December 25th, Merry Christmas...

I look forward to this time of year every year.  Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday for two reasons.  One we get to celebrate our saviors birth because without it there wouldn't have been made available a path that leads to heaven for us.  Two because I love being an extra special blessing to the kids in our family at this time of year.  It's such a joyful time of year.  

Tim had quite the Christmas haul this year.  His big gift items were his IWF Approved Bar Bell so he can do weightlifting training at home when he needs to, new AirPod Pros so that he can listen to his music and the new Quest 3 so that he can play online games with his friends on vr.  All his other gifts were just icing.  Here are some pictures...     

Quest 3

Caffeine & Kilos socks and fanny pack.

Weightlifting Belt

A flag to hang in the garage gym.

AirPod Pros

A comfy head piece for the Quest 3 VR.. 

December 23rd Lifts....

These are now Official lifts that were done for USA Weightliftings December Qualifier that qualifies Tim to be able to sign up for National/Elite Level Weightlifting Meets.  It was so great that he was able to do this on video at Athletic Lab where he trains and just upload them to the USA Weightlifting sight.  It sure beats having to go to a competition to qualify like he used to have to do when he was still sparring.  Everything is so much better in the weightlifting world verses the tkd sparring world.  

57kg Snatch + 75kg Clean & Jerk = 132kg total.  He had to meet a minimum requirement of 130kg total.  So proud of all his accomplishments in such a short time with weightlifting.

Macho Macho Man...

He's gaining more muscle with each training.  

 

December 18th Lifts...

Tim did some amazing strength training lifts that we wanted to share with you.  

His Coach Posted This...

His coach made this post on the teams social media feed and I wanted to share it here with you all.  

This Smile...

I so love seeing this smile on his face and seeing him so incredibly happy.  You have to turn up the volume.

Then and Now....

Here's a then and now picture from 2015 to now.  Tim has changed so much through the years and of course he has switched sports entirely now.  He loved TaeKwonDo once upon a time but having a coach that did what they did to Tim just left such a bad taste in his mouth that he couldn't get past even though he switched back to his original TaeKwonDo school.  This new journey he's on with weightlifting he absolutely loves and his coach is incredible.  The skies the limit for Tim.  Looking forward to watching his accomplishments moving forward.

Tim's Coach...

Tim's coach just got voted to be a representative for the Carolinas WSO.  That means he will be helping in any decisions regarding the Carolinas WSO events that happened.  He transitions to his new position on January 1st.  We are so excited for him.

Braces Coming off 1/3/2024....

Tim will be getting his braces off on January 3rd.  He will get his retainers the same day.  It will be a long day that day with appointments for him...LOL!  Can't wait to be able to put his final picture on this collage though when the braces are all off.  Scot only allotted for an hour to get the braces off but with them grinding the clue off and trimming his front teeth I'm expecting an hour and a half to two hour appointment for them taking off the braces and doing all that.  

Neal Family Christmas....12/16/2023

We had so much fun with the family at the Neal Family Christmas get together this past weekend.  We hated it had to be such a quick visit but we had a nor'easter coming through NC on Sunday and didn't want to be having to drive home in that mess so we drove right back home after all the festivities Saturday night.  Tim sure did rack up in the clothes department this time around.  He is finally to the stage where he loves getting clothes at Christmas now.   Here are some of the family pictures that we got.  We are missing some family members that couldn't be there this year because of another commitment.