Thursday, January 22, 2009

Too busy having too much fun!

Wow! Time passes so quickly when you are busy! I am very grateful that I can say our busy schedule has kept me from blogging and it wasn't because there was nothing to blog about!
Christmas season went extremely well. We started the season off with an awesome Christmas party on Dec 6th. We had a great slideshow presentation, trophy presentations (Congratulations to Michaella and Silas for Most Dedicated Student, to Deborah for Most Improved and to Andy for Best Etiquette) as well as the winners announced for our Sensei Baby Picture Match Up (Congratulations to Samantha, Rachel and Hanna - the only ones who guessed every picture correctly). The kids did a gift exchange and then they tore apart a beautiful pinata (it took them about 10 minutes to break it - it took me a week to make it!). Now, the food......we have some truly amazing members and the spread we had was fantastic. Thanks so much to everyone who came, it was a great time and a fabulous way to get the Christmas season off to a wonderful start!
We didn't cancel many classes around Christmas. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve were the only two nights we missed and we were quite pleased with the attendance on the nights around Christmas. We have some very dedicated students!
We certainly didn't slow things down in January. We started the New Year off at the Perth Legion on the morning of Jan 1st to watch one of our members, Andy Streekstra, bring in the New Year by jumping into the Tay River. We all agreed that Andy is the bravest person we know.
A new year always brings about the desire to do better and to incorporate changes into our lives that will make this year the best one yet. We hope to make this a great year for the club. All in all, this will be a year for great training, having fun and making new friends!

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