For those of you who don't know, the Snyder name will be forever linked to wrestling. Basketball is the "b word" when you're around my inlaws. So needless to say we decided the boys should start organized wrestling this year. Our first intent was just to have Bronsen wrestle, but Parker really wanted to wrestle as well, so we let him. They've been practicing for a couple of weeks now and on Saturday was their first tournament. The night before there was a lot of "practice" going on.

During Parker's second match of the day he got choked and started crying. But he was up by 10 points, and we didn't want him to stop. After about 4 times of stopping the match to cry and Steve trying to talk him into getting back out there, it was finally over and he won! It is so hard to be a wrestling mom in moments like that! Anyway, for the next match I told Parker that if he wanted to win a Gold medal (which he'd been talking about all week) he just needed to go out and pin the next guy and if someone hurts you then you put your mad face on and pin him.

This is the mad face!

This is Bronsen wrestling. The picture is really bad, but you can still see the smile that stayed on his face the whole time. He loved it, win or lose.

Parker got the pin!!

In the end Parker came in first and got his Gold medal. Bronsen's bracket had a three way tie for first so they all got silver medals, but Steve informed me that by the points Bronsen won. In this picture is also their cousin Landon with his Bronze medal. Good job boys!