The Buckholts Family

TaeKwonDo 5/6 Group Share Presentation

2007-12-02T22:45:00.000-05:00

Kimberly prepared a presentation about Taekwondo for all of the 5th and 6th graders of her school. During "group share" last Thursday, with the help of her instructors and her friend Austen, a TKD classmate, she showed everybody a little bit about TaeKwonDo.

This was her speech:

1. INTRODUCTION
My name is Kimberly Buckholts, I’m ten years old and I am a first degree Black Belt in TaeKwonDo. I started TaeKwonDo when I was six years old. These are my instructors, Master Tom Chase and Master Peter Chase, who are both 5th degree Black Belts. The place where I train is called a dojang. I train Tuesday and Thursday evenings here in Randolph and every Saturday morning in Burlington. My goal in TaeKwonDo is to be able to attend the Junior Olympics, which will be held in Detroit, Michigan in July 2008. TaeKwonDo is a Korean based Martial Art which has also developed into an Olympic sport. My favorite part of TaeKwonDo is sparring. Students begin by learning basic kicking, punching, and blocking moves. The discipline of TaeKwonDo teaches respect and improves both self confidence and concentration.
My uniform, also called a dobak, consists of pants, a top and a belt. The American flag is placed on the right sleeve. The Korean flag is placed on the left sleeve and the Blue Wave Association patch is placed on the front of the uniform. My belt is both red and black because I am under the age of 13. Once I’m 13 I will be given a solid black belt. However, I am still a 1st degree black belt. My belt right now is called a Poome belt.
Students start out as a white belt and work their way up through the ranks which are white, yellow, green, blue, red, and black. The Blue Wave Association has several seminars, weekend camps and one tournament each year. I have participated in twelve tournaments around New England. Here are the medals and trophies I have won. After I successfully tested for my Black Belt I received these certificates from the Taekwonos Headquarters called Kukkiwon in Korea.

2. KORYO
At every rank, students must learn a set of different definitions. This is to get used to speaking in front of people. The definition I need to know for my 2nd degree black belt testing, which will hopefully happen in March of 2009, is called Koryo.

(recite Koryo)
Koryo is the name of the Korean dynasty dated between the years 918 and 1392 from which the country Korea derived its name. It is a designation which implies origination of a national character and identity. The people of this dynasty successfully defended their homeland from the Mongolian imperialism which much of Asia had succumbed. This form represents the cultivation of a strong conviction and an unyielding spirit.

Now I’m going to perform Koryo, which is my first black belt form. (do Koryo)

3. BOARD BREAKING
I am going to attempt to break these boards. Each pine board is 1 inch thick, 12 inches long and 8 inches wide. The kicks I am going to attempt are…

Flying sidekick - Step turning side kick - Double board step behind sidekick

4. ONE-STEP SPARRING
This is Austen, a TaeKwonDo class mate, who will be assisting me in performing one-steps and sparring. One-steps are drills that help us practice reacting to an attack.

5. PADDLE DRILLS
These are called paddles. They are used to help us practice focus without hitting each other. This is an example of some paddle drills.
kick switch kick switch

6. GEAR
This is my sparring gear. We have to wear gear so we don’t get hurt. My chest protector, also called a Hogu, is double sided. There is a blue side called Chung and a red side called Hung. My helmet protects me from headshots. These are my shin guards, my arm guards, my gloves, my foot protectors and my mouth guard.

7. SPARRING
Now I’m going to perform some sparring. Sparring is fighting for points. In my dojang, we do Olympic type sparring. Some gyms do point sparring. We do full contact sparring. In a sparring match you will be one color and your opponent the other. There will be 4 judges scoring with video-game like controls and the score is displayed on a computer monitor. There is also a center referee. There are three 90-second rounds and two 30-second breaks between rounds. A good hard shot to the mid-section is worth 1 point. A controlled kick to the head is worth 2 points.

Please watch as Austen and I are going to spar a short match. Master Chase will be our referee!

I want to thank Austen for assisting me and my instructors for taking the time to come here.
I will now answer any questions or comments.

Group share presentation

2007-12-02T21:46:00.001-05:00

Kimberly's Board Breaking and One-Steps at the 5/6 Presentation at school

The Untraditional Tree...

2007-12-02T13:29:00.000-05:00

We decorated our Christmas Tree today. I have to say this is one very unique and different Christmas Tree. We all love it.

