Pup Wrestling 2014

For the last two weeks, we spent our evenings watching the boys participate in a pup wrestling camp. The camp is usually for k-6 graders, but we were able to get Travis in this year even though he wasn't technically old enough. They had lots of fun learning new moves and being able to wrestle in the wrestling room with all the cool high schoolers and uncle Jared (who was a coach for the high school team this year). After two weeks of practicing, they had a tournament last Friday night. They each got to wrestle around 6 times and had some wins and some losses. I'm glad they had a good time and hope they continue to like it!

Carson really improved from last year. He did a good job of trying to do the things he had been taught and was way more aggressive this year than last year. It's a good thing because he always ends up wrestling kids that are older and more experienced than him because he's bigger than most 2nd graders. 

Carson working on one of his opponents.

Getting some pointers from Uncle Jared.

Ready to wrestle.

Winner!

For it being Travis' first year, he did really well. He was really more interested in what was going on in the crowd than what he was doing on the mat, most of the time, but never quit moving while he was doing it! It was quite funny to watch him.

Wrestling away.

Travis had to wrestle one of his good friends Rocco a couple of times in the tournament. They were the littlest guys there!

Travis watching something in the crowd.

The kids all lined up after they were done wrestling.

Travis with the medal they got for participating.

Uncle Jared was one of the coaches for the camp. They thought it was pretty cool to have him there helping them!