My Dad is Stronger than Your Dad

This weekends activities included Mama heading to Madison for her weekend of drill and Nick and Finnegan heading up to Viroqua.

Nick had a Strongman Competition on Saturday in LaCrosse.

So while I wasn't there, it apparently was a gorgeous day, Nick was suprised by all the people that showed up to cheer him on.

My Mom, Grandpa, Uncle Arthur and Aunt Janet, and my other Uncle Tom and his girlfriend Nancy.

This competition was a 'practice' for the National competition that Nick had already qualified when he won the Chicago competition back in April. Here he is flipping an 800 lb tire.

Nick also was very successful with his deadlift! He and this other guy below were tied for 1st place and Nick won the tie breaker by deadlifting 630 lbs on an axel! And just to show the "crowd" that he was worthy of the win, he added another 50 lbs. for a 680 lb. total which was a national record for the axel deadlift.

Unfortunately, Nick hurt his leg pretty seriously on the tire flip.

So there is a good chance he won't be able to compete at Nationals this year.

What a bummer. But he did amazing, we're very proud of him!