NCS

Getting ready to go see the baby boy.

He's been in Newark since Thursday night. Yesterday he wrestled SIX times. His record 5-1. The Deer Valley boy beat him again. (He won 1st in league) The score was 8-4. No pin.

I don't know exactly what time they finished because he talked to Dad and his battery was dying on his phone, so I didn't get to talk to him, but i think it was pretty late (10ish)

That's a darn long day!

Good luck today, kiddo! We are very proud of you!

Stimulus Bill

Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics professor and says, "I don't understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain it to me?"

The professor replied, "I don't have any time to explain it at my office, but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my weekend project, I'll be glad to explain it to you." The student agreed.

At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor's house. The professor stated that the weekend project involved his backyard pool.

They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the student a bucket. Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said, "First, go over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water as you can." The student did as he was instructed.

The professor then continued, "Follow me over to the shallow end, and then dump all the water from your bucket into it." The student was naturally confused, but did as he was told.

The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times, and began walking back to the deep end of the pool.

The confused student asked, "Excuse me, but why are we doing this?"

The professor matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make the shallow end much deeper.

The student didn't think the economics professor was serious, but figured that he would find out the real story soon enough.

However, after the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end, the student began to become worried that his economics professor had gone mad. The student finally replied, "All we're doing is wasting valuable time and effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when this process is all over, everything will be at the same level it was before, so all you'll really have accomplished is the destruction of what could have been truly productive action!"

The professor put down his bucket and replied with a smile,

"Congratulations. You now understand the stimulus bill."


*Thanks, Stamp.

You'd fall over and get pinned too!

If you had this beast on your back! The white singlet is what you get when you're in the championship round. They're not too flattering, but still kinda cool that they got to show off being in the finals! I am going to miss watching my little He-man wrestling!!

Way to go, Liberty!

These boys won first place in the team duals for the League. Good job, guys!

My guy is the one with the HUGE dimples that can be seen for miles :)

Now you know!

I don't have any dumb ones, but this almost works!

I even have a Jack :)

It's that time again

I'm a little sheltered. I knew it was coming up, but didn't realize the rest of California was already blooming! I would have been taking road trips!!!



Sorry for the raindrops on the windows and the blurry trees. Hubby was driving!

This is my absolute favorite time of the year.....other than when the cherries are harvested :)

This is just wrong

This beautifully handsome boy, while I do think he needs a haircut, has the thickest, curliest hair. Why can't I have that??? This is after being sweaty all day, but I still can't figure out where those curls came from!!




I don't know what these boys would do without their texting and their game boys.

He went 2 and 1 today. Is still in the tournament for tomorrow. I'll keep you posted!

How cool is this?

http://www.contracostatimes.com/high-school-sports/ci_11631780?nclick_check=1

BRENTWOOD — Liberty High wrestling coach Greg Chappel told his team before Wednesday night's dual meet against Freedom that the visiting Falcons had one thing that the Lions should want — the Bay Valley Athletic League title.

Thanks to a timely pinfall by heavyweight Ryan Korner, the Lions got exactly what they wanted.

Leading by just one point with three matches to go, Korner picked up a big six points for the Lions when he managed to get Nick Pierce on his back to score a pinfall win and send Liberty to an eventual 37-30 win over defending league champion Freedom.

With the win, Liberty (4-0) clinched the BVAL title.

From the beginning of the night, it looked like Freedom (3-1) might be a bit overmatched. David Klingsheim won by technical fall at 119 pounds, Anthony Thurgood won 14-8 against Dominic DiMercurio at 125, and Nico Serrano beat Zach Hansen 15-5 at 130 to give Liberty a 12-0 lead.

Freedom climbed back into things in an instant, though, when 135-pounder Josh Cohen, trailing 15-10 at the time, managed to turn Cody Krimm to score a pinfall victory in the third period, making the score 12-6 Liberty.

"Honestly, everybody did a great job," Chappel said. "The only match that kind of sickened us a little bit was Krimm's match. That kind of kept them in the match, I think, because we were up big in that one."

The Lions picked up another win at 140 pounds thanks to a 16-6 win by Jesse Baldazo, but a

good effort at 145 by Ryan Smith meant Freedom's most heralded wrestler, Nick Waldrop, managed only a 7-6 win for just three team points. Wins by David Rios (by pinfall) and Chris Leyen put Liberty up 25-9 heading to the heavier weights.

That's where Freedom took over. Gabe Tulchinsky picked up an 8-3 win at 171 pounds before Justin Baffico and Jeremy Parsons scored back-to-back pinfalls to make the score 25-24 Liberty heading into the heavyweight match. That's when Korner gave Liberty the victory it desperately needed.

"Everything matched up the way it should have been, and we knew it was going to come down to one match," Falcons coach John Parsons said. "That was the one match we needed, and they got it."

Josh Fio sealed the victory with a pinfall over Joey Viola at 103 pounds. Freedom's Roman Garcia won by forfeit at 112, making the final score 37-30.

***This is why it was so loud in the gym and why He-man was so excited after he finally won!

5 hour energy

After going 5 and a half minutes on the mat with someone who was 275 lbs, my baby boy said, "Thank God for 5 hour energy!"

Don't you think he should get some endorsements?? haha

Guess who the District Champs are!!

I got a text message at 6:59. I'm wrestling heavies. My heart sank. He's been cranked up about wrestling this guy in the 215s. He's pretty determined to win districts for his weight class.

So, yeah, my baby weighs like 213ish. This boy he wrestled was 275. Luckily, one of the boys he has to practice with is that weight. But he went all 3 periods. Was pretty much in control all 3. But this was a big boy. He had a pretty hard time getting it done, but he did it!

This school beat them last year. Now they have beat everybody in our district, team wise. In the next week or so, they go head to head with their weight classes in the district.