Our cook making the veggie fried rice.
Rob and the kids watching the cook make chicken.
We found it interesting that we were in a Japanese restaurant and our cook was Alfredo a Hispanic man.
Jeremy had to have his own hat. He looks like Alfredo.
Emily moved up the line because she is older than the two black belts to her left.
Shaking hands with Grand Master Saffold.
A tradition in this class is that the black belts surround the newest black belt and the Master ties the last knot of the new belt.
Emily putting on her new belt. Her official belt is on order. It will have her name on it in English and in Korean. She will also get a jacket that is trimmed in Black and she will wear black pants in class.
One of the 3 board breaks she had to do. This is her palm heel strike.
Round house kick. It is impossible to get the actual break. Trust me, I have tried. She also did a spinning hook kick.
The thing that made me most nervous is that she had to fight 2 black belts at once. They didn't take it easy on her either. If you notice she did this with out her glasses on which means she could only see blurry people in front of her.
A picture of her entire class. As you can see Emily is so excited and proud of herself.
Jeremy is #96 but you can only see the 6 in this picture.
I wish I could of taken a better picture of Jeremy and his team mates. He is a head taller than most of his team. There are only 5 or 6 boys who are tall like him. Jeremy was the wide receiver and his coach was so proud of him for knocking a kid on his butt so our guy could score. I'm just glad we ended the season with no injuries.
I forget how much this pumpkin weighed but it was like 700 lbs.
The path is lined with hundreds of carved pumpkins. Emily had a great time taking pictures of them.
Before we went to trick of treat we met for dinner downtown Detroit at the Hard Rock Cafe.
I just loved this stain glass window in the cafe.
Ok, so this is a bad picture but I once again remembered to take the picture as Jeremy was heading out the door for school. At least I didn't have to run down to the bus stop this time.
Back row: Erin, Jeremy, Yvonne, Jacob, Michelle and Rob
Movin right along.
Erin, Sydnie and Emily had our team butterfly logo painted on their faces.
Emily started 10th grade this year. I took this picture on the fly so it is a little out of focus.
Jeremy started 7th grade this year and I had to run down to the bus stop to get this picture. Yes. that is a water jug. He had football practice that day too.
This was the mascot on the trip to Cedar Point. I forgot his name but he is cute.
A couple of shots of Emily performing at Cedar Points Hallow weekends parade.
I thought this was a silly wall.
One cool thing Emily got to do was play for the reopening of her elementary school. I took a picture of her every year under that sign.
This is a door in the hotel we stayed in. I can understand one or maybe two peep holes but what is the third one for??
Name that foot. Left is Emily's, middle is Jeremy's and right is mine. 
The water was too cold for our liking so we just walked barefoot on the beach.
The long day in the warm summer sun took it's toll on Emily. On the boat ride back to the city Emily took a nap. Jeremy was nice enough to put his coat over her so she didn't get cold.
This is Arch Rock it is 146 feet above water and 55 feet wide. Geologists explain that the arch was formed over thousands of years by wind and water eroding soft rock below, leaving only the hard breccia rock which forms the arch. It is really beautiful.
If any of you have been to Mackinac Island you know that there are no motor vehicles allowed on the island. You can hike, bike or take a carriage ride. I splurged this visit and took the guided carriage ride. It was well worth it.
The famous Grand Hotel where two big movies were filmed. This Time For Keeps in 1947 and Somewhere in Time in 1979.
As you come into the island on the ferry you are greeted by this nice vacation homes. I don't think I would be to happy about the ferry coming and going all day while I am trying to enjoy my vacation home.
As we went over to the island I got this picture of the Mighty Mac!
The kids both got to wear the trolley drivers hat and ring the trolley bell.
The sun was down when we arrived at our look out point in the UP. Emily snapped this beautiful shot.
Gone!
going...
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As many of you know I am petrified of crossing bridges. In my life my biggest fear has been this huge bridge. Now that I am 40 I decided to be more adventurous and do things I wouldn't normally do. The kids saw this trolley company and the sign for sunset tours over the bridge. I said "Sure, lets go!" They were in total shock but so glad that I was willing to overcome my fears. Our trolley driver was Meegan and she was so nice and fun. I recommend this tour if any of you plan to visit Mackinaw City
These are in the right, but wrong for this post, order. Emily has not met a rock wall she hasn't wanted to climb. She did this one in less than 5 minutes and the kid with her guide rope was impressed. I wish I was so lean and nimble.
This is our week attempt of getting one of those great pictures of Emily holding the whole bridge in her hands.
We had been in the car for almost 3 hours so Emily was over joyed to get out and stretch.
