Tournament News!!!

Today I went to another TaeKwonDo tournament. I got to do board breaking, sparring, and stick fighting. I did pretty well at the tournament, I earned two second places and one third place. I was mad that I got third place but it is okay because next year I am going to do much better.

This is me getting ready for my first sparring match. I was watching some of the girls I would spar against. You can see the girls that I did get to spar against in the picture with the green background.

I like doing TaeKwonDo because it gives me self defense, self control, concentration, confidence and I have also learned about the indomitable spirit. The indomitable spirit means that I always try my best and I never give up. My mom says this is a good thing to learn early in life.

Volunteering

My mom and I are volunteering at a horse rescue place. We learned about some horses that did not have any homes or the homes they had were really terrible. The horses have not been taken care of and just need someone to love and care for them. We enjoy being able to help these animals. Hopefully someday they will all get a good home.

Last Sunday my mom and I went to volunteer at the horse rescue near our home. We got to clean their stalls. We also cleaned their water buckets. First we took out all of the buckets from the stalls. Then we dumped out all of the dirty water and then filled it up with clean water and washed out their buckets. Then my mom put all of the empty buckets in each of the stalls and I came around with a hose and filled them up with clean water.

Then we had to add more shavings to the stalls, so that the horses would be more comfortable.

I have a few favorite horses that we get to take care of on Sundays, Kat and he foal Cloud and Stormy and Promise. Kat and Cloud love to be together and brushed. Kat was so nice, she let me brush her and brush her. She looks so pretty now. Cloud fell asleep in some pooh and when he woke up we brushed him so that he would look much better.

I am looking forward to going next week.

Summer Vacation

Summer break is coming. I am going to have a very busy summer. In August I am going to go on a plane by myself to visit my cousin, Milana and Alek. I will be staying with them and going to horse camp for two weeks. I am so excited and nervous at the same time. I will also be going to my Gran's house for Camp Grandma. We will spend three weeks there and I will also get to do some horse back riding as well. After my mom comes home from her trip we will all go to Priest Lake and camp with my cousins for a week.

Milana and I will have a great time at horseback riding camp. It will be so exciting. I will get to take care of a horse for the two weeks that I am there.