Final Wrestling Tourneyment!

Today was our final wrestling tourneyment of the season (can you say WHOOHOOOO!) Even though we went to four meets, Little J did not medal at any... he came in 4th place twice - but no medal.... until today! He won both his matches and got to wrestle in the championship round!!! He was psyched! He has done really well this year! He ended up with the silver and he was REALLY proud of how well he had done.... overall a great season!!!

One cute cookie !

First fishing of the year

The kids are on Spring Break this week - which is kinda dumb because around here it is really still very much WINTER!!! Little J was getting fishing antsy... so we decided to load up and take a trip down to one of the small lakes. We caught nothing, broke two rods and Miss O lost interest pretty quick!

The Poker Run

Everyone loaded up early this morning and headed out to the annual motorcycle Poker Run. All the kids "earned" a trophy just for being there - (well, that and their parents paying a lofty entrance fee!)
The kids all did great!

St Paddy's Day!

A great day for Wrestling, a holiday and a birthday!!! What fun!!!
The boys had a tourneyment here in Eburg, and both did really well.... I spent alot of time in the bracketing room helping (way more time than I had "volunteered"! haha) It was a pretty good day overall! Of course it is also the hubbys birthday as well!!!

Spring motorcycling

The "boys" went down south for a ride today - taking advantage of a mild day! As usual, they had a great time!

Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance

Tonight was a special night! It was Miss O and her Papa's very first Daddy-Daughter Dance!!! Miss O got all dolled up for this special day! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture of her and her Papa!

Welcome to March.... Welcome to Wrestling Season!

Around our house.... March signals wind, cold, the potential start of spring, and of course WRESTLING season!! Today was our first match in Royal City - a really really small town about an hour east of us (aka - the toolies!!).

Both boys won their first matches, which meant that they would be wrestling at least two more times. Little J lost his second match, so he qualified for the consoluation round (3rd and 4th place). In that round, he lost 1-0... he was a little bummed - but thrilled that he ended the first meet with a 4th place finish and one pin!

Big Al won his first, then was working really hard on his second match... while taking the other wrestler to the mat, the other child landed wrong - and broke his arm! It was awful to watch and just as awful to sit there while the kid is in horrendous pain! Ugh - not fun! Big Al then went on the wrestle in the championship round. His heart was not in it (understandably) and he lost by 3 points. He had a tough day and decided it was just time to leave after that match. I was a bit surprised that he didn't even want his medal... but its understandable...
Now... to see if they still want to do this NEXT Saturday (and every ((UGH)) Saturday in March)


Big Al in the Championship match


Little J getting ready to start his match