Monsters Convention and Competition

Crew kicked off their competition season at Monsters Convention and Competition at Lost Pines Resort.  Kinley spent all day on Saturday and Sunday in convention classes and then competed with her Jr. Elites and Crew Line team Saturday evening.  

Jr. Elites - "Off the Streetz" didn't place this time, but Crew Line - "WHACHU GON DU" was the second highest scoring routine of the entire weekend.  Not too shabby!!  

Jr. Elites

These kids keeping us busy!  Tyler was heading to his powerlifting meet and Kinley was heading to convention. 

Powerlifting Media Photos

How fun are these Media Day Photos?! Tyler has been putting in the work and we’re getting ready for powerlifting season to begin!

(I had to ask if these were real weights. They are! They are called bumper weights. Apparently, they won’t damage the floor when you drop them).

School Pictures

5th, 7th, and 10th grade.  :-) 

First Powerlifting Meet

Tyler had his first powerlifting meet in San Antonio and did great!  He really became interested in powerlifting when he was doing football last year, but only attended the workout portions at school because he didn't feel strong enough to do the meets.  He has been working so hard and just keeps getting stronger.  He has been going to 6am workouts at school M-Th and then goes to the YMCA in the evenings.  He weighed in at 153.2lbs for the meet and is in the 165 weight class, which means that he's going against people that are 10lbs heavier than him and can lift more, but he really impressed me!  His max lift for deadlift was 320lbs!  Amazing!  Unfortunately, he bombed (I'm learning all the powerlifting terms) in bench press because he lifted his head and that's not allowed.  He didn't know, but he does now.  The Coaches can only take 12 lifters to each meet, so I'm not sure how many he will get to do this season, but he really enjoyed it, so I know there will be more in his future!  

 

Monsters Convention

 Kinley attended the Monsters Hip Hop Convention at Lost Pines.  Two full days of dancing fun with some friends. 

New Beginnings

This might be my favorite post ever.  After 21 years of being incarcerated, Brent is FINALLY home!  We had the best weekend celebrating and just enjoying family time together!  I haven't been in the same room with my mom, dad and both of my brothers in maybe... 25 years.  It was so nice because we all packed up and met at the release unit in Gatesville and waited to see Brent as he walked out of the gates as a free man!  I'm so glad we did that because it was one of the happiest moments and we were all together!  Our time was pretty short at the unit because it was literally freezing and insanely windy, so we went to a little restaurant close by to visit.  Then dad and Peggy hosted everyone at their house.  Peggy was so sweet and got a cake to celebrate Brent's late graduation from Lee College.  He opened Christmas presents, did art projects with the kids, probably ate too much food, did karaoke, and hung out by the fire until midnight.  I  know he was exhausted, but he hung in there with all of us.  Ha.  It was such a great reunion!  Everything seems a little more right in the world now!           

Checking out his new truck! 

I thought this was so cute.  My dad said he was standing on his tip toes to be taller, so the boys did as well.  Ha.    

"Lord, I'm free"

A light snow fall at the farm.