Facebook Memory from 2019....

This is a throw back to when T won Gold at the NC State Championship in 2019 against Landon Peters.  T fought him so well.  He had just beat him and got Gold at GA State a few weeks prior and fought him again at NC State and won.  The pic below is of T and his buddy Chris.  They have both grown up so much since that time.  

Chris has since graduated High School with an Associates Degree before even doing his first day of college classes.  He's attending UNC Charlotte and he's on the Scholarship USA Taekwondo Team.  He's going hard after his dream of representing USA in the 2028 Los Angles California Olympics.  We still love watching him compete.

T is no longer a little boy as he was in this picture below.  He's a straight A student who is going hard himself after earning a USA Taekwondo National Medal/US Open (G2) Medal.  Plus he would like to make it on either the Scholarship Team or actually make USA Team someday.  Once he accomplishes those goals he will set even higher goals (such as winning at Worlds/Olympics/G2 Event in other countries) but for now those are his main goals.  To earn a medal at those events and possibly bring home Gold from those events is important to him.  That's as high as he's setting his bar right now.  Once he does that then he'll set a new bar.  T is my realistic kid.  He doesn't set goals that are too far fetched.  Many competitors have the Olympic dream but very few get there because getting to the Olympics is no easy task.  Most have a 0.0000000000000000001 percent chance of getting to the big show and T knows that is very rare and an extremely hard get.  Not impossible but hard.  He's putting in a lot of hard work and it shows.  His mental game is really firing up right now.  The way he's thinking about the fight game right now is spot on and we are looking forward to seeing all that he will accomplish with his mind so different and stronger now.  Such exciting times for us.  

Keep praying for our boy as he competes and goes hard after his dreams.  Pray for God's hand to be on him.  Pray for the courage that God gave David to defeat Goliath to be upon him.  Pray for the Holy Spirits guidance as he keeps going after his goals.  And pray for safety for him and his teammates as they compete this year.  

Yesterday’s Training…

Yesterday was an intense training session. The coach really pushed them and had them fighting a lot.  They were all doing really good yesterday. T and Ken had several fights. Master Doug did that mainly to teach them both a lesson on how team members should treat one another. He was mostly teaching Ken the lesson by letting them get it out on the mat. Ken has been upset because the girl he liked didn’t like him but liked T. He’s not been very nice to them because of it. Lots of teen drama and the coach squashed it yesterday. I loved how he handled it. At the end Ken apologized to both T and Ari for his behavior and everything was right in the world again🙄🤦🏻‍♀️. 

At the end of training they had trained so hard that T threw up (mostly water from drinking it too fast) but prior to that happening T accidentally hurt one of his teammates, Cyrus. Cyrus ended up having to have 10 stitches in his mouth. It was totally unintentional and T has felt so bad ever since. He understands it’s a contact sport and accidents happen but he still feels bad nonetheless. 

Here’s the video from last night. 

Out at Ari’s…

T, Ari, and her little brother Bobby went four wheeling today after team training. T wore some tactical pants that his dad can’t fit into that were really too big for T but with a belt they fit fine. They had a blast riding all over their 30 acres of wooded land while Scot watched as Ari’s dad John did some sand blasting getting rust and paint off an old tractor that her dad is restoring. Her mom and I walked all over the property today. My Apple Watch was very happy with me today as I closed all of my exercise rings today and almost closed them a second time…LOL! Here are some pics I got of T and Ari.

They were looking over at Bobby in this picture. 

Laughing at Bobby in this picture. 

T and Ari took turns driving all day today. We ended today with a Mexican dinner. 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️…

T is only a little bit 🤏🏼 taller than me🤣🤣🤣. Happy ☘️ St. Patty’s Day ☘️ !  May the “Luck of the Irish” be with you!

L👀k Close At T’s Shirt…

T is wearing ☝️ of his dad’s old sports car club t-shirts. Pop, this will be a blast 💥 from the past for you and Nan😊…LOL🤣🤣🤣!

T’s Ortho Appointment…

T had his Ortho appointment today and it went great. Everything is looking great and his teeth are doing good. Afterwards we went to WichWich for Wicked Wednesday sub sandwiches. That was our late lunch/early dinner. I got this crazy 😜 pic there…LOL🤣🤣🤣!

Haircuts and Shaves…

The boys both got shaves and a haircut. They clean up so nice. That’s was probably the closest shave Scot has had in quite some time…LOL!  Truco is awesome. 

Training Yesterday…

It was a great training session yesterday and T did it all while suffering the worst I’ve ever seen him suffer with allergies.  Check out the video below. 

Air is Going to a Quinceañera…

A Quinceañera is a celebration of a girls’s 15th birthday and her transition from childhood to adulthood, typically with a mass followed by a party/dance. 

One of Ari’s friends invited her to her Quinceañera. The girls are escorted by their dads and they do a dance with them as well. 

Ari looks quite beautiful and I just wanted to share a pic with you all here of her with her dad, John. 

Choose Wisely....

"You become like the people you spend the most time with so Choose Wisely!"

This is a message that we give our son constantly.  We are doing our best to raise him to not be a problem on society like so many are today.  We are always sending him the message of making good choices.  Choices that propel him forward and build his life up and not tear it down.  Choices that won't make him part of the problem that our country is in but rather part of the solution to make things better.  Choices that will bring him a lot more accomplishments in his life as he grows into a man.  Choices that attract people to be more like the kind of person that he is becoming.  

The Choices we make in life will make us or they will break us.  They will propel us forward or bring us to a crash landing quick, fast and in a hurry.  They will make us either a leader or a follower.  They will make us successful or destroy us to the point that we have nothing.  

Being a part of the solution to things is so much better than being part of the problem.  Being a leader is so much better than being a follower.  After all, being the head and not the tail is just what God wants for us!  He wants us above only and not beneath.  He wants us raising up and not falling.  He wants us moving forward and not being a quitter.  Quitting is not an option for those of us who call ourselves children of God.  Being children of the King of Kings makes us Princes and Princesses.  It makes us Royalty.  If we are Royalty then we better sure act like it.  Carry ourselves like it.  Live our lives like it.  

Living our lives like it means making Wise Choices.  So Choose Wisely who you spend your time with.  Make sure they are worthy of that time.  And live your life like the Prince or Princess that you are!