Wednesday, March 4, 2009

The Wrestler - no, not the movie.



Yesterday David and I went to Joseph's wrestling tournament at Olympus High School. Joseph is a second grader and a wirey little athlete. We found him as he came running across the gym to greet us upon our arrival. This tournament was for pre-schoolers to 4th graders. What fun it was to watch these little guys wrestling. The babies just grab and roll on each other but by the time it gets to the 4th graders there's some real wrestling. Joseph did very well. We were so proud of him. It reminded us of the wrestling days of Brett and John. They were in junior and high school. It was INTENSE. I could hardly breathe when my boys were on the mat. Every muscle I had was tightened as I pushed into David. Joseph's tournament was the first wrestling tournament since those Dunwoody days. What a contrast. I really loved watching Joseph do his thing. Here's the boy. Rock on Joseph!

3 comments:

Brett Nielson said...

Joseph does rock! Thanks so much for coming and taking those pictures.

Carrie said...

That is too cute. I am sure Brett taught him all the moves!

Claudia said...

When I came home from tennis, volunteering, and visiting with all 7 of Analisa's teachers at parent teacher conference, I asked Joseph how his match went. He said "I'm a winner,mom!" Apparently, he hadn't officially "won" but in his eyes he had. We must be doing something right;) Thanks for coming!