Leahy's Picture of the Day

My Boys!

2010-04-25T23:21:00.000-07:00

In Wilkeson.

Master Shon's Tae Kwon Do Tournament

2010-04-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

Marcus at Master Shon's Tae Kwon Do Tournament in Federal Way. Marcus was 2nd in his group for board breaking and 2nd in his group for sparring. Very good! He had to take two tries on the last board, but his form and quickness was good. In sparring his first opponent was really timid, probably his first time sparring, and Marcus had a hard time connecting because the kid kept backing up. Marcus eventually got 5-0 on him. It was an awkward match. The final round was with the same kid that Marcus lost to in his first sparring competition 6 months ago. That time Marcus got knocked out by score about 45 seconds into the first round. This time Marcus came out very aggressive, survived the first round at 1-5. (a gap of 7 points stops the match). Marcus got hurt during this round a hard shot to the arm and another to the side of the face (supposed to be no head shots, but it happens). Marcus came out and battled it out for a final score of 6-9. A loss, but he actually won the second round 5-4. I was really proud of the way he came back from being hurt and fought hard the whole time, especially when this kid put him out so fast in their previous match up. Marcus was a tough-guy today!

Transformer Birthday

2010-04-24T12:44:00.000-07:00

It was a Transformers birthday for Marcus.

Morning Walk w/Wicket in Kennewick

2010-04-24T12:32:00.001-07:00

White River at the Pasco Invite

2010-04-24T12:27:00.000-07:00

Photography w/My Dad

2010-04-24T12:13:00.000-07:00

After the track meet my Dad and I notice some really nice light on the bridge so we stopped for some photography.

Tri-Cities Visti

2010-04-24T12:10:00.000-07:00

Taken by my Dad, nice picture of my Mom and I (Marcus too!). In their side yard.

3-D Glasses

2010-04-11T10:21:00.000-07:00

After watching How to Train Your Dragon. Great movie!

SunRiver for Spring Break

2010-04-11T10:18:00.001-07:00

Blake did a great job making banana splits for us, the boys were comparing their Pokewalkers, and Karen getting some running in. I managed to run 5 days straight without a blown calf or achilles, pretty good!

Game Boy

2010-04-11T10:11:00.000-07:00

This is from a couple of years ago, I had forgotten to post it.

Poke-Walker

2010-04-11T09:51:00.000-07:00

I love that Nintendo is making these things that promote exercise! This is a little interactive pedometer, they get points the more the walk, run and bounce around and then it interacts with their DS Game. Cool.

Easter

2010-04-11T09:28:00.000-07:00

The boys heading off the deck for Grandpa Butch's Egg Hunt, and Wicket finding something to chew on!

Easter Ride, the Road Less Travelled

2010-04-05T08:33:00.000-07:00

Wicket!

2010-04-05T08:15:00.000-07:00

More from Gym Meet

2010-04-05T07:52:00.000-07:00

Blake on rings, he is pretty good at rings, and with his team mate Xavier.

Blake's Gymnastics Meet

2010-04-04T08:53:00.000-07:00

Auburn Gymnastics Center

Brass Ensemble

2010-03-28T14:51:00.000-07:00

Marcus, Cory, Brock and Austin at Auburn Riverside High School for a band competition. They sounded great! They received a "superior" rating, which is a "1", and is the best score. The man in the one picture is the one that judged the groups and he was taking a minute to give them comments.

Archery

2010-03-28T12:52:00.000-07:00

My schedule has been pretty packed with the addition of coaching track (part-time assistant), I thought I was going to get out mountain biking tonight but it didn't work out. The crew was too far out in Gig Harbor to get there in time, so Blake and decided to go do some archery!

Gymnastics Meet

2010-03-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

Auburn Gymnastics Center

Wicket and Blake

2010-03-11T11:59:00.000-08:00

These guys were hanging out in my room while I was working on the computer.

Backyard

2010-03-11T11:46:00.000-08:00

I took Wicket outside before work and took a few shots.

Master Shon's In-House Tournament

2010-03-07T11:20:00.000-08:00

Marcus went to his second TKD tournament, a small one in Auburn. He did Forms (Poomse), Board Breaking, and Sparring. He got medals in all and won his grouping in sparring. He was out fast, kicking like crazy and was pretty dominant. He got some points scored on him late in round one, in his first match because he was so tired he could hardly stand. That was from coming out so hard and fast! He did really well and got a big confidence boost. The second picture is his team mate, Simon. He is one of the better kids at TKDC, he lost his match here, but this pic shows a definite point scored, that wasn't counted. This would have tied the match at the end. Fun to watch the higher belts, these guys are a couple years ahead of Marcus and Blake.

Block Breaking

2010-03-07T11:05:00.000-08:00

This was at Master Shon's TKD In-House Tournament over the weekend. Pretty impressive.

Tae Kwon Do Belt Testing

2010-03-07T10:51:00.000-08:00

The boys were testing for Green to Green Stripe, and Green Stripe to Blue. They did very well!

Lumix DMC-LX3 + Speedlight SB-800 + PocketWizards

2010-02-27T08:26:00.000-08:00

I've been experimenting with my SB800 flash and my little Lumix DMC-LX3. A thing I'm very interesting in is that it will sync up to 1/2000 sec shutter speed. (My D300 tops out at 1/250 sec).