B had his first fencing tournament this past weekend. He did well. He had to fence mostly kids three to four years older than him. Considering he has only been fencing for 9 months he held his own. He had a blast and said he wanted to do it again. Yes, he’s the short one. Man he looks so small next to the older kids.

We went to Colorado Springs this past weekend. It was a quick trip but we had fun. David was coaching at the NAC World Cup Fencing tournament all day Saturday. The event was at the Boardmoor Hotel and Resort. We had fun exploring the grounds which included the many hotel buildings and the pond out back with swans ducks and geese.

They had a really cool Ginger Bread House Town. And of course the kids had to ride the escalator several times while we were there. Theys also got to see …

I was keeping a fencing blog over at tenthousandfencers.com but they are changing their format and I am not sure if they will be having the blog option any more. So I am moving my post from there to MOM. So if you are following my fencing adventures you can now follow them here. you should be able to find all the entries in the fencing category if you want to catch up.

Yes~this is what I look like with no make-up and messy hair after fencing for a couple hours. But I didn’t care when Dave took the picture because I earned my E Rating in Epee Fencing! My goal when I started fencing was to be rated by the time I had been fencing for a year. After the last couple tournaments I was beginning to wonder if that was a realistic goal. Fencing tournaments have turned out to be a lot harder than I thought they were going to be. …

Check out this article on Gizmodo.com about the new LED masks for fencing! Cool photos too.