Britney tries too....

2007-12-02T11:24:00.000-05:00

Yes, Britney really wants to do Taekwondo... she is just a little too young for regular classes. So she competes at the Annual Tournaments and steals the hearts of a lot of people... like Mr. Emmerson, who just loves to take her into the ring and watches her do her Kibons (Warm-up Exercises), moves she learned from her big sister...

... and of course we all love to watch her get her medal...

She has her uniform ready...

Blue Wave Junior's Tournament

2007-12-02T10:55:00.000-05:00

December 1, 2007

Blue Wave Association held their 9th Annual Junior's Tournament at VTC in Randolph, Vermont.

Kimberly competed in both Poomse and Sparring and earned two silver medals.

Miss Buckholts is warming up her group of competitors before the tournament starts.

Miss Buckholts and Mariah are waiting for their turns.

Miss Buckholts in Red and Miss Barlow in Blue - Ouch, this was a good fight... watch it on YOUTUBE.... below....

Great Job Girls, you all did an awesome job...

Miss Buckholts' fight

2007-12-02T10:53:00.001-05:00

Miss Buckholts fights Miss Barlow at the 9th Annual Blue Wave Junior's Tournament at VTC in Randolph, VT.

Oranges from Florida...

2007-11-18T16:05:00.000-05:00

The mailman stopped by on Friday and dropped off a box of oranges from Florida. Grandma and Grandpa always send a box for Thanksgivings. So yummy....

Happy Halloween!!!

2007-11-06T20:36:00.000-05:00

October 31, 2007

Halloween is always fun around here. We were invited to a Halloween Party at Ramsey's house.

So, the really "Scary Guy", his "Bar Maid" and their "Pirate" and "Cheerleader" daughters went out to party...

Just what did she see out there? Must have been some scary thing...

Randy Moss, aka Gerry, a princess (Amy) and a pirate (Heather)....

Can you zip me please, Daddy - I've got to get ready for this - I sure don't want to be late...

Trick-or-Treating time - let's go and get some candy...

Happy 4th Birthday, Britney

2007-11-06T20:08:00.000-05:00

October 31, 2007

Britney turned 4 years old today. She celebrated

with her friends by having a Sunday afternoon

tea party.

We had four beautiful little girls all dressed in their sunday best. They worked on decorating cookies, stringing their own fruit loop neclaces and decorating their hats with silk flowers. They enjoyed tea, fancy sandwiches, cookies and fruit. We lit the candles on the tea cup cake and sang happy birthday. Of course opening the presents is always a lot of fun.

US Classics Juniors Tournament, CT

2007-11-03T16:12:00.000-05:00

October 11, 2007

Kimberly went once again to the Connecticut US Classics Juniors Tounament. She won a first place trophy in the Poomse competition and a second place trophy in sparring.

What a competition.... some of those competitors are really scary...

Great job Miss Buckholts... she received all of the judges votes for her Poomse...

Kimberly had three good fights, she won two, the first one 1-11, ended following the ten point gap rule and the second one went to sudden death.

Miss Buckholts and Master Chase working on their last minute strategies....

30 second rest between rounds with Coach Mr. Monty...

Master Chase is center referee...

Preschool Field Trip

2007-10-10T11:10:00.000-05:00

September 9, 2007

Britney's first Field Trip with her Preschool brought her to the apple orchard at VTC.

Britney loves to pick apples...

Britney with one of her teachers-to-be.....

A new venture....

2007-09-27T18:37:00.000-05:00

Now that Kimberly is in 5th grade, she has the opportunity to learn to play an instrument. She picked the "Alto Saxophone". She is very excited and likes to practice....

Britney's Big Day....

2007-09-26T10:21:00.000-05:00

Ok, we have been waiting for this day for a long time now, about 3 months or so..... Preschool is finally back in session. It was Britney's first day back and everything just had to be perfect. So after Kimberly left to go to the bus, Britney asked to have her nails painted. So, trying to be a good mom I granted the request....

She quickly picked her favorite colors....

... and all of a sudden this turned out to be a full manicure and pedicure....

"All right Mom, let's go, they are waiting for me!!! I can't be late...."

Ohhh, it's so good to be back, all my friends are here...

And the loft opened for the first time ever....

I love it here...

