Lifting for Tanzania

It's hard to belive that it has been a year since Phil lifted with purpose for Tanzania.
He did awesome this year. His total bests were: Squat 281 lbs, Benchpress 220 lbs, Deadlift 424 lbs for a total of 925 lbs. I am so proud of him. Way to go Babe! Here is some video. On the benchpress, one of the judges leaned over to me and said "tell him next time to add more weight". I explained to him that Phil injured his shoulder in the Spring meet and he was just taking it easy, but yes, he sure did make it look easy today. Be sure to stop the music player so you can hear the grunts and the cheerleaders. Mark, Michelle and Peri even stopped by and saw Phil do his benchpresses and then I gave them the painting of Matthew. All in all, it was a great day. We both give God all glory and honor for the accomplishments of the day.

More and More May

Phil entered the Wester States Nationals and did well, but...
Squat - 276
Bench - 198, tried 237 and in his words "Oh, Mama!" he felt something go in his left shoulder. So he was not able to complete that lift. So what does he do?, stays in the meet so he can see if he can do the deadlift.
Deadlift-408
Yep, I am married to a weightlifting lunatic.

David and Kelly went to Italy for two weeks and had a wonderful time. Meanwhile back at the ranch Jim Taggart and I kept things going with the help of the rest of the guys. We were also trying to get their new accounting package ready to go for their return. We were moving from Quickbooks/Filemaker/Other to Microsoft Accounting; no small feat mind you.

The week they returned I helped the other Kelli with Music camp by running a drama class for 4,5,6th graders. I had 22 kids in my class but the remarkable number was that there were over 260 kids signed up for music camp this year. Partly because we ran it in the afternoons right after VBX. We had a wonderful program that Friday night with about 400+ kids on the platform. There was singing, orff instruments, stomp, dance, drama and more! The week just flew but there were many decisions for Christ, and that was what it was all about.

February - Part 1

The Strongman is at it again! Phil was in a State Championship Weightlifting meet. He did great again.

He never ceases to amaze me with his strength and determination to work harder and be the best he can be. Jenn, Shelby, one of her friends from work, Daniel and Brandon all stopped by for a little support.

Squat - 265*

Bench - 231

Deadlift - 402*

*New State record for his class.