Dustin competed in the Carson Triathlon on November 4th on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills. It was a backwards triathlon with a 5k run, 12 mile bike ride, and 150 meter swim in the campus pool. He finished in 71 minutes, coming in 30th place out of 234 recipients. I was busy running around, taking picture of our 4 friends that also raced. It was very inspiring and now I am thinking about training for a race myself.

Yellow belt test

 Noah passed his test for his yellow belt! We were not allowed to watch the test, but we showed up with balloons afterwards. All the kids were sitting and meditating, eyes closed, while the instructor walked around putting their new belt in front of them. Noah reached out and felt his new belt and could not contain his excitement. He was trying very hard to hide his smile and keep a straight face. Normally, their belts are to be worn in the studio only, but they let him wear his new belt home. He did not want to remove it and continued around the house kicking and punching the air. He cannot wait until the next class when he can wear his new belt again.

Trick-or-Treat

We all dressed in costume for Halloween this year. Lucas and Alberto joined us for trick-or-treating. Noah was running from house to house and Karli tried to keep up. Before we were around the 2nd block she asked me if she could fall asleep on Daddy's shoulder. It's always fun to see all our neighbors kids dressed up and Noah was excited to see some friends from kindergarten also.