Training with Grandmaster TaeSungLee

2007-09-26T10:15:00.000-05:00

Blue Wave students went to Dartmouth College in Hanover this Saturday to train with Grandmaster Lee....

Fun at the Fair

2007-09-26T09:39:00.000-05:00

Britney and Mom chaperoned the 5/6 grade field trip to the Tunbridge World's Fair. We walked through the aggricultural exhibition area, were we saw the livestock, the floral hall, and antique tools and tractors etc. The famous pig races were everybody's favorite.

The kids are working on their assignment..... an interview with someone interesting....

There's always time for a Cotton Candy Break....

These "Blue Ribbon" christmas ornaments will be displayed on the Vermont Christmas Tree in the Capitol Building in Washington. The 5/6 graders designed and built them from clay in their art classes.....

After the school busses left Kimberly and Britney got to go on some rides.... Here is Kimberly with her friend Aubrey on the Cliff Hanger...

Britney chose to ride the big fire truck with Leland....

The Sea Dragon....

What happened to me? I am not 16 anymore? This USED to be my favorite ride - never again... I guess I am getting old....

Here is Britney riding "Cinnamon"....

... and Kimberly riding "Coke"....

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

2007-09-26T07:05:00.000-05:00

We held a small birthday celebration for Daddy. The girls love to help blow out the candles...

Happy Birthday, Daddy - we love you so much!

A Summer of Golfing....

2007-08-28T10:46:00.001-05:00

Kimberly got to take golf lessons once a week right here in Randolph. The Montague Golf Course held their Junior's clinic all summer long. She had a great time. Here are some pictures of

the "End-of-season-tournament"...

Welcome to 5th Grade

2007-08-28T08:05:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was supposed to be the "Big Day". - Fifth Grade!!!! Kimberly couldn't sleep and was up very early - ready to walk out the door. The phone call informing us that school was cancelled because of a power outage, was devastating. Just how could school be cancelled on the first day???? This just didn't make sense... and it wasn't fair either....

Well, we made it through this long and boring day! Finally, the good news: "The school's got power now" - and there we go again - just what to wear in the morning.....

The Front Porch.... Day One

2007-08-27T05:31:00.000-05:00

Mike has started to work on our Front Porch....

Before demolition...

End of Day One....

Blue Wave takes over Tunbridge!

2007-08-06T21:09:00.000-05:00

Tae Kwon Do Summercamp was once again held at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds. Instructors and Students gathered to teach, learn, play and simply have fun.

Mike and Britney at an early morning breakfast....

The sprinkler brought much needed relief of the heat....

Board Breaking seminar....

... and a trip to the river....

... and of course the ever so favorite slip and slide....

Gerry & Kimberly checking the schedule.... Poomse training...

And the winners of the 2007 Cribbage tournment are....

... Master Tom Chase and Ms. Jenny Chase....

Another Black Belt Testing....

2007-08-06T20:30:00.000-05:00

Kimberly tested successfully for her Decided Black Belt and is very proud that her new belt displays her name and rank. The testing was fairly short.

A quick hair-doo before the testing....

Instructor Master Chase ties the new belt....

And then there was "Happy Hour" for Ms. Buckholts (1st degree) and Ms. Chase, who tested successfully for 2nd degree....

Congratulations Kimberly, we are all so proud of you!!!

Grandma's and Grandpa's visit in Vermont

2007-08-06T20:10:00.000-05:00

Grandma and Grandpa Buckholts came to visit. The girls just couldn't wait for them to arrive. After a long drive from West Palm Beach, Florida, they had a great time here. The weather was perfect, so they could go and check out the golf course here in town.

Playing 18 holes takes a long time....

Kimberly learned how to drive the golf cart...

Grandpa always finds golfballs...

They also went to Queechee and got to take a look at the gorge. The train ride was also a lot of fun....

The Buckholts' Soccer Girls

2007-08-06T19:46:00.000-05:00

Kimberly and Britney are both playing soccer. They love it and always look forward to practices and games.

Independence Day

2007-08-06T12:17:00.000-05:00

July 4, 2007

Randolph always has a big 4th of July Celebration. Because of construction the parade was rerouted to come down our Street. Some of our friends stopped by to watch the parade in our front yard.

Kimberly was part of Chandler's Performance of :"Brigadoon" this year. She made new friends and had a lot of fun practicing and rehearsing her parts....

