Wrestling - Gator Roll 2012

RYAN SPEARS - 1ST PLACE - 152 - KLEIN OAK GATOR ROLL 2012 ~ So, it never dawned on me to take the regular camera. We have all of Ryan's matches recorded on video - unfortunately, there is some crazy woman screaming and carrying on in most of the video (sorry, Ryan). He's going to try and get them off the video camera and onto his Facebook page. If he does it, warning, you'll want to keep the volume down. Until then here are some pictures someone else took at the event:

I know this is incredibly blurry but this was Ryan winning first place. You will note that his coach's feet (guy in the red shirt and jeans) are not touching the ground. I think we were all a little excited!

This is Ryan receiving his medal - the paper is the bracket chart showing who he wrestled and him as number 1.

Ryan - First Place Champ - 152

Cy-Woods Boys Varsity Team - The team took 1st place too!

Cy-Woods Boys Varsity and Girls Teams.

Great Job Ryan!!

Wrestling & Twilight

Wrestling season started yesterday...Ryan was VERY disappointed that he missed the Varsity Team by 1 point but he'll have an opportunity to try out again. Until then he'll wrestle JV. Last night was the first match - he pinned the guy in under 40 seconds!! (No, no picture yet - I'll get one though.) **UPDATE: Ryan just called...the 152 varsity wrestler is hurt, so Ryan will be wrestling Varsity!!! Can you say EXCITED? The boy is EXCITED!!** And as it happened last year, Ryan had a wrestling match on the same night the newest Twilight movie came out...

We purchased tickets to watch a double feature - Breaking Dawn 1 then Breaking Dawn 2, the final installment of the Twilight series. Went with Deana and Amy - I have NO IDEA why Amy and her friend decided to wear Cow pajamas - and of course, Amy had to throw in a tutu?!?!? Anyway, if you've watched the other Twilight movies, you'll want to see this one! Minus the cows, probably :o)

Family Reunion & other things...

Dan's family reunion was held at the end of October at Brazos Bend State Park. Here are Dan and his sisters, Kathy and Twila.

And here is Twila with our niece, Julia! Haven't seen Julia in many years - it was so good to see her!

Donny's Homecoming took place at the end of September this year. He stopped by the rehab facility before he left to show off his suit to Gram. What a handsome young man! And a proud Grandma!

Preston was in Thailand in August as part of his deployment. As you can see, he spent some time "hanging" with an elephant!!