Edmonton Eskimos Pre-Season

In June Daniel and I took our friends, Dena and Hyrum to an Eskimos pre-season game.  We had a great time, but almost froze our butts off!  It is crazy how the wind whips around that stadium.

Pictures taken by Daniel

Mayor for a Day and the Onoway Heritage Days

Can't sleep....  thought I would update the blog since I have the whole month of June to upload and we are heading to Seattle in a week and Lord knows there will be pics to upload then and great, great stories to tell.

The 1st weekend in June marks the annual Heritage Days in our little town of Onoway.  The great thing about this year was that Daniel won an essay contest and became Mayor for the Day. Daniel got to spend the day with the current Mayor, George Jendyk, glad handing throughout the community.  He started out at the pancake breakfast 1st thing in the morning and then took part in the parade as one of the dignitaries.  Took a few spins on the three (yes, three) amusement rides and finished up the day listening to the old time fiddlers.  Started at 7:30 am and I picked him up at 3:00pm.  He was a little tired!!  Had a great time though and said the best part about being Mayor of Onoway was that you got a sticker for your car that allows you to park anywhere.  Now, the funny part about this is that Onoway is a very small town with no restricted parking.  Too Funny.  

While Daniel was doing the Mayor thing, Curtis, Claire and I took in the festivities.  Claire had a good time on the three rides.  Salt and Pepper shaker scared her a little bit, but Curtis thought it was great fun.

The theme this year was a salute to our military so

there were lots of old antique and current day

military vehicles in the parade.

Daniel in the parade!

Daniel and George at the end of their day.

Claire on the giant swing ride

Claire on the spinning ride.

Claire and Curtis on the Salt and Pepper Shakers.

Claire's June Recital

Look at me go! Two updates in less than two weeks! I should get a medal!! This is Claire singing in her final recital of the year. She is singing Part of your World from The Little Mermaid. I have to apologize for cutting off the end, ran out of memory in my camera. Anyway, enjoy!!

2009 WKC Provincials in Edmonton

Just to wrap up.... Daniel had a great tournament at Provincials this year and we are so proud of all the amazing things he has done with his martial arts since he started at the ripe old age of six. This year he won gold and silver for his efforts. We did not attend Nationals in Hull, QC this year and as a result will not be going to World's in Ireland (bummer). Oh well, there are always other years.

Gold Medal Continuous Match, round 2

This is the final round of the Gold Medal match for the +40 kg, -12 year old boys Continuous Division. Daniel won this fight handily by taking Sensei Mike's instructions and executing them exactly. WAY TO GO DANIEL! Provincial Champion again!

Gold Medal Continuous Match Round 1

This is the 1st round of the Gold medal Continuous match at the National Qualifier in Alberta for 2009. Daniel did EXACTLY what Sensei Mike said and did an all round awesome job! The high pitched screaming is the other kid losing it becasue Daniel keeps side kicking him in the gutt. The ref for this match is Robby Lavoie, an incredible world class point fighter from Toronto that came to show the kids from Alberta his stuff.

-12 Point Fighting Gold Medal Match

Daniel is in black fighting Nick from Cheney's in Red Deer. Daniel ended up with the silver medal in his weight class for point fighting.