anna's karate exam: first blue patch

It's that time again.  Anna had her Karate Exam in Kapolei for her first blue patch.

She was very excited because this kata, apparently, has a jump in it.  

And to be honest, it was pretty cool to watch.

I actually felt bad because I must have gotten the time wrong.  When we arrived at the test, everyone had already concluded warm-ups and practices.  Anna had to jump right into her test without any preparation or warmup!  I was so nervous for her, and felt terrible because Anna seemed so upset that we were late! BUT, despite all of that, Anna did great!

She didn't make any mistakes and was steady on her feet and remembered all the moves.  

After the exam, she did some sparring with her fellow students.

And then with her friend.  

The video I took of her doing her kata is too long, otherwise I'd post it as well..

Here we are after the exam.  Jolee wasn't feeling too congratulatory, but we were all proud of her!

And ready to go eat lunch!

Me with Anna!

So, so proud!  Good job, Anna!

black light run!

A group of friends extended an invitation to run the Black Light Run...a short, 5k run around Aloha Stadium dusted with neon powder and decked with every imaginable glow in the dark accessory we could find. How could I refuse?

So, here we all are...all dressed in our clean white shirts.

And then some of us managed to procure some powder from the DJ's on stage...who threw packs upon packs of powder into the crowd.  And then we threw said powder all over each other.  

ALL OVER EACH OTHER.

Seriously, who comes up with these things?

 Can you see our powdered faces and hair?

It wasn't just our hair. Oh no...we were powdered from head to toe.

Which glowed like this under the black lights stationed throughout the course.

Freaky!

And then after the race, we were sweaty and sticky and still powdery.

I don't think I've ever had such a fun time at a race...with such a fun group of ladies.

Good times!