We've been enjoying following Keaton's progress with wrestling this year. For a sport that we never thought any of our boys would be interested in, it has turned out to be a great one for Keaton. He wrestled in a two-day tournament this past weekend. We got to go for the Friday matches. In both days he won 5 out of 7 of his matches. He won the Round Robin Medal, which is just an exhibition prize, but it's the only one they give for the exhibition matches. He now has two wrestling medals, having won 3rd in Bi-state last year. We call him the "Take-Down King" because that seems to be his technique. He likes to get the guys down on the mat early and get them pinned before they know what is going on. If he isn't able to do that, and they have a long drawn-out match, he loses more of his chances of winning. One of his coaches told us that he likes the fact that Keaton seems to learn from his mistakes, and he remembers which holds to try to make work at the right times. It's so cool to see everything click for him with this sport!
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Preston has been working hard in school. He enjoys playing basketball and hackey-sack during his lunch hour. He is glad to be co-editor in yearbook because he just directs the students on what to do, he just has to make sure they get the deadlines met. He's looking forward to track this spring and having Keaton take it, too. He's been doing a lot of reading, and has gotten a couple of new games that he's been enjoying (a little too much at times!)
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Winston is learning to read and write. It's really neat, because he's been picking it up a lot on his own lately. We got him a new pillow the other day. He decided the pillow's name was going to be "Max" and it is his new friend. He decided to measure 'Max' on the door where we keep track of the boys' heights. He measured and marked the spot and wrote the word "MAX" all by himself, then came and got us to come see. He's also been making plans to remodel the kitchen for me. He keeps telling me where the new lights need to go and where the Microwave needs to be moved to. Today he told me we need to build a swimming pool for the kitchen. We aren't really planning to remodel - but Winston is making plans!