Summer Chores

2007-08-06T12:03:00.000-05:00

June 29, 2007

It is summer time and that means fixing up whatever needs to be fixed. And there is a lot this year.....

Britney is using the "Boo-Boo-Maker" aka Hammer.... She loves to help Daddy.... Who knew building a new deck in the backyard could be so much fun...

Tae Kwon Do Promotion

2007-08-06T11:43:00.000-05:00

June 26, 2007 - Quarterly Testing

Most of the students in our Dojang tested successfully and received their new Belts.

It was my turn to test....

and Miss Buckholts' first time to join the Testing Board.....

The Wood Delivery...

2007-06-21T09:31:00.000-05:00

We got our wood delivered today!

The girls were watching in awe.....

Kimberly was already thinking ahead: We're gonna have to stack all this, right?

Well, here's the pile.... waiting patiently.... for how long, we don't know...

A Trip to Groton...

2007-06-17T08:27:00.000-05:00

Kimberly went to the Groton Dojang on Friday night to train with Mr. Tinkham and his students. At first she was a little shy but got over it quickly.

Ms. Buckholts and Mr. Tinkham

They worked on paddle drills....

Kibons, Poomse.... Mr. Tinkham also brought some boards for Kimberly to break. She chose to do a double board break with a step behind side kick. She also broke a suspended board with a spinning hook kick.... pretty cool....

How many Roundhouse Kicks can you do in one minute? Kimberly got 88.... and one minute is a long time....

Thank you Mr. Tinkham and the Groton Dojang for the invitation.... It was fun....

Today is the day.....

2007-06-14T05:56:00.000-05:00

Kimberly turns 10!!!

Happy Birthday, I can't believe you are a "Tween" now. We hope you have the best Birthday ever! We love you very, very, very much. Have Fun! Be Sweet, and be careful!

Love,

Mom, Dad, Britney, Oma & Opa

It was just after 6:30 this morning when Kimberly got to ride her new electric scooter for the first time.

Boy, you should have seen the smile on her face....

There was also a Boogie Board for the Lake....

Another "Lake" Toy - the Splash Roller, a Battleship Game, and a Rubriks Cube....

Enjoy, this is going to be a fun summer.....

Happy Birthday, Kimberly

2007-06-09T20:40:00.000-05:00

Kimberly celebrated her Birthday today early with her friends. We took the 6 girls and Britney to play Miniature golf. It was a lot of fun.

We went to dinner at Koto's Japanese Steak House. For some of us it was the first time there. It was a lot of fun watching the Hibachi cook show off his talents. After dinner we went back home to have cake and ice cream.

Happy Birthday Kimberly, this party was a lot of fun!

Field Trip to the Boston Aquarium

2007-06-06T19:49:00.000-05:00

The third and fourth graders went to the Boston Aquarium today. Seaturtles, sharks, baracudas and other creatures live in the Giant Ocean Tank, which is 4-stories high. The Penguin exhibit was everybody's favorite. How fun to find "Happy Feet" and his friends!

After the Aquarium the kids got to go to the Beach to get a first hand look at what they had studied about the tide pools. They got to wade in the shallow water and actually found some crabs.

Princess Britney

2007-06-03T19:44:00.000-05:00

Britney loves to play dress up. Kimberly gave her a makeover and voila....

...Attention please: Here comes Princess Britney

First signs of summer....

2007-06-03T19:24:00.000-05:00

Summer is knocking on the door. It has been nice and warm, warm enough to drag out the little baby pool and let the kids feel how cold our water still is.

The first watermelon of the season....

Life is good....

While Britney relaxes in the nice warm sun, Mom and Ramsey are hard at work. It is also time to whip those beautiful flowerbeds in to shape. Ramsey has done a wonderful job. Just amazing - what a transformation...

The flowerbed on the side of our house has always been a challenge for me.

New Perennial beds have been added in the back yard....

Before..............................................After.......................

Thanks Ramsey, you did an awesome job....

Preschool Time

2007-06-03T09:30:00.000-05:00

Britney attended her first year of preschool at the Randolph Vocational Center. She and 9 other kids shared their experiences in order to allow six teenagers learn how to become early childhood educators. Her main teachers Ms. Ruby and Ms. Nyra were working hard all year to keep the little ones and the Juniors and Senior in line. At the end of the school year a graduation party was held for the littles ones who are moving on to the "big" school - Kindergarten. Britney will spend two more years at the preschool before she can "graduate".

