The Dudley Bunch: WrestleMania

Apr 12, 2010

WrestleMania

So Josh has wrestled now for a couple of years, and he loves it! This year after his first tournament Piper decided, no, demanded to start wrestling as well. So we sent her to practice thinking she would hate it...SO WRONG. She did however have many sore muscles...puny thing that she is. Well this weekend she and Josh both wrestled in a tournament. Piper did great. She was aggressive and feisty and completely unskilled. (she has only been practicing for 2 weeks) She got 4th (out of 5...all boys by the way). Josh was a beast as usual, throwing his signature move, the cement mixer on everyone he wrestled. It works well, I think he pinned five guys with it, but then in the medal round he got pinned with: you guessed it: the cement mixer. Oh well. He had a good time and was happy with a bronze. Coach Stone...you rock! Thanks for the great coaching and help at the tourny!

6 comments:

Sawdust Girl said...: Congratulations to Josh and Piper. That's awesome!; April 12, 2010 at 8:40 PM
jenniho ♥ said...: Good job on updating your blog Kara! Piper cracks me up - I love that she wrestles...She's going to be a handful in a few years!; April 13, 2010 at 9:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Very cool Josh and Piper! Great action shots!; April 13, 2010 at 10:06 AM
dianeb said...: Hey - so glad you found our blog! now I added you to ours!
I enjoyed reading older posts about you family!
you are all too cute/handsome!
sounds like you have a crazy/busy/fun filled life!
I especially loved and related to your post about "Balance" - I am sooooo trying to figure that out - have you made any discoveries?
Congratulations on "baby" - I hope all goes well this time!
btw - Sandra is coming this year for the reunion and will be in town for a couple days after the reunion around August 2-6 - we should all work on getting together!
let me know what you think.
my email: dianebphotography@gmail.com; April 13, 2010 at 4:44 PM
The Stones said...: Um...Somebody needs to call the anti-doping committee. I am pretty sure it is illegal to give an 8 yr. old steroids. Josh is yoked. It is a joy to coach the little guy, plus Riggin thinks he walks on water so wrestling must always be prevalent in Joshy's life. Sorry.; April 14, 2010 at 4:44 PM
TAMPA said...: Wow !! What a brave girl Piper is... Seriously, I don't know if I could do that !! Go Piper :); April 17, 2010 at 9:07 AM

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Our Story...the short version

Tim and I met in 1994, after his mission while I was in University in Lethbridge. After breaking and entering the Prince of Wales hotel that was under construction in the middle of February, we started spending a lot of time together. ( If you need more info about our meeting/breaking and entering...call me). Tim left that summer to go to Kansas City to take some science classes for Chiropractic school. While he was gone, he managed to get another girlfriend. Needless to say, we went our separate ways...and I was a little bitter. I guess he liked me best though, because for the next two years, he called me anytime he was home on semester break. Eventually he wormed his way back into my heart, and the rest is history. We married in October of 1996, and have been blissfully happy ever since. He is truly one of the best men I have ever known, and a great husband and father. That isn't to say he never drives me nuts...I am only human after all.

Family Vacations

There is nothing better than a family vacation. We have made it a huge priority to take vacations as a family. Not all of them are extravagant. In fact, some of our favorite memories are our trips to Alberta, or to the mountains a couple hours away. But one of our family's favorite destinations is Cancun, Mexico. What's not to love...the beach, ocean, food, and company is always outstanding. We went again last fall and had a blast. The kids were all at ages where we hope they will remember it. We had so much fun playing in the sand, and just hanging out together. The kids all got to swim with dolphins, and I was happy to be the photographer...in fact I may have gone overboard with my 500+ pictures. Here are a few of our favorites. Happy Memories.

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I have been blessed with 2 sisters. I didn't always think that was such a treat, but as I have gotten older and hopefully wiser, I have come to realize that sisters make the best friends. There isn't anything...(and I mean anything), I won't talk about with my sisters. A couple of years ago, we started having our "girls weekends", and let me tell you...that is fun. Undoubtedly someone is always nursing or pregnant, but it is still a blast. I was even lucky enough last year to be part of Kami and Tonya's births. I have always wanted to be on the other side of labor, if you will, and just be there as a support. Kami gave birth to Kiyomi in February, and Tonya to Walker in July, and I was there! They were both so amazing, and it was so cool to be part of it, and I am grateful I was in a position to go. Anyway...I love my sisters! Blood and all the others I have adopted to my heart over the years.

Family

Not only are Tim and I lucky to have our sweet kids, but we are blessed with great parents, siblings, and nieces and nephews. It is funny to see how big both families are getting. There are soon to be 24 grandkids on Tim's side, and soon to be 13 on mine. It is so much fun to get together with them whenever we can, and our kids have such fun when they are with Grandparents or cousins. It is a real blessing to have so many people who love you, love your kids, and are involved in helping them become the great people you want them to be. I don't think there is any way we can overestimate the value of such support. I am especially grateful that family is always there in the tough times, even more than when it is all fun. Just want you all to know how much we love and appreciate you all, even if we are too dumb to say it very often. There you go...a full serving of cheese. But I really do mean it all!

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