Today me and two of my friends took a trip to the San Fransisco area to go to the beach for a little day trip. It ended up being pretty cold so we decided to go hiking instead. There were some long hiking trails around that area and some of them lead to abandoned bunkers […]
Christmas is always a special time of year because of the gifts, family, and traditions. Every year I spend the morning with my mom and this year with her new husband too. We open some presents and then we eat a breakfast casserole my mom always makes the night before, it has eggs, sausage, mushrooms, […]
Written by Brody Hocking
Christmas and New Year’s is one of my favorite times of the year. I love it because I get to spend time with my own immediate family but, also family I only see once or twice a year. We went to my in laws on Christmas Day. We go to my aunt and uncle’s house […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
Every year on Christmas Eve I always go to a family party at my aunts house. I always get to see my cousins that live in LA which is really exciting. Everyone brings a food dish to share and some cousins do a gift exchange too. It is always great to be with a lot […]
Written by Brody Hocking
On December 14th my mom got remarried, I was very excited and happy for her and her new husband. I had the pleasure of walking my mom down the aisle and giving her away. We had it in a small room at a local brewery in Sacramento. We had to buy and set up all […]
Written by Brody Hocking
Written by One of the requirements for the black belt challenge is empathy training. We are to spend one day without speaking. I choose to do it on the dojo cleaning day because I would be around many people. It certainly was a challenge. Every time I wanted to talk to someone I could not. They would […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
I am getting close to finishing my black belt challenge. I have a few more requirements to complete. It is hard for me to think that over a year ago I was asked about doing this. I would have never believed I could or would be able to do it without my Sensei Mike Oliver, […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
Every year after Thanksgiving most of the cousins in my family and their parents go to see a movie, usually a Disney movie, in the mall downtown. This year we got to watch Moana 2 which turned out to be a really good movie. I always enjoy spending time with my big family especially with […]
Written by Brody Hocking