Injuries are making for long matches

Will wrestles in about twenty minutes he will wrestle twice at this tournament

Chase's Birthday!!!!

Today is Chase's birthday!!! He's  11, can you believe that! Eleven!!! WOW, he is so big now. And he is crazy tall!!!! So tonight we are going out to a Red Robin, thats what he asked for. Then next weekend he will have a party at the bowling alley, and a sleepover. I took him balloons and cupcakes at school today. He was so exciyed!!!!!!! All he could do was smile :)

TODAY IS THE DAY - YES?

Ok, today is the start of a new life. Yesterday we visited a church called Daybreak Community Church. I think it will be our new home :) Today, Hunter and I had our very first Mommy and Me Swimming class!!!! So excited, he is so cute (even if I say so myself ) it was so much fun, Steve was at his first day of work, his mom was at home feeling good but just hanging out, the kids were all back at school. And I took Tiffany's advice about an I App and got a I touch, I downloaded the calorie counter, did my work out, burned some mega calories and even ate good. I came home to Barbra, which was kind of a downer cause I really wanted to come home to Tiffany and a walk with good conversation but Barbra will do for now. Things are going to get back to calm and as normal as it can get with a 5 children blended household with a grandma living with us :P I hope to find my way back to the Lord, I have felt so far from him since this all started back in WA. Being at church on Sunday, we've gone to so many and I didn't feel God at all. But there I left with an extra step in my walk, kinda grinning and that says alot for me since smiling is not something that has been coming easy lately. This morning I woke up thinking about going back to church on Sunday and thought, why can't today be the start, why can't today I try to talk to God, why can't today be the Day? So here it is, lets hope I keep my momentum. So - thanks to Tiffany, Ivy, and Natika - in small ways each and every one of you seeded my faith and my love for not only you but my family. I know that we don't get to talk on the phone alot but I prayed this morning that I won't ever lose my friendship with you. I miss you guys. And have a great night, talk to you tomorrow :)

Wrestling

Will had his first tournament today, well a few days ago he had his takedown tournament, he lost every match but almost pinned all of them. He's not great on his feet yet but he is good on the mat. He took that lose pretty hard, then today it was just be and him there. We followed all the matches that were before him, I taught him how to make the brackets and how to watch the wrestlers, find their weakness's and use it. We talked all morning, and watched and watched, he was so excited, had it all in his head, knew what he was going to do. He was so excited, and ready. First period - no points, no control, no takedown, he wrestled hard, Second period - Opposing wrestler cross faced him illegally and choked him, Ref called it, warning given, Cross faced illegally again, point given, Will is on bottom, once again cross faced illegally, times up, periods over, Will grabs his neck he can't breath - kid shows his arm to ref. Will is disqualified from tournament. Hours waiting for those 3 minutes, gone just like that. The Ref came over and talked to the coach and said he was required to disqualify him because there were teeth marks on the kids arm, but he was there and saw the whole thing, it was unintentional and not done by Will at all but by the kid illegally crossfacing him. He apoligized to Will and us, told Will he did a really good job. Will held his head high grabbed his stuff and we left. He was fine until he got in the car, he just broke down and cried, that guy cheated, that guy was doing illegal moves and I got disqualified its not fair. I agree with him. I can't do anything about it. We talked about how to get out of the possibility of being cross faced and talked about how he needs to shoot more. Lesson learned I guess. On the way out he told me he wants to go to camp and train with a REAL wrestler, so he can get better and come back and "battle" that kid again.

Happy New Year

Well we have had an interesting 2009 and it kept its high ride up until the end. Last night we played yahtzee and the Wii and we had snacks and mixed drinks, and we had a great time. The kids stayed up late but only by about an hour from their regular time, they went to bed then me and Steve and Barbra went to bed, Me and steve watched the ball drop from the comfort of our bed in eachothers arms. Having such a calming kiss made me excited to see what the new year will bring. I took a deep breath and went to sleep, I love my husband, I love my mother in-law, I love my kids, and even though its hard I love my life. I hope and pray I can keep my witts.

Happy new year !!!