AWES Video

In celebration of the new club "Air Kicks" (or just "Kicks" for short), we've prepared a demonstration video with some basic and advanced kicks:

As always, our number #1 rule is "safety first!"

A new club? AIR KICKS!

Purpose: To defy gravity, look really cool in an "action freeze", and of course, teach safety while jumping and kicking simultaneously.

Just Because....

Record Muskie Catch & Cyd the Cyclops

Its good to see that our friends in Gananoque understand the importance of good sportsmanship, and that our muskie friends will live to swim another day!

"Never mess with a one eyed musky." Especially when his name is "Cyd the Cyclops" or "Big Mama" attacking in a German U-Boat formation. So Jim referenced his "Understanding River Muskellunge" DVD and I just had to check it out. I found some other gems as well over at All Esox Publishing, including books such as "The Quest for Girthra," described as "The epic, mythic, heroic, cosmic, ceremonial, and comic aspects of Musky fishing. The essence of Musky lore is revealed to a poor wanderer, lost in a fogbank, on the endless troll, through the List of Forty sayings of Musky Bill. Follow him on his quest." I'm also very interested in "The Forty Sayings of Musky Bill."

I did the HUNDRED!

My heart is till pounding, and my arms are feeling... really strong. The last twenty were probably the roughest. Actually, the last TWO were pretty tough, but YEAH "I did the hundred!" Last spring I was on week six, but stopped after suffering some bad seasonal allergies. I hope this doesn't seem silly, but a couple months ago in Sunday School I gave a lesson on remaining steadfast in our testimonies of Christ. A class discussion ensued about what it meant to be resolute, steadfast, and persevere. I recalled how I had started this challenge, but had failed to finished, and wasn't any of those three things. I decided I would start again. Of course, I couldn't restart where I had left off, and had to backtrack. Now I've made it, and it feels great!

Parkour in the Big City

The new parkour club stepped out in style as they visited New York City in early July. Here are a few snippets of the fun!

Note the moments of deep concentration before she makes her move!

The precision running necessary to pull of this move is astounding!

The new club needs a hip name. Sound off with your ideas in the comments!

Things to make you smile (and maybe laugh appreciatively).

Sometimes you just need
something you can laugh at on a bad day. Or once in a while you just want to laugh. These pictures (the ones of Sarah mostly) do that for me. We did these one night at the dinner table. I don't remember how it started, but it was fun. The girls really liked it. Enjoy. Laugh appreciatively.