Final Wrestling season - take one...

Gable's wrestling career has been a bitter sweet one.  It is a sport that requires so much from a person and he has grown so much over the years.  He puts everything into it, but it is one of those sports that (as a mother) is exhilarating and heartbreaking all at once.  He has big plans for the year and is off to a great start and if my (and especially Wayne's) heart can endure it, it proves to be a great one.  Here's a few of the outtakes from one of the many very long days:

 

See Glory over there trying to get the video?

 Look at Wayne (and Zoe) in the stands - just know that it takes everything I have to hold the camera steady enough to get even a crappy picture.

 Reviewing the tapes - there's always something to improve on...

And then sadly for Gable, wrestling (when food becomes an obsession) not only falls during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, but also his birthday.
This year he turned 18!!!!
18.....not possible!

 A homemade walking stick from Grandpa!

 And a healthy cake from his sisters!