Last Workout of 2024....

Tim did his last workout of 2024 at Athletic Lab today.  He ends the year having officially done a 177kg total for the year in the -61kg weight division in Olympic Weightlifting.  His training sessions have been incredible leading into 2025.  He is so looking forward to the North American Open Series 1 in Ohio at the end of February/beginning of March.  It's one of the biggest Meets of the year and as a last year youth Tim is looking to make a huge splash to end his youth years in the sport.  Later on in the year they will be making some slight changes to the weight divisions so it will be interesting to see where Tim and the other male youth weightlifters come out in the wash.  Some of the weightlifters are already at the top end of their divisions so we'll be watching carefully to see where everyone lands.

New Weightlifting Shoes Coming Soon...

Tim has new weightlifting shoes coming soon.  He's been wanting them since they came out.  We told him he'd have to pay half and he did so they are on their way and will be here by January 8th.  Tim is so excited and can't wait to start using these shoes.  

Tim Graduating in 2026!!!

This handsome guy adjusted his schedule so that he does the rest of this school year doing 10th and part of 11th grade and next school year he will do the rest of 11th grade and 12th grade and graduate May/June 2026 right after he turns 18.  If he really attacks his school work he could technically be done by December of 2025 but that's totally up to him getting on top of it and getting the school work done of course.  He's so glad to have a plan in place to graduate on time instead of having to be a year behind everyone.  So proud of this kid and how he pushes himself everyday.  The skies the limit for this kid.  There's no telling what God's got in store for him but we are looking forward to watching God work in his life.  

Stella's Window Bed....

Stella loves her window bed where she can rest and look out the window at the birds.  Today she loved it until the storm came through.  There was so much wind that the rain beat on the window and she was not a fan of that at all.  Her window bed is right bedside my desk and she loves being close to her humans whether it's by me at the desk or by Tim in his teen cave at his gaming computer desk.  She is certainly well loved and at three weeks in she and Tucker get along so well.  We just got done doing her registration for her microchip.  We've never done microchips before but the rescue that we adopted her from does and so we got her with a microchip already in her.  We sure love our pets though and even though she will be an indoor cat I'm glad she is microchipped incase she were ever to escape.  

Gym Life...

The last day the gym was open before Christmas Tim was the lone athlete left in the gym.  As he and his coach were leaving he raced to get out the door ahead of him so that he wasn't technically the last one out of the gym...LOL! It was so funny that I had to get a shot of the moment.

Tim and Coach Jarrod

Stella Bella....

We've had Stella for several weeks now and she's settled in quite nicely and is getting along with Tucker so well.  She loves her window bed by my desk and will lay there for hours while I work at my computer.  She loves her humans and is so lovable.  She loves to get between me and the keyboard and the mouse to keep me from working but I gently put her back on her window bed over and over again...LOL! She stays there until Tim is awake then she follows him everywhere he goes.  In the evening she goes back and forth between me and Scot laying on us while we watch tv.  Here's some new pictures for you to enjoy.

Stella is crazy long.

Our Annual Christmas Picture...

When we got home yesterday after Christmas at Cross Assembly we took our annual family Christmas picture.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

 

We never forget the importance of Christmas.  It's not the gifts we receive or give but it's the birth of the son of God who came to save us all.  Always remembering and never forgetting that Jesus Is The Reason For The Season!

The Rest of Tim's Christmas....

Aside from Tim's computer upgrades we bought him another Virus Performance outfit and some new headphones to go with his computer upgrades + the usual stocking stuffer candies and steam gift card.

My Assistant This Morning....

As I made posts this morning Stella saw fit to hang out with me to give her approval...LOL! She is so spunky and sassy but also so affectionate.  She is also purrs big time.  When she gets her engine going it is very loud.  She is the most happiest kitty ever though and loves her humans.