The Brittons

It is officially the season of sitting in gyms.  Basketball and wrestling are in full force, and we have 2 high school schedules going on.  Both kids have had their team pics taken and have each competed a handful of times.  Owen has had 2 tournaments and 2 duals and is wrestling varsity at 165 pounds.  It's not the weight that he expected to be at, but so far, he is doing ok.  He weighs in at just over 160 on a good day, so we are not having to worry about cutting/maintining weight at all.  At least not yet.  So, this is great!  The downside of this is that he is a freshman in a higher weight class, which means that he will most likely see a lot of juniors and seniors in his brackets. So far he is holding his own and getting better every day. Versailles tournament Last Saturday was spent in Versailles.  This was the most recent competition.  Owen did pretty well and placed 5th going 4-1 on the day.  I think there were 19 or 20 kids...

I can't believe it has been over month since my last post.  We got busy again and there is so much more that I need to include, but this is a start for Thanksgiving.  The pictures are a little out of order, but I'll just go with it and work backwards.  We hosted for Thanksgiving again this year, and had a lot of fun with family.  That weekend constisted of the Turkey Trax again for Owen and me, family time eating turkey and ham, getting our Christmas tree, and the last home Mizzou football game.  Here we go... Owen insisted that we cut down THE BIGGEST tree. We have never had a tree this big in our house before. Of course it will (not) fit. Do you see how wide that is? It was a workout just to cut it down! And carry it back to the truck Nick broke the top off so we saved it as a souvenir. On the way out to the tree field Family pic It was so windy Trying to get it up was not easy, either. I have never seen Nick struggle so much. AND... we ran out of lights. But ...