T’s Official 1st Day of 9th Grade…

T’s official 1st day of 9th grade was Monday. I’m late in posting this because he didn’t want to do a picture for it. Life with a teen…LOL!  We are easing back into school this week but it will be game on after Labor Day.  This was the only picture I could get.

Moving Right Along…

T is moving right along learning power weightlifting. He’s picking it up much quicker than Coach Jarrod had expected. Coach Jarrod is very pleased with all of T’s progress so far. T is looking to compete at a Meet in October that, from what we can tell right now, will qualify him for the Wilmington, NC Meet in December but also qualify him for Nationals in 2024. We are still learning this sport and could be totally off base about him qualifying for Nationals in 2024 with this October Meet. We couldn’t be more proud of all his progress. 

Happy International Dog Day!

Just wanted to give a shout out to our Tucker Boy. He’s the bestest dog. He has a huge personality. He loves making new friends and he’s always looking out for our family/property protecting us. 

This Is Insane…

It’s insane how much muscle gain T has gotten in just a few weeks time and this is just the beginning stages of weightlifting. 

T's Weightlifting Shoes....

T's shoes fit...Yeah!!!  

The Best Laid Plans...

Everyone that knows me knows that I'm a planner.  Our fall through Christmas schedule is already getting full.  Of course our business takes first priority (after family that is) during this season because it is the busiest time of year for our company.  The picture below has the dates we will be traveling.  The family date with the question mark beside it might not happen depending on my mom's surgery schedule for her hernia.  The other question mark date is a weightlifting meet and that one is depending on if T qualifies for it at the October Meet that we are making plans for.  The Meets are all depending on if the coach feels that T is ready for them so they could both get squashed if he doesn't think T is ready but he's doing his best to get him ready in time to go to them.    

T’s Weightlifting Singlet…

T’s Weightlifting Singlet arrived today and tomorrow his Weightlifting Shoes arrive. The singlet fit great. Praying 🙏 that his shoes fit great too.  All I could think about after he tried on the singlet was the song, “Macho Macho Man I Gotta Be A Macho Man”…LOL! 

A Glance at all the Medals T Earned in TaeKwonDo Comps....

What a ride it was for T these past 7 years.  In the pic below are multiple AAU and USAT 1st Place State Championship Medals.  Along with those are Global Open, Kukkiwon Cup, Nationals, East Grand Prix and Grand Prix Finals medals as well.  There are several other event medals from competing all these 7 years in TaeKwoDo Sparring.  I have it all written down in a document somewhere as to how many he's earned but just suffice it to say it's a lot.  He has lots of trophies as well.  While T will still be doing his traditional TaeKwonDo training he is also on to new beginnings. He is traveling a new road with weightlifting and learning a lot but right now we are enjoying looking at his medals hanging on our wall of all of his accomplishments in TaeKwonDo Sparring.  T is looking forward to adding to his medal count as he does weightlifting meets.  We are so proud of all that T has accomplished and is accomplishing in his young life.  He's an amazing young man and we couldn’t be more proud of him. 

If you have a TikTok account....

If you have a TikTok account I recently did these videos on it.  Don't go making an account just to see these if you don't have an account though.  This is just another form of social media and a way to promote all that T is doing.  Only those with accounts that are my friends can see these videos so be sure to friend me with the first link before trying to watch.

https://www.tiktok.com/@godswarriorgal?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

https://www.tiktok.com/@godswarriorgal/video/7269097607820184878?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7269819812122871342

https://www.tiktok.com/@godswarriorgal/video/7269033847872965934?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7269819812122871342

https://www.tiktok.com/@godswarriorgal/video/7264953296018804011?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7269819812122871342

Enjoy watching these!

T's Muscles In Just Two Weeks...

In just two weeks T has gained so much muscle and this is just the beginning.  In another two months there's no telling how much more muscle he will have.  He is loving weightlifting so much.  We love seeing him so incredibly happy.