My Very First BJJ Competition

I am proud to announce that I will be in my first Jiu Jitsu Competition coming up on September 10th. I am trying to decide whether I want to do GI or NOGI, but I think I will most likely end up doing both. This competition is the Fight for Heros Charity Grappling Tournament. Come support your local fighters and come watch our fighters such as Caleb Hudson, Jarret Jones and many more! I'm nervous but very excited to watch my friends compete and for the experience of it all!

Also, check out the video for it...

Hope you guys can come watch and have a good time!

Here are some pictures this week of us training:



Frustration

Today, I write this blog in frustration. As you know, the AC has been broken. I'm still not back at my house because after the third time of them being there... they still can't fix it. Today, I am waiting on a phone call for them to go back out there... AGAIN... to "attempt" to fix it. Don't get me wrong, I love staying at my parents, they're awesome, but i'm ready to be back in my own house in my own bed, and I think the dogs are ready to be back in their own yard.

Anyways, to get rid of the frustration, i'm going to remember the good times from this weekend....

Friday night: Sister time!!

We made some delicious "Wookie" cookies. Tara and Jason are huge fans of Star Wars.

Then we had some fun with crayons and this is the outcome!

Aren't we creative? hehe, I love nights with my sister, we're so random and we always have a good time!

Saturday: Running, Jiu Jitsu, hanging out with my family and cousins, failed attempt to fix the AC, and then girls night out!

We ran 3 miles on Saturday and we had fun. We had a guy hold up his "slow" sign, so I guess we were going pretty fast! yay! hehe...

Jiu Jitsu was fun rolling with JoAnn and Lynn. Here is a picture of them rolling. I learned a lot rolling around with them and it was good to get back into the swing of things.

After that, I went to hang out with my family until the AC people called. I love my family. They're so awesome. My uncle got a new job and he was talking to me about that, i'm so proud of him! I also got to see my cousins for a little bit after not seeing them for a few weeks. Aiden was telling me about his toy lizard and Cambree was funny saying that she was going to brother's appointment in her rainboots. My Pepaw gave me a lunch of string cheese and a breadstick... hahaha... I love my Pepaw so much! Then I went to my house and waited two hours for them to "fix it". Then I hurried back to my parents to get ready and let the house cool down until Sunday. I got scared while getting ready because my uncle decided to come to my parents house. He needed some tools. My cousin, Korbin, was sad to leave after only being there for a short time.

When I got ready, Tara came to pick me up and we went to Melissa's and to Grahams to dance! Here is a few pics that I (Tara) managed to get of the night, it was a blast!

I LOVE MY GIRLS!!!

Yesterday, I was excited to pack up my stuff and head home to my house. When I got to my house it was 86 degrees! I figured it was still trying to cool off so I stayed there for a couple of hours and it was only getting higher. When I left the house it got all the way up to 89 and I just headed back to my parents house. We went to run yesterday evening too, and we ran 4.5 miles! Hopefully when they come today, they will fix it for good! Wish me luck and cross your fingers for me!











I want to teach Marley or Maddie to do this...

Here it goes...

Here it goes...

Saturday I went out with my girls, Ami, Meghan and Jamie. We had a blast. We went to Cancun Grill, the Hemmingway and then Woofers and Tweeters. Here is a summation of random words/sentences that went on during our night: Parking really far away and Ami and Meghan having to walk in heels, Oh crap I missed the toilet and peed on the floor, I Am Legend... TOTALLY GOING TO HAPPEN, creepy stalker ex, cowboy, guy that can dance, the Cupid Shuffle, and so much more! Anyways, one of the best nights we had! Here is our mirror pic that we used to do all the time back in the day!

The next morning, I woke up to a burning, smokey smell, I freaked out and ran and checked everything but nothing was on so I just figured it was my clothes from the night before and went back to sleep. I woke up and I still smelled it and I was extremely hot so I went to look at the thermostat and found out that my AC is broken... again. So all day I laid there lazy until Ami got there to run 3 miles. We ran it and I came back to a hot house. So hot that Marley even stayed in front of the fan with me, wish I got a picture. Anyways, the next day we have the people come look at it and the fan motor was completely broken off so they had to order parts and they won't be in until Thursday and so the dogs and I packed up and went to stay with my parents. I love being at my parents house. They're so cool! My Mom is the best cook in the world and my Dad is the best at grilling! Yum, I am totally eating better here too. My dad set up a play area for the dogs and Marley being very sneaky, got out twice. The first time she snuck up behind me and scared me! The second time was the next morning and we found her on the porch, so thank goodness she knows to stay close! She was also laughing at us because we couldn't figure out how she got out, but we finally figured it out and she's been stuck in there since!

Yesterday, Ami, Tara and I went running again and we ran 3 miles again. We did a great job! We will be running again on thursday for 4 miles, Saturday for 3 miles and again on Sunday for 5 miles. That will be 15 miles total for the week! Then Tara and I headed back to my parents house and ate some delicious fajitas!

While I've been staying at my parents, they got me watching Conan. Conan is HILARIOUS. Anyways, If ya'll didn't watch this episode of Conan with Shaq, y'all need to. I've never really liked Shaq much, but after watching this, he seems like a pretty cool guy. Shaq also likes to fit into small things (to him) like GoKarts "You look at me. You look at the thing I am about to get in, people say 'he can't get fit in that.' And I'll be like, 'watch this!'"  (p.s. I felt sorry for the guy who had to pull Shaq on that thing!!) Shaq in a Pink Jeep and falling = FUNNY!