Team Training/Team Training Camp

T’s at team training and I just unpacked our two weeks worth of stuff and now it’s time to go grocery shopping and get it back and unpacked then pick T back up from team training. It never stops and I’m drenched in sweat...LOL! At least our home away from is easy to keep clean...LOL! 

The Count Down is On

The count down to AAU Nationals is on. T is learning that although training his body is important that training his mind is just as important. He’s been focusing on training his body plus his mind as we are getting closer to Nationals. We leave Friday for 2 to 21/2 weeks of training before we head to Florida for Nationals. T has chosen to do both forms and sparring at AAU Nationals this year and just focus on one National event instead of trying to do both National events. We are so proud of this kid. He’s making so many strides and training hard. 

A Clip of T Training at Home 6/4/2019

TKD Professional Pictures

Today T had a photo shoot where he takes his regular TKD classes. We let him pick his three poses and the three backgrounds he wanted to go with them. With him picking the poses I want to warn all our family and friends there wasn’t a smiling pose in the bunch. T says, “There’s no smiling in TKD!”  All his pictures are more serious. It will be five weeks before they come in to the Dojang. Looking forward to when we receive them. So now everyone has something to look forward to seeing on the blog when they come in:-). Have a great rest of your day!  

Training in GA with Master Pinkard

T and his teammates had a great opportunity to train with Master Pinkard’s kids at his Dojang yesterday in GA. It was a long tiring day for the team doing a day trip like that. We are so grateful for every opportunity T gets to train with other students at other schools. 

T’s Training Mouthguard

T loves his new Opro USAT mouthguard that he gets to train with. He wishes he could wear it for competitions but they have to wear a clear mouthguard for competitions. Bully Bob wanted to make a guest appearance in the pic too. He’s been getting beat down a ton by T lately...LOL! #usapride #protectthishouseiwill

Always An Adventure

This morning we drove to GA to do a training session with another team and their coach. We get about an hour from where we are going and the battery light comes on the van. We have the team van pull off so we can hand off our sleepy head boy to them. He has to wake up quickly so we could get to an auto store to have it checked out. Not only was the battery completely dead but the alternator wasn’t charging either. So here we are in GA trying to figure out what to do and the clerk that helped us with the battery called a mechanic friend who came right over and we are having an alternator put in as I’m typing this. For laughs I wanted to include this pic of T sleeping this morning. I wish I could sleep like he does on trips...LOL! 

Keeping out of the sun...

We are keeping out of the sun for the time being.  Even with reapplying we got sunburned at the pool on Monday.  Hard lesson learned!  I will never use the spray on lotion ever again.  We have splotchy sunburn because most of it was wasted because of how windy it was.  No matter where we went to block the wind so we could spray on the lotion it still got us.  We thought we were able to get good coverage but we were mistaken.  I have since went and bought rub on face lotion 100+ protection and body lotion of 70 protection.  And we will be taking the time to reapply, even though time consuming with rubbing it on, every hour.  Hoping this is the last time for sunburn in this family.  Even though it wasn't bad sunburn it was bad enough.  Here are some pics of Timmy's head and face that got sunburned although it's soaked in a lot now:

You Only Live Once...

A Day at the Y Pool

The kids have had a great time today having a free day to just have fun. Here are a few pics of them.