November 11th Our 15th Wedding Anniversary

 As I was looking at our blog I realized I didn't do an Anniversary blog.  So much of our world is tied up in our son that we get busy with him.  Even though we didn't forget about our anniversary it was spent at home because T was having major sinus issues and we were being safe with his health.  Staying in seemed the right thing to do all around.  

It's hard to believe that it's been almost 16 years since Scot and I met and started dating.  Our friend, Lisa Young (who is no longer with us), helped jump start us both, when she had us to her house for dinner...LOL! We dated for less than a year.  We were engaged by September and married by November.  It was a whirlwind of a year the year we got married but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.  Scot is my best friend and the love of my life.  He was so worth the wait!!!  

Here are some memories from our wedding that I was enjoying looking through recently and I hope you enjoy them too. 

My niece and I.  She's all grown and in college now.

Mrs. Judy (who is no longer with us) helping everyone sign in. 

Scot's Parents

Scot and his best friend Charles

My brother, Calvin, gave me away since our dad is no longer with us.

Pastor Don Pollard officiated the service for us.

Becky (who is no longer with us), checking out my rings.  It's something we ladies do. 

Such great friends attended our wedding and these are just a few of the pictures I have from that day.  Such great memories that we cherish just as we cherish one another and our friends and families as well.  Those no longer with us hold a very special place in our hearts and will never be forgotten.  

Life has had it's up and downs but there's no one I'd rather have by my side to do life with than my husband.  He's a gift from the Lord above and one I'm grateful for everyday.  I'm thankful that I get to fall in love with him more and more as we grow in this life together even with all of it's ups and downs.  We face the hard and difficult times together.  We face the good times together.  There's nothing we can't face as long as we do it together because we know who's we are.  We are children of the Most High!  With Him at the center of our marriage we can face anything!  God is our everything and we wouldn't want it any other way!  

T’s Buddy Chris!

T’s buddy, Chris, was asked to represent USA TaeKwonDo at the French ECOpen early this month. He fought four fights and won Gold!  We are so excited and proud of him. Way to go Chris!  

Body Coach Workout from 11.8.2021

Cary High Marching Band - Cary Band Day Exhibition Performance

When you’re the host school you don’t get to compete but only do an exhibition performance. Wanted you to see what we’ve seen as we’ve went to the marching band performances. 

Looking Cool 😎 In His Drip (his way of saying clothes…LOL!)

Training and Haircut

T had a good couple of days training with the team. Some of the members of the team have shown him weaknesses that he needs to work on and he’s also in return shown them what they need to work on. It’s all about teamwork and making one another better for competition. So glad that he’s enjoying being back at it so much. The down time has ended up being a reset of sorts for him. He’s coming back stronger and he’ll be faster as he trains more in the coming weeks and months. 

I had all I could stand with his hair looking all raggedy so I took him to his Barber LaMeek today and T and I reached a compromise thanks to LaMeek. He’s such an awesome Barber. 

Body Coach Workout Yesterday

Here’s a partial video of some of the workouts that T does with his body’s coach. He is really enjoying getting his endurance up and getting his core stronger. So thankful for being able to get a body coach for T. It has been key 🗝 to his recovering faster after the injuries he had this past summer. It’s made it possible for him to return to full on TaeKwonDo Sparring training a whole lot sooner. What a game changer this has been for T plus the body coach has been educating us on things as well. With injuries comes learning and we’ve learned a lot in recent months. 

T is loving getting back into full on training. There’s nothing more that makes a parent happy than to see their kid(s) doing what they love and growing while doing it. T has matured so much over these past several months. He is no longer my little boy 👦  he’s become quite a young man👨 . We are so proud of the young man 👨  he’s becoming. He’s not only growing in his craft but he’s also growing in the Lord too. That touches our hearts 💕  more than anything. It’s our constant prayer 🙏  that his heart ♥️ will always be towards the Lord and that he will continue to grow in his knowledge and love for the Lord everyday by staying in His Word and seeking the Lord in prayer 🙏. In this crazy world we are living in that is key 🗝 to his survival and being a strong 💪 warrior for the Lord.  

Training Yesterday

We did a cross training at WOW TaeKwonDo with Core TaeKwonDo. T is improving more and more. He has a lot to still work on/through but is coming back strong and possibly even stronger than he was before all his injuries this past summer. Here are some pics I got of him yesterday. He started off in his mask but it got so soaked with sweat that he couldn’t breathe and had to take it off. We are going to have to buy him another one, maybe even two, to train in.  So incredibly proud of all this kids hard work not only in sparring training but in school, his regular TaeKwonDo training, and his training with his body coach.  We wanna make sure what happened this past summer never happens to T again.  As we’ve gone through this TaeKwonDo journey with T we have learned a lot more than we ever bargained for but are glad and thankful for what we’ve learned.  It’s been lessons we will never forget. Enjoy the pics.  

In this next few photos you’ll see Master Doug (from Core TaeKwonDo which is located local to our home) working with T:

We are looking forward to seeing where T is in his training as he moves forward in training with both Master Wasiu and Master Doug. T really likes both coaches and is thankful for all the help and guidance that he gets from them. 

Cary Band Day Yesterday

Here are some pics we got of Tristan at Cary Band Day yesterday. So proud of this kid right now!!!  He’s done great with this commitment this year. His precision on the field is so incredibly on point. I am secretly keep hoping he’ll decide to do this again next year but he doesn’t want to at this point. He may switch to concert band. He’s been doing both from what I’ve been told. I do my best to show up and support him when I have knowledge of what he’s doing. I’ve really enjoyed watching him and getting such great shots of him. Don’t know if I’ll be able to do the same for concert band. We’ll see.