Today was our first wrestling tournament with the boys on the Southport Wildcards All-Star Team. We're so proud of them and how seriously they've taken this sport during their first season. They both made the traveling team and today we went to Greenwood High School for their 1st tournament. This was their first time to be all decked out in singlets, head gear, and mouth guards. I'm sure that felt much different than their t-shirt and shorts worn earlier in the season.
Kaden wrestled two matches losing both. While he was upset we kept telling him what a fantastic job he did. He hung in there during the entire match and never gave up. He did not get a medal or ribbon but that doesn't matter to us. The important thing was that he did his best.
Kaleb got a bye on his first match. He moved on to win the second match. He was to wrestle another kid from our team (Christian Malone) but, for some reason, that little guy and his dad left before the match started. Something must have come up since his dad had been helping out coach the Wildcards. Kaleb ended up winning his weight class and got a gold medal.
DAY 17 - January 17, 2009
Oh....Long's Bakery. We LOVE this store! They make the donuts just right and have so many kinds to keep everyone happy. Doug loves the chocolate covered cake and yeast donuts, Kaleb likes the ones with sprinkles or any one of the filled ones, Kaden really likes the cinnamon fried, apple cinnamon fried, or cinnamon twist donuts. I'm not a huge donut eater so I'm pretty happy with a simple twist or cinnamon twist. Kaleb took this picture and prompted the clerk to ask if he was working on a school project. I told her that we were working on taking a picture every day of the year and this is what we chose for today's pic. She kinda looked at me funny...oh well...we just moved on with our evening.
DAY 16 - January 16, 2009
Oh boy! I think this was the coldest day we've had in something like 10 years. While this particular temperature doesn't compare to the actual coldest reading recorded at the airport (-10 degrees below zero!) it does record our choice for the picture of the day...all I can say is COLD!! We drove by this little mechanic's building on Madison on this night and stopped to take this.
DAY 15 - January 15, 2009
Doug started taking some classes this semester to work toward getting his Associates Degree and then his Bachelor's Degree. I'm so proud of him for pushing through with this getting classes done as he can. He's enrolled in 2 on-line classes this semester. The computer class started on the 13th and he'll start a social work class in March.
No comments:
Post a Comment