In Line to Weigh In

T is in line for weigh in. Once they start he’ll been done fast and can go eat. He was 3 pounds under this morning @ 96.3. He’s in a really good place and looks so gooood and healthy.  #GodsPlan

T’s Credentials 😊

They did something smart for once and emailed the credentials to the athletes. Such wisdom and it will save a ton of time.  #GodsPlan

Found This Interesting…

Found this interesting as we walked around downtown Fort Worth this afternoon. 

Us In Front of the Fort Worth Convention Center

So excited to be here and looking forward to seeing T compete. Pray 🙏 for his left foot. He has had a soft tissue injury for a couple weeks now that is still causing him some pain. It’s better than what it was but still bothers him. We covet your prayers. 

T has to be -99.2 and he’s 96.1. He’s well under where he has to be. Eating healthy for the win and doing no cutting🙌🙌🙌!!!  

Fort Worth Water Gardens

We had fun walking around downtown Fort Worth this afternoon and evening. My dogs are hurting me like crazy. Got a couple of shot at the Water Gardens though. 

Looking Forward To The Competition

Team USA is Kicking Off Competition at Not One but Two Events this Weekend; the PATU Pan Am Series 1 and the 2022 Team USA Cadet and Junior Fight Off. T did not qualify for the fight off because he has no points because of his injuries last year so he’s just doing the PATU Pam Am Series event.   

The collaboration of Team USA and the Pan American Taekwondo Union is launching the first event of the Pan Am Series this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas.  In parallel to this event, Team USA is hosting the Team USA Cadet and Junior Fight Off Competition to identify the athletes that will earn their way onto the United States Taekwondo Team.  

T is looking forward to watching the fight offs so he can learn the fighters in his division for next year. 

We Made It!

We are in Fort Worth and checked into the hotel. Our first stop in Texas though was The Galleria Mall in Dallas. It’s a four story mall that I wanted to show T plus we had some time before we could check in to burn too. 

Here’s some pics from the sunset last night after we got past all the rain and storms. 

Traveling

We are just outside of Memphis and getting some rest until daybreak then we will be hitting the road for the last leg of the trip to Texas for the tournament. 

Texas Bound

We are in the throws of packing right now for Texas.  It's hard to believe that we leave tomorrow for Texas for a tournament.  T expects to gain lots of knowledge at this tournament that will help him with his training and moving forward in this sport.  The more knowledge that he gains its more that he has to be able to guide and teach his own students some day.  He is very motivated towards that end win or learn.  While he loves to win, as all athletes do, he is also focused on learning so that he can coach his own students someday to winning.  It will be an adventure for us because we are driving to Texas and back and not flying.  Road trips are fun and exhausting as well but we always see and learn things along the way that we would have never seen or learned while flying.  Pray for us as we make this trip there and back.  We are looking forward to a fun event filled time.  

On a personal note.  It will be fun to back in that neck of the woods of Texas again.  I went to bible college there and loved every moment of it.  I'm hoping that we will have time to go by and I can show T the campus and book store.  Spring session should be ending soon and, if they still do it, the summer camp sessions should be starting.  The summer camps are so much fun.  Such great memories of going to school there and I'm looking forward to sharing those memories with T.  

Also, I'm secretly hoping we get a chance to go to the Galleria Mall in Dallas.  It is quite a mall.  I've never seen anything like it in my life.  I was blown away by it the first time I went there.  T will love it.  

Love to everyone and I will do my best to keep you updated as we make this trip and T competes.  It's not about the medal this time although if he earns one that will be awesome too.  He really wants to learn as much as he can this year to get ready for his new age and weight division next year.  Love this kids heart and attitude when it comes to TaeKwonDo.  

The next time you hear from us we should be in Texas.  God Bless!  #GodsPlan

Eye Exam Is Done

T went for a contact exam today and was fitted for and got contacts.  He is so happy right now and he was really ready for them this time.  He got them in on his own with no help from me.  He chose to do the daily wear contacts so he can throw them away every night.  Right now he's in the monthly ones until his daily's come in the mail.  He's been all but begging me to do this and now that it is finally done I wish I had done it weeks ago.  Here are some pics of him at his appointment today.