To Celebrate a Successful Season....

On January 25, 2008 we headed to the Germantown Country Club to have dinner in honor of Austin's wrestling banquet. We hadn't been to one before so we didn't know what to expect but we knew that we wanted him to go and be part of the celebration with the rest of his team and celebrate a successful season not only for the tournaments that they participated in but in the friendships that were made.

We arrived in the banquet hall and it was a very nice room with a long table set up to separate the "wrestling boys" from everyone else. Although that was a nice thought, having that many adolescent boys sitting at one table and expecting them to be well mannered and quiet long enough to eat any semblance of a well balanced meal, well, let's just say that they had a really good time. Anyhow, the evening was really nice. We had a wonderful dinner and there were people there to make sure that our needs were met and that we never went without something to drink. My mom would have been thrilled :0). After everyone had their bellies filled Coach Cleveland (who is their head Coach) got up and spoke to the boys and their parents about the season a bit and then presented each of the boys with a plaque which represented their success in completeing the 2007-2008 wrestling season. Then he presented 3 special awards. One for most improved. One for Wrestler of the year and one for Mr Hustle. Obviously most improved is what it states, Mr wrestler had many different components to it that was not all based on skill and forgive me for not remembering everything. And Mr. Hustle was someone who came to each practice and each tournament and gave everything that he had. He never complained, never made excuses and even though he didn't always win, he always had a positive attitude and walked away with the idea that next time he would learn from what he did then and take that into next time. He had alot of activities outside of wrestling, be it school or other sports, yet he maintained he commitment to them all and never let his team down and always gave everyone 100% AND.....you guessed it-Austin won that award. We were so proud of him. And I think it about knocked Austin off his chair when they called his name. So that just put the icing on the cake for the night. I don't know who floated higher out of the club...Chad or Austin. It was a father's proudest night and Austin was sure proud of his achievements....as he should have been.

Love to you all and til next time-