Wrap

So wrestling is all wrapped up this weekend with the home tournament at BWHS. Wrestling starts approximately 10:30 for any of you that want to come watch. Hopefully Joe will go out with a bang this tournament!! The week has come to an end once again and this weekend brings us to wrestling, Kelsie singing at 8:30 service for Palm Sunday, and hopefully some more packing. Our ad goes back into the paper next week for three weeks so all say a prayer for us that we can sell that place and get out of dodge;Thanks!! Have a great weekend all and enjoy all of this rain that is much needed for all of the remaining farmers.

Gifts

Joe is struggling with wrestling this year and I'm wondering if he truly loves the sport as I have grown to love. I have tried talking to him about this extra curricular activity with him but he reassures me he likes to wrestle. The last few tournaments he hasn't really shown an effort in his matches and the outcome reflects the same. I have told him if he's fallen out of love with the sport, wants to take a year off, or wants to be done entirely that that is okay with his dad and me we can accept the fact he may not want to wrestle anymore. I'm not sure if it's just a phase he's going through or what!! We know someone has to lose and we are okay with that it's the effort we would like to see to come back to win or to lose by a few points that we would like Joe to show us. Maybe this year he doesn't have the gift to wrestle hard or he isn't motivated to wrestle this year; time will tell I guess.
What a wonderful gift we received this weekend with this awesome weather. The kids took full advantage of the warm weather both Saturday and Sunday as most of the day was spent outside. Kelsie was able to spend time with Grandma Julie and Steve on Friday night she loved that change of pace. Bonding is good for both of them.
We have begun our moving of personal property over to Matt's house that we are going to share as Joe was threatened by a 13 year old Saturday with a knife. Joe told the Woodville Officer and the knife has since been confinscated but Joe and us included have now found another reason to move!!
I'm beginning to love this gift of warm weather!! I went for 1 1/2 mile walk during lunch today and plan to finish the other 1/2 mile during my afternoon break. As we walked into work this morning Becky pointed out the flowers were starting to poke through the ground and what more of a sign of spring do you need than that. Happy Day All!!!!

Weekend

Sunday was a big success considering all we had planned that day. Joe's first communion was good; Joe's face when he took that drink of wine was pretty comical. He said he's taking the grape juice next time. The party went well and then off to 4-H which the kids enjoyed and then Chad and Kelsie were off to dance class. This weekend brings us to yet another wrestling tournament if Joe decides he wants to go. Toward the end of the season he gets a little burnt out and doesn't want to participate as much. He only has two weeks of practice and two tournaments left so I think he'll make it. Kelsie is wearing her new outfit Marilyn bought her to school today; she searched high and low to find it this morning until she found it in the dryer. Man that outfit is hard to keep clean; gotta love those white clothes. It is truly so darn cute on her; (I'm not too favoring am I?) It's back to running this week to practices and dance class; last week doing no running really threw me off!! Tomorrow is the big day at work when all the participants of Biggest Loser weigh in to see who the winner is. It won't be me I'm sure but I did lose 10 pounds. I just need to stay motivated and get up in the morning to work out to get the rest of this weight off.

Zipper

Some of you know that lately I'm not afraid to say what's on my mind. Most of the time I keep it shut until I have time to cool down and then I address the problem. So this past weekend an area coach said something hurtful about Joe during one of his wrestling matches at regionals when he was sitting two people down from me. So this comment was eating me up so I wrote a letter to the wrestling club in a very professional manner and I guess I stirred up some feathers because two of the three parents from this club that I work with addressed me about it. I guess sometimes you just need to zip it and let it go. We will see how exactly the wrestling board deals with it and responds to my concern. This weekend brings us another wrestling tournament in Glenwood City and then a mini get together at the Mikla's. It's home early for us that night because Joe has his first communion on Sunday with a dinner afterwards. The kids have 4-H Sunday too at the bowling aisle at 2:00 that I forgot about when planning the dinner. I must be getting a little forgettful in my old age too. Then at 3:30 Chad and Kelsie get to head out to do their Dads and Dolls dancing class. What a nice treat; Marilyn and Aaron along with my two kids stopped by my work for a quick visit on their way home from the MOA. Kelsie became a rock star at Libby Lu today with new clothes from Limited Too; so so cute!!!! Joe kept talking about the rides and the shotting range. I'm sure there is more to tell but they needed to let me get back to work so they left. Have a great weekend all and chat again next week!!

Weekend

Well this weekend Joe attended regionals in River Falls. He lost his first match to a girl from Hudson by one point that he previously beat at the Hudson tournament so he was a little disappointed. His next match he was pinned fairly quickly so there is no State wrestling for him this year. He took it very well considering and just noted, "There is always next year" Kelsie hung out with Grandma Sue Saturday because she had the cold crud and didn't feel up to going so thanks to Grandma Sue!! Sunday was Sunday School and Joe's second class of communion classes. He will have his first communion next Sunday and he's looking forward to that. Chad got the ice shack off the ice on Sunday. He wanted to take Joe but I wouldn't let Joe go on the ice. I went to a concert on Sunday at the Myth Night Club to watch Scissor Sisters. It was kind of a culture shock but it sure was a good time!! The band was awesome and wonderful performers. I took Monday off to spend time with the kids on their first day of Spring Break. It sure was nice!!

Anticipation

This weekend is the big weekend for youth wrestling. Joe will be attending Regionals in River Falls this Saturday morning until he gets done. It's done by double elimination so two loses and he doesn't make it to State. He needs to place first or second to make it to State again this year. Pray for his best performance on that day. It's going to be a little more tough this year than it was last year as he is in 5th grade wrestling in the 5th -6th grade bracket. I'll let you know on Monday how well he did. He complained of his heel hurting again yesterday and when I told him he has regionals this weekend it didn't hurt so bad anymore so hopefully he's not in a ton of pain Saturday.

Time Spent Together

So Friday I used some PTO and spent time with the kids. We dug a tunnel or I should say I dug most of the tunnel for them. We went sledding down the hill and shoveled and played outside together. Saturday I took them bowling in Baldwin and then to the Dairy Queen. We rented some movies Saturday night; Barnyard and Nacho Libre. Joe got pretty emotional during Barnyard which really took me by surprise. I tried to reasure him that the movie gets funnier and his reply was, "It's just so sad when things die and this part of the movie sucks". We got through it and watched the rest of the movie. Then Joe and I watched Nacho Libre as Kelsie fell asleep on the couch and it wasn't very good at all!! I wouldn't recommend it. All in all it was a good weekend except for the issues Chad and I just can't seem to see eye to eye on but I won't bore you with those details. Have a good week!!