Reagan has become a really good friend.... Fun with the water table....

Britney loves to paint..... The parachute games are an alltime favorite for all the kids....

The year ended way sooner than we had thought.... On the last couple of days we had some field trips planned. One of them was supposed to be on the towns playground with a picnic. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate so the picnic was held indoors....

A trip to the Montshire Museum was the other field trip planned. This is a hand-on children's science museum with ton of stuff to do. We saw the honeybees and the leaf-cutter ants, the butterflies, a big stuffed moose, lots of experiences with air, water, balls, etc. This was a great trip....

Here are some of the Juniors and Seniors having fun with the little kids....

Bubbles are always fun, no matter how old you are!

And here is great big moose.....

8th Annual Blue Wave Junior's Tournament

2007-05-21T23:04:00.000-05:00

May 19, 2007

Britney's first Taekwondo competition....

GOLD for Britney.....

Bronze for Kimberly for her Poomse....

..... and Silver in Sparring.....

Happy Mother's Day

2007-05-21T22:54:00.001-05:00

May 13, 2007

To all the Mom's out there - Happy Mother's Day!! My girls made my day. Breakfast was served in bed and they got to watch me eat waiting patiently until I was done for their turn to eat downstairs.

Junior's Tournament

2007-05-21T22:41:00.000-05:00

May 13, 2007

The preparations for the Junior's Tournament are underway. Everybody is helping......

And here it is....... the new Podium for the Winners......

2007 New England National Championship Qualifier

2007-05-12T19:52:00.000-05:00

May12, 2007

Team Blue Wave went to Springfield, Massachussetts to compete in the 2007 New England National Championship Qualifier. Kimberly changed her strategy for her Poomse competition and did Koryo, the first Black Belt Form. This turned out to be a good move, since it earned her a Gold Medal. She has now the option to participate in the National AAU Taekwondo Championships in Florida this summer.

In her sparring competition she faced her good friend but also most feared competitor Haley. The girls did a great job, of course Haley won the match 1-8, ending the fight in the first round following the 7 point gap rule. Haley took Gold, Kimberly took Silver.

And they are still friends....

Congratulations to all of Blue Wave Competitors!!!

2007 Ringmaster Open

2007-05-12T19:15:00.000-05:00

May 5, 2007

Kimberly went to Marlborough, Massachussetts to compete in the "Ringmaster Open" Tournament. For her Poomse (Forms) competition she did "Tae Guk Pal Jang" and won a silver medal. Her first fight in sparring was a good one. The match was tied at the end of the second round. Her opponent came out strong and ran right into Kimberly's front leg side kick, knocking her to the ground and the match was instantly over. Gold for Ms. Buckholts!!!

Kimberly had a much tougher time in her second match. She competed in a higher division in an exhibition match and lost against an 11 year old girl. Another silver medal was hers to take home. Congratulations!!

Kimberly with her Coach, Mr. Monty....

Team Blue Wave....

Happy Birthday, Oma!

2007-04-17T16:40:00.000-05:00

Liebe Oma!

Alles Liebe und Gute zum Geburtstag wuenschen Dir von ganzem Herzen Deine Vermont Familie, Sonja, Mike, Kimberly und Britney.

Dear Oma:

Happy Birthday - We miss you! Wish we could celebrate together - We love you so much!

We made a cake for you, and lit the candles.... blowing them out was so much fun....

Hugs and Kisses.....

Happy Birthday to you!!!!

This is your piece of cake - enjoy!!!!

Love, Sonja

Snow, Snow, and more Snow

2007-04-15T16:38:00.000-05:00

Ok, it's April 15th and we should be thinking about spring, and flowers, and sun.... Not this year. We are expecting another 12 inches or so of snow!! Heavy, wet, snowman-making snow. The girls went outside and added some more snow people to their collection.

Even though we can't wait to wear sommer dresses, the snow is still a lot of fun.....

Happy Easter

2007-04-08T19:58:00.000-05:00

Here comes Peter Cottontail...... hopping down the Bunny Trail......
HAPPY EASTER
Every year we decorate for Easter. Britney enjoyed helping with our Easter Tree this year. She admired some of those hand painted eggs, that have been around since Kimberly was very little.

