Our Aweful Beautiful Life

As luck would have it -- school started. On time. And we ALL let out a collective sigh of relief and happiness. Again, not a normal start, it's certainly strange, but you're learning from your teachers who can help you FAR better than your Mom ever will be able to.  We're now required to wear a mask anywhere we go where we cannot 6ft socially distance. So stores, restaurants, etc. However, once sitting, you can take off your mask.....so I still can't quite figure that piece out. There are much stricter rules at the school about being ill, having symptoms, how many days you miss, etc. We fought that for the first time, last week....a  week and a half into school. After a busy weekend and many late nights, Emmalyn woke up Monday with a stuffy nose, and tired eyes. She went to school with no fever, no other symptoms -- but was shortly sent home not feeling well. The nurse relayed to me "She can come back on Friday IF she's 72hours symptom free and has a doctors no...

The first Knockout Classic was so fun (and easy) being at our hometown fairgrounds, we decided to do the second one too. Same set up, 3 days after the fair! We added our baseball friends the Miller's to this show, and Keaton got to show for the first time too. It was a great afternoon/evening. Grandma & Grandpa came to watch the kids, and Uncle Trent, Aunt Stef & David came too!  The dad's liked these open shows because the kids helped the kids, and they got to have a cold beer and enjoy the kids doing what they love!  Emmalyn showed in her class with Mya Holderly! Keaton was so excited to jump into the ring and show for the first time. Jason & Colton were great teachers and he did an awesome job in the ring. He can't wait to get back out there!  We still had one open show left in us for the summer -- the Miami County Rona Renegade Round Up. As so many things were being shut down and taken from our kids, it was fun to watch the Agriculture industry stand up fo...