Will competed in the Veterans National Wrestling Tournament on May 7th in Utah. Our ever expanding family drove all the way across barren Nevada for this tournament.
Will cut about 25 pounds to wrestle at 152 pounds for this tournament. I had to explain to my cousin and Mom why Will was putting himself through torture. Seriously, I have no idea why he has to do it. But it has something to do with "If all of his friends jumped off a bridge--he would have to too."
(Some body call the fire department--this guy is H.O.T.)
When we got to the tournament I pointed to a guy who had muscles on his muscles and said "See how much bigger that guy is than Will. That guy is in the weight class above Will. If Will hadn't cut down an extra weight class, he'd have to wrestle that guy." Ten minutes later Will met us up in the stands and pointed to the same guy saying: "I think he'll be my toughest competition."
Whhhhhhhhaaat!
Well, that big guy took first place. Will took second--which means he qualifies for the World Tournament in Switzerland this summer. We are so, so proud of him.
This is my Mom--She is wonderful. She flew out from Maine to see Will's wrestling tournament and for my brother's graduation from Idaho State University. It was so, so, so great to see her.
I don't know if you can tell from these pictures--but Adell is as happy as a clam. Adell just loves to be held and Grandma Claudia was happy to hold this baby. All. Day. Long.
The kids were so excited about Daddy's trophy. They argued over who really gets to keep it. Usually, any medal Will wins goes to the girls because Wyatt wins his own medals. We decided this trophy needs to be the whole families. We all made the drive to Utah and we all ate delicious food while Daddy starved himself--don't you think we deserve a bit of the prize?
Did you get a good look at that picture? I love all the additions that "needed" to be included in Daddy's proud moment. The trophy, of course, but we couldn't leave out Lorien's lip gloss, Clare's apple and Wyatt's black eye.
2 comments:
Sounds like a fun trip- I'm glad you got to hang out with your mom - she is cute. also - we are very proud of Will.
You make me laugh. I love how you can find the humor in things.
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