After a long workout (TKD athlete's training) for Kimberly and some "Bunny Duty" in downtown Burlington, we had a wonderful dinner at Ms. Cindy and Mr. Clint's house. The girls had a great time, since the Easter Bunny stopped by their house a little early and made sure that the baskets were in place. How wonderful!

Because we still had so much snow outside, we decided that the Easter Bunny will have to hide his eggs indoors. When we came downstairs this morning, Kimberly and Britney quickly found most of the eggs and of course their baskets. The movie "Happy Feet" was a big hit, so was the new Disney Channel movie "Jump in" together with the soundtrack, that we had to transfer to the MP3 Player right away. Kimberly ran around with her headset and showing off those strange looking dance moves all day. (I remember...... I had one of those too, only it just played cassette tapes) Britney admitted to me at nap time that there was just too much candy around for her, and that she really needed to rest for a little while. (3 hours later..... she took it all back, there's never too much candy for a three year old....) Kimberly keeps finding more eggs.... I wonder how long it will take them to find them all.....

Kimberly found out who the Easter Bunny really is..... She kept saying "Oh thank you mommy, i love it" So we had a little talk and she decided that it's still going to be fun for her even if she is now playing on the other team. She is already planning for next year. Britney now has 3 Easter Bunnies.... how lucky....

2007 US Classics

2007-03-25T21:03:00.000-05:00

March 25, 2007

Kimberly went to compete in the 2007 United States Classics Tournament in Waterford, Connecticut today. She worked very hard and had some good fights. Two medals, one silver in sparring and a bronze in Poomse (Forms) were hers to take home. Great Job, Kimberly!

A Perfect Day For Home Schooling

2007-03-21T20:39:00.000-05:00

This was a very special day. We decided to home-school Kimberly for one day. Included in the curriculum were extreme physical training, geography, science (studies about sealevel, elevation, vertical drops), meteorolgy (we found out what windchill factors really mean - and feel like), social skills, some math, etc... Located in the "snow corner" of New England, Mad River's 250 inches of annual snowfall combine with uncrowded slopes free of snowboarding, and a pristine mountain environment to create a skiing experience like no other. We picked the perfect day. Temperatures were in the upper teens and lower twenties, of course feeling much colder with a strong wind blowing. Blue skies and lots of sun made up for the cold though.....

These pictures were taken on the top Stark Mountain, called the Stark's Nest, Elevation 3637"

The view from the last surviving diesel powered Single Chairlift in North America....

Lunch recess took place in the base lodge, elevation 1,600", where we studied our map....

Of course we took advantage of a few "windfree" moments in the warm sun...

Britney went to preschool today and got to stay at a friends house for a long playdate.

Her ski season was just as fun though. These pictures were taken on March 9, when Britney and Mom had a wonderful afternoon at Suicide 6, in Woodstock, while Kimberly enjoyed her last skiing lesson with the Woodstock Skirunners.

St. Patrick's Day brought the last big snowfall this year. 10 - 20 inches were forecast, we ended up with about 12" or so. Britney got her little orange shovel out and decided to help Daddy with the shoveling.

TKD Wintercamp 2007

2007-03-06T22:00:00.000-05:00

March 2 - 5, 2007

TaeKwonDo Wintercamp was held in Wells, Maine. We got GREAT rooms (apartments) at "The Village by the Sea" resort. Most all of the Randolph students and their families came to either watch, train, learn something new, celebrate, or simply kick back and relax at the wonderful indoor pool. Activities included morning workouts (I am still feeling it), sparring drills, Poomse Tournament, of course black belt testing, One-step seminars, Jump-Front-Kick Competition, and "Happy Hour". The kids and the adults had a fantastic time.

Sparring Drills....

Bronze for Kimberly in the Poomse Competition.... Mom's still got to practice some more....

All members of the Buckholts Family...

Jump Front-Kick Competition & One-Steps...

The New Black Belt....

2007-03-05T20:22:00.000-05:00

March 3, 2007

Kimberly tested this Saturday for her Black Belt In Sanford, Maine. She was one of 10 candidates. With about 200 people in the room, including a black belt testing board, Kimberly did very well. The testing lasted about an hour and 30 minutes and included basics, kibons, free kicking, poomse or forms, board breaking, sparring and of course many many push-ups. We are very proud to announce that Miss Kimberly Buckholts has passed her testing and joined the world of Black Belts.

