Our Guinea Pigs...

Dan and Stampy love celery.  I can always get a great shot of them when I give them celery.  It's their favorite thing to eat outside of Timothy Hay.  

Making Different Choices...

 

Back in August of 2023 Tim made a decision that changed the course that his life had been on up to that point.  He walked away from the only sport that he had known and loved since he was 7 years old.  He made a grown up decision in the midst of a horrible situation that changed his life drastically for the better.  He's in such a great place today, mentally & physically, because of the decision that he made then.  I've never been more proud of him than I was in that moment of time.  

Our kids are ours for but a whisper of time on this earth then we put them fully back into God's hands who trusted us with their upbringing in the first place.  He entrusted them to us when we had them so it's only right they we entrust them back to him as we raise them and when they become adults.  

Tim graduates high school in 2026.  That's only a little over a year away.  I'm so glad that we chose to homeschool all these years.  It's been challenging.  There's been times when I felt I would pull my hair out in dealing with his schooling but I'd do it all over again.  Homeschooling him has afforded us the comfort in knowing that he's been taught right and that he's had no outside influences to mess with his mind.  He knows how to critically think things through.  He has his own strong mind and knows how to think and do for himself.  He's more mature at 17 years of age than most 30yo adults we see when we are out and about doing business in town.  He's seen, been through more, and knows a lot more than other kids his age.  I love the man that he is becoming because I know that he will be able to handle whatever life throws his way.  

People say it will be hard to let him go when he graduates next year.  Somehow I don't think so.  Sure, he'll officially be a man in the laws eyes because he'll be 18yo but I take such comfort in the knowledge that he's been raised good.   If he chooses to go out on his own I'll miss him but he knows where home is and he knows that he will always be welcomed home no matter what.  We've always let him know that we will always be there for him and his dad and I mean that too.  Family is everything!  Family matters!  God is at the center of our family!  God's hand is over our lives and we trust him 100% with everything in our lives too.  Life wouldn't be worth living without God in our lives.  Thank you God for your presence in our lives each and every day.  We love you!

Inauguration Day Yesterday...

I loved watching the inauguration yesterday and hearing President Trump's speech.  I can't wait for all he talked about to happen.  I love America.  I will only ever want Presidents in office who want what is best for Americans and who put God & Americans 1st!  It's the way it should be.  May God's hand of protection be on this President and Vice President as they do the jobs they promised the American people they would do.  My God richly bless them as they fulfill their promises that got them elected.  May every cell and organ in their body be healthy whole and complete from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet and that also for their families as well.  It's so nice to wake up to a President in office that I can be proud of and waking up feeling good about my country now that this President has taken office.  

Happy Inauguration Day to our President & Vice President!

Today President Trump & Vice President Vance are sworn into office.  Many feel like Trump was cheated out of his second term durning the last election but I feel that him having the break between his presidencies was a godsend.  It's giving him time to learn and grow so that he can do an ever better job for us Americans now that he's back in office.  I'm looking forward to all the great changes for our country and the American people.  

Happy MLKJr Day!

Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" speech is one of my favorite speeches that he did because it has always spoke my heart for our nation.  May all people groups everywhere strive to this end and stop all the hate everywhere.  His dream is as alive today as it was back then.  The heart of his dream still speaks to us all today.  May we do our best to live it!

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. 

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. 

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. 

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. 

I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. 

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." 

~Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 

August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

New Personal Best's for Our Boy....

Last Saturday (January 11th) Tim did new Personal Best's in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk which gave him a new Total Personal Best as well.  Tim is on fire 🔥 right now and continuing to gain ground with each training session leading into the Virus Weightlifting Series 1 Meet at the end of February - beginning of March timeframe.  He can't wait to make his new personal bests his new Meet PR's.  Here are his latest videos:

86kg Snatch:

110kg Clean & Jerk:

Verse for Today...

 

Love This Quote....

This Is So True!!!

My Work Helper....

This has become my new normal every morning.  She loves to get between me and the keyboard and mouse...LOL!  She's just so stinking adorable that I just do what I can and sit and enjoy her company for however long she wants to cuddle with me.  She is such a lovable spunky frisky kitty.  She loves having play time with all of us.  

She's Just Like Tucker....

Stella is just like Tucker.  She loves to lay wherever the sun is.  She is even more spunky and frisky now that she's had a couple of days of meds in her for the parasite.  We bought her two new litter boxes too that will be her forever boxes unless for some unknown reason we have to buy her a new one that I can't foresee at this moment.   She is loving having more privacy as she goes potty.  She didn't like the doors it came with so we had to remove them.  

Stella chilling in the sun with her toy mouse.

Her new, hopefully, forever litter box.