MTYC Recipe...

I loved these muffins when I went to MTYC.

Thanksgiving Last Week....

I know this is a week late and I meant to make a post wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving but I'm not used to Thanksgiving being at my house like it was this year.  I had a lot of prep and house cleaning to get ready for people being at my home...LOL! It left very little time to make a post but I wanted to share with you all some Thanksgiving Memes done by the gym that Tim does his weightlifting training at:

Tim's Last Accomplishment with Sparring...

Yesterday I found out that Tim ends his journey in USA TaeKwonDo Sparring as a first/last year -51kg Junior Division fighter #14 in our country.  That's a respectable place to be after all the hard work that he put in this year.  It wasn't ideally the way he wanted to end his journey doing this sport but we are happy nonetheless with his result after a hard year and such a hurtful end with his coach.  

We are so proud of all of Tim's accomplishments in his young life.  He's a very driven young man despite how he has been treated through the years in his pursuits in competition TaeKwonDo.  He gets straight A's in school.  He's advancing quickly in weightlifting.  He helps his dad out with our family business every chance he gets.  He loves spending time with our extended family every opportunity we get.  He loves gaming with his friends online in his spare time.  He is such a well rounded young man.

Way to go Tim on your last accomplishment with TaeKwonDo!  Keep up the great work in all that you are doing and all that you are pursuing in your young life.

  

Tim's New PR (Personal Record)...

Here's a video of Tim's new PR:

Our New Ornament...

We always buy a new ornament for the tree each Christmas.  This is this years ornament.  Tim loves it!

Pics of Tim's New 65kg Clean & Jerk PR Lift....

Tim is so eager to move forward and do more weight.  We won't let him unless he gets the go ahead from his coach to do so though.  He wants to be lifting 70kg = 154.3 pounds by the end of the week.  That means the big red bumper plates.  He's so excited that yesterday he did an unofficial PR of 66kg out in our big building.  Scot and I could see how sneaky he was trying to be though and put a stop to it...LOL! We know nothing about this sport and are learning as he's learning so getting his coaches buy in is very important before he adds more weight to his training.

New PR....

Tim did a new PR at weightlifting training yesterday.  He did a 65kg = 143 pound clean and jerk lift.  Here's the video:

Mrs. Betty's Celebration of Life...

Yesterday afternoon I went to the celebration of life ceremony that they had for Mrs. Betty (my Sunday school teacher from when I was like 4 or 5 years old).  She was such a precious woman who could also be stern when she needed to be but she was also such a lady.  When I was little the way she carried herself made me think of how a queen carries themselves.  Very proper and always dressed impeccably.  She had no problem though putting people in their place if the need arose though.  Again just like a queen would do.  But she always prayed for everyone.  She always shared Jesus.  In her lifetime she must have touched hundreds of thousands of peoples lives for the Lord.  May she RIP!  

Her youngest daughter was telling me that Mrs. Betty told her last week that she was going to be with Jesus.  There was a glow about her.  I believe she was already having glimpses of heaven and Jesus before she passed on.  

New Equipment Videos...

Here's a video of Tim carrying it out to our big building and the next video is of him using it for the first time:

Tim has really found what he loves.  I can't remember ever seeing him this happy when he was doing TaeKwonDo sparring.  It's a different world and a different pace but Tim is the happiest that he has ever been.  We are so very happy for him and we were so happy to be able to get all the piece parts that he needed so that he could lift at home in our big building as well.  Now he will never have to miss a day of weightlifting.  We still need to build him a weightlifting floor but you'd think wood is made of gold with how much it costs these days...LOL!  Just glad that we have gotten this far and he can at least lift now.  Loving this new adventure we are on with Tim though.  

Tim's New Equipment...

Tim got his IWF approved barbell yesterday.  We've been selling things we no longer need or use in order to get Tim what he needed to be able to lift at home when he needs to do so.  He is so thrilled.  The smile on his face says it all.

The Official weightlifting bar of the IWF!

That Smile!!!

Tim's New PR....

 Here's a video of Tim's new PR: