T and Tucker TaeKwonDo Fun!

Earlier T put sparring head gear on Tucker for fun. Tucker looked at him as if to say now what am I supposed to do...LOL!  

T’s New Chest Gear

T is growing and his old chest gear was getting too small so we had to order him the next size up. It fits with room to grow. When it comes to chest gear we are going to be sticking with Mooto. He tried and hated the Daedo Chest Gear. It seems that different companies do certain portions of the gear better than others. So he has all kinds of mismatched gear...LOL! He loves his Tusah fighting uniform, his adidas sparring shoes (for training only), Daedo arm and leg protectors (for competitions), Mooto arm and leg protectors (for training), Mooto and Daedo hand protector, Mooto and Daedo footgear, and Daedo head protector.  #tkdlife #sparringislife #ICannIWill 

Happy Grandparents Day!

Happy Grandparents day to all the Grandparents but a special shout out to Nan and Popsie. Nan and Popsie are awesome grandparents. T so loves you so very much. (9/8/2019)

Sundaze Training!

T trained today with his coach. With him being in a testing cycle we’ve had to get creative with scheduling his training times for sparring. Hoping to get back to some normalcy soon. I could tell Master Wasiu wants more consecutive days of training with him while they were training today so I will be having to make some adjustments to the current schedule I had drawn up to get us through this testing cycle. T is finally asking questions and getting more understanding. He’s so nervous about asking but I’m hoping he will get past that now. Here’s a collage I did of his training time today. 

122nd Black Belt Testing Cycle Pretest #2

Tonight T had his second pretest. Grand Master Lee was present and T desires to impress him so much with everything he does that he got extremely nervous when he was doing his regular self defenses. He pulled it together though and did well. He loved doing his creative five knife self defense. On one of them his partner falls the wrong way and he just stands there looking because it threw him off. We had a talk about improvising when something unexpected happens for when/if he performs this again. Over all it was a job well done. Very proud of him.  His confidence in what he’s doing is much better than it’s ever been.  Enjoy the video. 

Dorian Update

We got nothing but rain. No wind event. Not even any downed limbs. Glad it never got as bad as they were saying. Now to get some rest because we were up late waiting to see if we were going to get anything. We’ve had thunderstorms that were worse than Dorian was for us here.

Happy International TaeKwonDo Day!

Sickness/Allergies

T and I aren't sure if what we are dealing with is allergies or a cold.  It's been a day of resting for T and I.  Neither of us has had much energy.  T got up ate breakfast this morning and went right back to sleep.  He never does that so I know that his sinuses are bothering him something awful.  Mine are too.  Hoping that as we get back into our school routine tomorrow that we can continue to plunge forward and get even more ahead in his school work.  We've got it to do no matter whether this is a cold/allergies that we are dealing with.  T has learned a lot about pushing forward even if you don't feel like it this past year when he's had to overcome things here and there.  We were quick to tell him this is life.  As you get older and have even more responsibilities you have to keep moving forward regardless of the situation/circumstances.  T's TaeKwonDo journey has taught him so much at such a young age.  And dealing with things and moving forward no matter what is a big one.  Tons of life lessons to be learned in TaeKwonDo and T has learned many of them over the years.  I will be so thankful when we are past whatever is going on with our sinuses.  We both are tired of being stuffy one moment and blowing our noses a ton the next.  It's been a back and forth battle for almost a week now.  We get to feeling better then wham we are feeling yuk again.  I'm glad he and I had today to rest though.  Tomorrow we continue to move forward.  Here's to better days ahead!!!

Keyboard Fun!

Family Photo Session at Uncle Jeff's August 2019

Here are the pictures from our family photo session at Uncle Jeff's when we were there for Popsie's birthday.  It was such a great time.  We love every moment that we can get together because they are so few these days.

Nan and Pop

Nan and Pop with Scot, Elaine, and Jeff

Nan and Pop with their kids and spouses.

Nan and Pop with their kids, their spouses, and their children.

Nan and Pop with the whole family.

Pop with the guys.

Nan and Pop with the grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Nan with the girls.