XC RUNNING WITH WYATT || THE BOB JONES FRIENDLY FIRST CHANCE 2.1 MILER

 

And we're off to the races... or meets that is. (Still getting used to the cross country lingo.) Wyatt and his teammates participated in their first XC meet of the season today, The Bob Jones Friendly First Chance 2.1 Miler. The team bused over first thing this morning and racing began around 8:00am. Wyatt is a member of the Athens Junior Varsity team which includes 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. The JV team competed against nine other local schools and ended up winning 3rd place overall! 🙌🏼 And Wyatt set a personal record for himself, finishing the 2.1-mile race with a time of 15:33, averaging 7:24 per mile. 👏🏼 We are so excited for the season ahead and look forward to watching our Big Stuff and his buddies continue to grow in the sport.

🧇Finished up the morning at Waffle House, because traditions.🧇

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WYATT'S FIRST FLAG FOOTBALL GAME

 I truly never thought this day would ever come. Turns out, you can only press your desires onto your children so much. Sports have always been a thing that Brad + I both loved and wanted our kids to enjoy and participate in. We had given tee-ball, buddy-ball, and basketball a try, but Wyatt's heart was never in it - evidenced by him running up and down the basketball court with his arms out like an airplane during nearly every game last year. =/

Thankfully, his love for Taekwondo hasn't diminished.

But last week, we were driving in the car and he asked if he could play football this year. I don't recall his exact words but he mentioned something regarding the men that play in the Superbowl. The next day he asked Brad about playing, so I took it upon myself to see if signing up for the flag-football league was still an option.

It was!

I picked him up from school and told him the great news last Friday. We picked up some hand-me-down cleats at the local Play It Again Sports ($9.99 Nike's were a total steal) and a PeeWee football.

And then Sunday, after church and lunch (#Priorities) we arrived at Field #2 for Wyatt's first EVER flag football game. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves for a bit and fill you in more at the end.

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