 different events in 5 categories: Bible, Art, Academics, Speech, and Music. 

Our first competition of the day was hand chimes.  Trinity acquired three octaves of hand chimes over the summer so this is our first competition with them (and our second ever performance).  Everyone participates, regardless of musical knowledge or ability.  Our teacher has been out of school a lot in the past few weeks (due to a family emergency) so my mom stepped in to help us practice.  On competition day,  she was asked to direct us again.

This is me with my duet partner, Sophia.  We played Road to Listoonvarna, which is an old Irish fiddle tune.  Sophia picked the music because it's the only song she can play, and I worked with my guitar teacher (who helped me with song mechanics) and my mom to get it performance-ready.


We won first place.  Not bad for a first ever competition.

This is the junior high class...all eleven of us; eight 7th graders and three 8th graders.  That's me; front row, far right.

School Pictures!

Today I brought home my seventh grade school picture and the class picture that comes with it.

First Day of 7th Grade