Beautiful......wish you were here!!!

After weigh-in this morning for the little man. We had a tasty lunch and then headed over to the beach for the afternoon to clear our heads, relax and "mentally" prepare for the BIG day tomorrow. (Yes we are all in training! This has definitely been a learning experience for ALL of us!!!) Can I just say that it was much needed after the CrAzY morning at the Tournament Headquarters?!?!? It was crazy and somehow we ended up leaving an important paper that the Mister needed to register for coaching so the little man and I were on our own! Yikes!!! So much Japanese and Judo talk around me! Boys running around in underwear/or down to their underwear or the other half had on those big sweat suits working extremely hard to lose that one to two kilograms (Yup! I said Kilograms. Everyone is weighed in kilograms at this level! Great! I have a hard enough time with our measuring system!!! Just ask Mister!!!!) to move to the lower bracket. That is just on the boy side and I wasn't even allowed in the weigh-in room! I won't even tell you about the poor girl that made a VERY bad decision to officially weigh-in with a tank, 2 t-shirts, 1 sweatshirt, flannel pajama pants and socks! To make a bad story easier, he told her he didn't want to see her again until he could calm down. Yikes! However, even I know better than that!!!

It was beautiful! We enjoyed it and had an amazing time! We do wish you were all here with us and sharing in our fun! Loves and Hugs!!

Update from Judo Land: Jonathan is a whole 32 kilograms. That puts him in the 31 kilogram bracket. This is the 2nd to lightest group for his age group. He will fight tomorrow (July 3rd) sometime after 10:00 am. As an added bonus, Sensei Bob has decided to form a team and so guess what? The little man will compete again on Sunday (July 4th) sometime after 11:00. Keep your fingers crossed and your prayers coming! He is so excited and we are so proud of him just for the sheer fact that he is here! He has such a calm deposition and is just enjoying himself! Being here is a priveldge and if you know how hard he has worked, you know that he deserves to be here and learn! Go little Jonny GO! Win or lose, learn, grow and do your best! We love you!!!