Our Karate Girl

So let me explain this for those of you that do not know. When we lived in California Carissa had done Karate for years. When we moved from California to Texas Carissa was a brown belt in Karate. When we got to Texas there was no Karate place that was equivalent or really any good. So here dream of becoming a Black Belt was put on the back burner. Well fast forward to Florida. Carissa had been trying to find a job forever with no luck. We were driving home one day and there is a Karate club around the corner from our house, I told Carissa you should see if they are hiring. And she did and they were. Carissa was working in there summer day care program with the kids. She decided that she wanted to take lessons again, and to her luck and ours they were free to employee's. So she now pretty much lives at the Karate club. She goes to work straight from school and then comes home for a quick hi and maybe a bite to eat and then back to Karate for Class. It has been great for her. Not only is is a great Mon-Fri job, but she works with great people that absolutely love her. And she is getting to finally full fill her dream of becoming a black belt. Today she had her belt advancement. Since it is a different type of Karate then she was doing before she had to start out as a white belt again. But the great thing is she is being "fast tracked" so instead of going from white to yellow she got to go to orange. So today while I was watching my daughter I was holding back the tears. She is doing something she loves and I could see how happy she was. Enjoy the pictures and the video!