Prayers

Every night we say prayers with the kids and after we say our prayers-they each get a turn to say God Bless... We usually let them say whatever they want to say within reason. This has always been very entertaining, usually just from Julien, because he usually says, God Bless mom, dad, you de best...cheese sticks and that daddy brings me cheese sticks, 'cause you de best, etc.

Well, this past weekend, Acel had his first wrestling tournament this season. He did really well, but he REALLY wanted a trophy and that was not meant to be this tournament. We had put him in the 55 pound weight class due to the holidays, because after he gained 7 pounds over the summer, we weren't sure when the next big weight gain was going to be. As luck would have it, he would have had no problem making the 50 pound weight, but we had to register so early for the tournament and couldn't change the weight class. He did really well and we were so proud of him, but he lost two matches by points, pinned one kid, and then was pinned in his last match. All in all it was a good day and he fought really hard, but as you can see from his prayers below it just didn't meet his expectations. When I heard him say these prayers, I just couldn't quit laughing.

So these were Acel's prayers Monday night...that mom and dad put me in a better weight class next time because that last guy almost killed me and the first two guys almost pinned me and ...