News from the homefront!

For some reason - this post took me forever to get on here! Last weekend we took the boys to the first wrestling tournament of the season in Yakima. This was Little J's very first tournament! He had loads of anxiety.. there was a lot of nervous crying (something he is very proficient in!) and lots of stress for him....
Big Al was ready - there were no big issues for him! The only challenge he faced was that he had to wrestle a GIRL right off the bat! That threw him for a loop! He ended up beating her without too many problems.
It turned out that Big Al and Little J were in the same weight class - something that we were concerned about... they are about a pound apart in weight. The first match - Jason had to wrestle - he did end up losing 7-2... at least he scored points! The second match, he wrestled the same girl that Alex beat... It was Jason's first win... though it was stressful for him - he was very relieved!

Here is a very bleary picture of Little J starting his first match (he lost to the same guy that beat Alex - who did end up winning the weight class)

Here is Little J down in the referees position....

Big Al starting off the match he ended up losing to the same boy who beat his brother.

It was an extremely loooooong day! I felt better knowing that Little J had won at least one match - so he was not discouraged enough to quit! Big Al ended up the day taking 4th place in the weight class... Little J took 5th... not bad out of 8 kids!

Saturday will be yet another match - this time a little further away in Wenatchee... hopefully - we will have some good news and better pictures to post!

The video is of Little J winning his match... the look of relief on his face in the end is classic!!