Red Belt Push-ups.... One-Steps......

Board Breaking.... Free Kicking.....

Sparring....

Poomse (Forms)....

The Belt Award Ceremony begins - someone's getting excited...

Hmmmmm......Let's see...... She passed.....

Left: Master Peter Chase, Kimberly, Ms. Jenny Chase, and Master Tom Chase
Right: Kimberly and Master Gordon W. White

Happy Hour..... Congratulations, Ms. Kimberly Buckholts.... We are all so very proud of you...

One last try...

2007-02-17T22:07:00.000-05:00

February 16, 2007

Kimberly went to Bradford's quarterly testing tonight. She jumped right in the ranks and did a practice testing for her Blackbelt. The blackbelt board consisting of about 15 + black belts, gave her some last minute advise for her real testing on March 2nd.

The questions got harder... and who knows what Master White's middle initial W. stands for. OK, we found out, that it is not "Wilma" .....

Happy Valentine's Day

2007-02-15T11:35:00.000-05:00

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Boy, what a Valentine's Day this has been. Over 2 feet of snow and lots of shoveling..... The kids love it. Their school has been out now for 2 days.... We are just trying to dig out and get back to normal..... Here are some snow pictures:

The girls went out in the backyard, but frustration set in fairly fast. It was just too deep to even walk for Britney. She decided, that watching Cinderella 3 was just the better option.

Kimberly on the other hand thought this was just right. The mountains of snow got huge after the snowplow left. How cool.....

Leftover Christmas decorations covered in snow......

Digging out can be a lot of work.....

Climbing the tree in the front yard has never been that easy....

USSSA Vermont Winter Championships

2007-01-31T20:18:00.000-05:00

January 20, 2007

Kimberly went to the 2007 USSSA Vermont Winter Championships. She received a Gold Medal for Sparring and a Silver Medal for her Forms (Poomse). The tournament took place in Burlington where about 130 competitors registered....

Here are the Blue Wave Association competitors in the line-up.

Kimberly has quite an impressive collection of Medals and Trophies earned at various tournaments throughout the Northeast. She truly loves to compete and can't wait for the next tournament.

Click....

2007-01-31T20:03:00.000-05:00

January 5, 2007

Click.... Britney likes to take pictures....

A good family friend gave her this fabulous outfit for Christmas.....

You should have heard all of the compliments she got while shopping on Burlington's Church Street.....

First Tries at Skiing

2007-01-31T19:35:00.000-05:00

January 2, 2007

Britney got her own ski's this year. She was very excited to go skiing with her big sister. However, she did not even think how much hard work this would be. After trying our luck on the J-Bar and a huge amount of frustrations, we decided to go for a ride on the big chairlift. That's what saved the day!

Kimberly is taking lessons at Woodstock Ski Runners every Friday afternoon. She has been doing this for 4 years now and enjoys it a lot.

The chairlift was somewhat scary at first, but we got used to it really fast.

Britney figured out fairly quickly how to put her skis on all by herself.

It was a beautiful first day. We have been back since that day and it's only getting to be more fun.....

Christmas 2006

2007-01-31T17:05:00.000-05:00

Christmas 2006

Wishing you the best of everything this Holiday Season.....

Sisterly Love.....

That's what we've been waiting for - opening all of the presents.....

I know that we even made ALL of the barbies happy, when they got their new 4-story house. And it even has an elevator.....

Fancy that.....

Happy Halloween - Happy Birthday, too!

2007-01-31T10:50:00.000-05:00

October 31, 2006

Britney turned 3 years old today. This is a very exciting and busy day. There is the big celebration at Preschool, at home and of course there is Trick-Or-Treating.....

Kimberly's and Daddy's First Prize winning carved Pumpkin....

Here is an interesting Birthday Cake.....

2007-01-31T10:14:00.000-05:00

August 2006

First Day of School: Kimberly is going in to 4th Grade and Britney is starting Preschool for two mornings a week. Both of the Buckholts girls love school.

Kimberly's Testing for Black Stripe

2007-01-31T09:24:00.000-05:00

August 24, 2006

Kimberly is testing in Burlington, VT for her Black Stripe.

She is seen here with her instructors Master Tom Chase.......

....and Master Peter Chase.