Meemaw and Papa come to visit

Meemaw and Papa took a short trip and visited Indiana, Ohio, then Tennessee. They were very excited to hang out with Riley and McKenna ... oh yeah, Jason and I were here too. McKenna had a big party on Friday, so Meemaw and Papa had to double team Riley. She warmed up quickly, and was very facinated with her Papa. She was a little put out after they left on Saturday because everyone was not sitting around staring at her. Thanks to Papa, we have some good pictures.

Just another weekend.

Just an average weekend at the Curtis Dojo. Where else can you see all this excitement? You wont find a Monkey playing with a Babus at just any zoo, but come to the Dojo and you'll see all you want!

"I have a yummy chew thingy!"


"Hi big sis, this is my yummy chew thingy."


"Hey! My yummy chew thingy is on the floor."


"Why did you pick up my yummy chew thingy?"


"GIMMIE BACK MY YUMMY CHEW THINGY!!!!"


As usual you could find my daddy out in the yard gardening and admiring his hi-biscuits. (Hybiscus to the lay person)












Currently both hi-biscuits have been blooming only 2-3 at a time but the white one (Sharlene) has bloomed like crazy this weekend. The purple one (Marlene) is still only bloming 2-3, they are both young and we cannot wait for them to grow to their full 5-6 feet.



"Hi, I like basketball, I'm what you might call a Hoosier fan."



"Oops, I dropped my ball, hold on."



"Hang on, I gotta go get it."


"Darn ball, come here!"


"Gotcha!!!!!! To the victory go the spoils."


Here's McKenna (in fact NOT a TEENAGER) playing with Riley. We're not exactly sure where she picked up all this goofy behavior?????

Newest BJJ Class

We're starting to put some moves together in the dojo. The girls work their guard every class. From guard we try a Kimura, if that doesn't work we break down our opponent with 1 underhook, bump them to the side and work an arm triangle. Next class we'll throw in an armbar from that same position.

From top w pass the guard into side control and work the Americana, Kimura or Arm Bar.

We did pretty good on the 'owies' tonight! Only had a few. We still have the occasional "hey, she's holding me!" We also still get a lot of giving up when things aren't going our way. The wonderful world of kiddie BJJ! (I know I'm her dad and all but do you notice who's winning every night of class??? I'll give you a hint, my grappling daughter!)

Here's round 1, McKenna on bottom.



Here's round 2, McKenna on top. McKenna gets the only sub of the night with about 1 second on the clock.

More Kids BJJ!!!

Tonight we did 2 - 1 min 20 sec rounds. The goal here if you are on top is to get out of guard and submit your opponent. If you are on bottom, get on top, get out of guard and submit your opponent. We've only learned one submission from the bottom yet.

Da Girls.

This morning McKenna was playing with Riley so I decided to click some pics. Riley has really taken to McKenna since the Spring Break visit.

Riley has a new face where she scrunches up, looks very mad and does a couple of loud short breaths, we're trying to get a pic or vid of that but have been unsuccessful.

Curtis Can!

On this weeks edition of Curtis Can we will be tackling a pesky front garden. This particular part of the front yard has been a pain in the rear since moving in. The problems lie with the slope of the yard, everytime it rains all the water comes rushing down toward the left side of the house and across the front. In order to prevent this from happening we tilled up the patch we are working with and raised it a little so that the water would divert around the house. We then placed a border around the area so that the water that does get through cannot drag with it all the dirt, leaves and bark it typically does. Wethen planted a couple of plants and flowers that will grow in to fill that area, this will also compliment the monkey grass that already lines the walkway.

The monkey grass has always done a fine job of lining the driveway, we added the border to prevent that washout every time it rains, it will also keep the rocks in.



Side veiw, we have named that small plant in the middle 'Gus'. He's small now but some day he will grown to fill that middle area pretty good. He can be 4-6 feet n diameter when he is mature.



Front view, the rain barrel back their has provided water to all the plants during this little heat wave we've had, 12 straight days of 90+ weather! Way to hot!



5000 pounds of rock never looked so beautiful! 4 truck loads over 3 weekends. Jason was quoted as saying "hmmmmm, 5000 pounds of rock eh??? Well Sir, didn't like it."



If you are playing the Curtis Dojo home edition and you know where that quote comes from give yourself 50 bonus points and a new set of sparring gloves.