This year marks one of my favorite birthdays ever. It fell on a Friday, and Garreth took the day off work and sent me to Park City for a day of shopping...alone. (For an introverted mother of five, "alone" is one of the nicest words ever.) As if that wasn't enough, I came home to this:
And then, to make things even better, my sister Cait and her three kids came over to spend the weekend with us. We all went out to my favorite Mexican restaurant, then home for birthday key lime bars and presents.
I was spoiled yet again by this awesome family of mine.
The kids loved having cousin time.
Having Halle, Kael, and baby Ryan at our house is one of our favorite things ever. And getting to snuggle a newborn on my birthday? The absolute best.
Liam and Declan finished up another fun year of wrestling with the Pee Wee Tournament the next day.
They both worked hard and did their best.
Declan gets a big laugh over this sport. It's cute to see him having so much fun!
He lost the first match and dominated the second (it might have been a slightly dirty fight - the other kid started crying and wouldn't go back out on the mat to finish) for an overall third place in the 43-45 pound weight division.
Over in the light heavyweight division, Liam took things a little more seriously.
The first match, he fought a very strong kid and lost. Liam doesn't take losing well, and he channeled all his frustration into the second match, which he won by a landslide for an overall second place.
I never thought that I would be excited about my boys wrestling, but it has been so good for them. I think it has given them a lot more strength and self-confidence and discipline. I wish Sam would do it to, but he just doesn't like all those eyes on him while he's on the mat - and I totally get that! Maybe next year he'll get the eye of the tiger, too....
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I'm so happy we were there. Love the pic of Liam and Ryan.
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