Family Pic 2025
Tucker, Scot, Lisa, Tim & Stella
Monday, June 2, 2025
Someone's Graduating...
In 15 days our family will have another HS Graduate. Tristan will be graduating from Cary High School. For our family this is huge deal. I was the first to graduate HS in our family. My dad never graduated HS and my mom didn't go back and get her HS diploma until my youngest sister, Tristan's mother, was in the head start program. Most of my dad's 7 kids & his grandkids (which are a lot) have graduated HS. And I expect the great grands will all graduate HS as well. My dad would be so proud of his kids, mine & my siblings kids, and my siblings kids kids if he were still with us today.
Tristan is such a handsome and strong minded young man. He looks just like his grandfather with exception of his longer hair. Tristan marches to the tune of his own drum very much like his grandfather did. We are so proud of him and wish him a life of happiness and success as he makes his next moves. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone moment in your life with you, Tristan!
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Memories...
Memories pressed between the pages of my mind...Memories sweetened through the ages just like wine... Quiet thoughts come floating down...And settle softly on the ground...Like golden autumn leaves around my feet...I touched them and they burst apart with sweet memories...Sweet Memories...(Elvis Presley song, Memories)
On June 2nd, 2011 these boys were enjoying a meal together at CiCi's Pizza. They had to close down all their stores when Covid hit in 2020. It was the boys favorite pizza place to eat at. Today they'd eat them out of all their pizza...😂😂😂LOL!!
Today, Tristan, the oldest boy, will be graduating High School in 16 days. And the other, Tim, will be a rising Senior in High School. Both are very handsome & strong minded young men. Can't wait to see what the future holds for these two young men.
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| Tristan Norment (18 years old) |
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| Tim Neal (17 years old) |
#cousins4life #familyiseverything #thefutureisbright #handsomeyoungmen #cherishedmemories
"New" IWF Weight Categories....
Today the "NEW" weight divisions go into effect. It will be interesting to see where everyone lands with the new divisions. Tim has chosen the -65kg Male Youth to be his division moving forward.
Tim naturally falls into the -65kg division without having to cut weight. We will have to see where he lands come January 1, 2026 when he moves to Juniors. We aren't on the page of cutting so we will have to see where he lands as he fills out. His coach said that he will be doing a lot of filling out these next few years.
This is from Weightlifting House:
It is as of now unclear which five of the new weight classes will be selected for each gender at the 2028 Olympics. It may look something like:
- Men: 60KG, 71KG, 88KG, 110KG, +110KG
- Women: 48KG, 58KG, 69KG, 86KG, +86KG
If things shake out this way, Olympic hopefuls who exist in the vast liminal space between divisions (a 22-kilogram gap between the Men's 88 and 110-kilo classes would be the largest in modern Olympic history) may find themselves displaced from a viable path to qualification.
In short, the IOC's decision is a blow to weightlifting's positive trajectory in recent years, at least at the Olympic Games. Elsewhere, at least, things are a bit brighter; weightlifting was recently added to the program for the European Games beginning in 2027.
Articles:
2- https://usastore.weightliftinghouse.com/blogs/news/weightlifting-restrictions-2028-olympics
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Our Resident Beaver...
Our resident beaver. Her baby is usually with her but I didn’t see it today. They have found solace on our property because of the preserve always having canoes🛶/kayaks in the pond. It’s chasing the animals away. They sure are fast 💨 when they sense someone is coming around or watching them though.
Friday, May 30, 2025
Scraping & Cupping for the WIN!!!
Tim's muscles were tight and knotted up last week, which was causing him to miss lifts he normally gets, and his coach referred us to his body guy at 919Spine, Dr. Adam Beck, who happens to be in the same building with our gym. He was able to do Tim's body work the very next day. The pictures I'm gonna be sharing may look awful but it made Tim feel so much better and gave him his mobility back. When he went back to train he was able to lift what he wasn't able to before because of how tight and knotted up his muscles were. It made such a huge difference that Tim will be going to him from now on for his body work stuff.
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| This is just to show you what the cupping looks like. Tim always makes silly faces...LOL! |
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| The scratch marks are from the scrapping. The dots are the cupping marks. |
Making sure an athlete is getting all the care they need for their body to be at it's optimal level is sooooooo important and we are still learning about all he needs to be doing for his body in this sport. There's always a learning curve with an elite athlete. We had TKD all figured out, as far as what his body needed, and now we are learning all over again. Each sport is different and what the body needs for that sport is different as well. This body guy Tim's going to gets what his needs are because he's a weightlifter too. Tim's second time in yesterday was much better. There were next to no scrape marks. The dots will always be there when he has cupping done though. He goes back just before we leave for Nationals. So glad that Tim found the answer to the problem he was having. His body is thanking him big time right now.
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