Dust's Powerlifting Meet :)

Before we really even had a chance to unpack from Dustin's trip to Boards in Daytona and our trip to Indiana, we packed up and headed for Fort Lauderdale. Dustin competed in the Florida State Powerlifting Championships.

On our way to South Florida!

This is something that he has been training for and cutting weight for for nearly 15 weeks. His discipline and intrinsic motivation is amazing to watch. He is so inspiring.

We arrived at our beautiful hotel around 5 and got settled. We spent the evening at the location site for the meet as well as doing some last minute preparations for the meet. We turned in early so that we would be ready for the long day ahead.

Our View!

Crabby but cute!

Big Bed!

Joy!

Up high!

When we woke up, we headed straight for the competetion. Dustin was nervous about making weight...so we were releived when he came in nearly 3 pounds under!

So Photogenic...

Staring at daddy!

Starbucks!

He spent the day backstage texting me and keeping me updated and Xavier and I spent the day in the audience watching the lifts and cheering on daddy! It was surprisingly a really cool experience and Dust did amazing...as to be expected. During one of his last lifts, Xavier saw him and yelled out "Dada!" It was quiet enough that even Dustin heard it and the people around me thought it was the cutest thing (it was)!

Cat nap!

Benching

Deadlifting

Squatting

 The people in the audience were very impressed with him, as were the judges.

Proud of my Daddy!

Whooo!

Boys!

GO DADDY!

Love Bugs!

Lunch...

Yay!

Silver Medalist!!!!

Congrats dada!

:)

Beanie is next...

Number one fans!

He received 2nd place overall in his division and got a silver medal!

While we were there, I took videos of all of his lifts. He took them and compiled them into one video...Enjoy!

Click Here to see Dust's Video

Xavier and I were so very proud of him! He is truly an amazing man.