Cale competed in his 2nd state competition! While he had a rough season with a bump up in his age category, we did some things that helps him succeed and finish out his season with his head held high. While he didn't place at state this year we were so PROUD of how he competed this final time for the season.
First time that a tournament was only an hour from our house!!! It was so nice to "sleep in".
Because the kids sleep in their clothes and their "bored bags" are already packed and most times already loaded in the car, we just roll them out of bed toss shoes on their feet and into the car they go. I packed breakfast the night before for everyone. Kennedie LOVES rice krispie cereal and takes it to school every morning for breakfast, so I packed her a baggie full of cereal, a disposable bowl and spoon and a waterbottle with milk. (typically she takes a reusable bowl that holds the cereal during transport to school but I needed to maintain space restrictions so disposable was better that day)
Yogurt for Cale for breakfast!!
Cale and Dad call each other "Waffle Bros" so I found these AWESOME waffle socks on amazon and they arrived the day before the tournament!! He was SO excited to have new wrestling socks!!
Our weekend was PACKED that weekend. Saturday was dress rehearsal for competition season for Kennedie, and Sunday was GA Little Kids State!!! I was exhausted Monday!
State was held at the Perry Fairgrounds.
The waiting is the hardest for him! His adrenaline starts pumping the minute we wakes up that day!
Because state was held on a Sunday and we live in the bible belt they had a mini church/testimony before everything got kicked off. 
Tournaments are always better with the Ohana! Look at that mega retirement beard!!!
Our team praying after warmups!
Ready for his first round!
Because of his season he was placed against the number 3 kid in the state. We knew going in it was going to be a tough one. He lost but he FOUGHT and that is all we WANTED from him. He lost his second round as well but he went all three rounds and only lost by ONE stinking point!
The photographer there got this shot. Unfortunate for the other kid because i'm sure it's uncomfortable (but totally a legal move) but I love it just the same as he shows Cale doing what he loves - fighting to do his best until the bitter end.
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