Training Tonight...

T had a great time at training tonight.  He really loves his team.  Even with him being sore from jumping on the trampoline with one of his cousins this past weekend he still got in there and trained hard tonight.  I think he's going to need an epsom salt bath after he has his shower though...LOL!  These pics were taken with my iPhone instead of my Nikon camera so they won't be as crisp as they'd be with my Nikon camera.   The iPhone doesn't do too bad of a job though.   

RIP Loretta Lynn…

I grew up to her music. My momma loved listening to her songs. Here’s an article the New York Times did on her. It’s a good read. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/arts/music/loretta-lynn-dead.html

Pics @ Jeff’s…

Here’s some pics we took at Jeff’s. 

Buc-ees Richmond,KY…

We stopped at Buc-ees to fuel up and get some brisket sandwiches for dinner on our way home. Their brisket is amazing. 

T Got Invited…

T got invited to the USAT Grand Slam event that is held for the top 16 in the country. If anyone from the original top 16 doesn’t accept their invite then they keep going until 16 from each age and weight division accepts an invite. T was invited when the second round of invites were sent out today since he is number 18 in one weight division and number 20 in another division. Even though T won’t be attending it was nice to be invited to an invite only event. There’s really nothing for T to gain by attending this event so we are just going to save our money. 

Love This Smile...

So love this smile.  

 

This pic was taken last night.  This is his happy place.  He'd be there all the time if I let him.  He loves it at Core TaeKwonDo.  There's no place he'd rather be.  His Grand Master from his old school, Black Belt World, came by and visited his new Master a couple of days ago.  Even though T is at a new school Grand Master Lee will always be T's Grand Master.  We are so happy that T's current Master and T's Grand Master have a good relationship.  Fun fact: T's new Master was taught by Grand Master Lee when he was a kid too. Something they will always have in common.  Another fun fact: T's new Master and his Grand Master also share the same birthday as well.  T thinks that is so cool.  We are so happy that T and Master Doug have this connection.  T's teaching from one school to the other hasn't changed a great deal because Master Doug teaches the way he was taught when he was Grand Master Lee's student.  It has been a seamless transition for T with switching from one school to the next.  But the happiness on his face is so priceless.  We love seeing this every time he goes to class.  

Hurricane Ian...

Hurricane Ian makes it way to us today.  When the worst of it comes through this afternoon will have upwards of 45-50mph wind gusts.  Sustained winds will be somewhere around 25mph.  We are due to get somewhere around 4" of rain.  We get that much rain and sometimes more with a severe thunderstorm so the rain part isn't that big of a deal.  The great thing for us leading up to Ian coming through is we have had very dry weather so we shouldn't see as much damage as we have seen with past Hurricanes when they came through.  In the past we've had lots of rain prior to an event such as this so trees have toppled easily.  We'll see what the day holds.  I'm up at 7:30ish in the morning while the boys are still asleep making homemade chicken and rice soup incase we loose power later today.   Scot battened down the hatches yesterday around the outside of the house as well as our big building.  Nothing like a hurricane coming through to make you pick up your piles of stuff around your property...LOL! We are keeping our devices charged and ready as well.  Staying prepared for anything knowing that this really could end up not being much of an event for us as we have seen in the past. We will keep everyone posted as we can.

USA TaeKwonDo Rankings…

T started out the year in -41kg which comes out to 91lbs. Part way through he moved up to -45kg which comes out to 99lbs. Then with this last tourney he just did he weighed up yet again to -49kg which comes out to around 108lbs. T is now Nationally ranked in two of the weight categories. In -45kg he’s ranked:

And in -49 he’s ranked:

Considering all he’s had to fight back from with injuries last year. First his foot then his salt episode that landed him in PICU we couldn’t be more proud of how well he’s doing. It’s really a great accomplishment to be ranked Nationally and be in the top 20 in two divisions. T has worked so hard and we are so very proud of his accomplishments this year. 

Happy Son’s Day/TaeKwonDo Class

I so love seeing this smile on T’s face every time he does class at Core. I love seeing him so happy and so content with where he’s at and what he’s doing. He loves his new team and they love him. He has such great respect for his Master/Coach Douglas. He really gets our son. We’ve had so much peace in our lives since making this move to this dojang in June. Having this peace and seeing our son really happy has meant the absolute world to us. Tonight was regular class and T got to teach some students their deputy black belt Poomsae (Forms). He had a great time teaching and he looked like a true leader doing it. So proud of this kiddo!  He’s overcame so much in his young life and he’s still making forward progress in what he loves doing. Happy Son’s Day to my Amazing Young Man of God!  #GodsPlanistheOnlyPlan 

T's Got Me...

T has finally gotten taller than me. He's been my height for a little while but now he gets to glory in the fact that he is taller than me and he's approaching his dad's height rapidly...LOL! He has been growing like crazy since May/June. Even though I did this funny picture of us you keep getting taller bud!!!