ON JULY 11TH ALEX CELEBRATED HER SIXTH BIRTHDAY AT THE PARK WITH THE FAMILY THE ONLY THING SHE WANTED TO DO WAS BREAK A PINATA AND THE KIDS SURE MADE FAST WORK OF THAT. A DECAPITATED DORA (AHHHHSUCCESS!!!!!!)
ON JULY 11TH AND 12TH THE GIRLS WERE ENTERED INTO THERE FIRST KARATE TOURNAMENT WHERE THEY COMPETED IN FORMS, SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES, AND CARMEN DID WEAPONS FORM THEY DID A REAL GOOD JOB CARMEN TOOK SECOND PLACE, MARIA TOOK FOURTH AND ALEX TOOK SECOND IN THE LITTLE NINJA TOURNAMENT. CARMEN ALSO TOOK SECOND IN THE WEAPONS DIVISION WE ARE PROUD OF THE WAY THE PREFORMED.