Jace
I was all packed and ready to fly to Vegas on Thursday after school. Papa and grandma came to the school to take Bella home and daddy and mama picked me up to head to our house for a snack before heading to the airport. I did some reading, we played cards and I tried to get some sleep. When we made it to Vegas, mama had rented a car, but the lines at the rental place were so long and it was already 11pm. We saw that the Avis line was shorter than the rest, so we got in that line to see if we could just rent their cheapest car so we could get to our hotel sooner. The special of the day was a Ford convertible mustang, mama told the man we just needed a small cheap car to drive to Arizona, but that was the best deal. We paid and they told us what bay the car was in. There was hardly room in the trunk for our bags and I had to sit in the front seat because there wasn't room in the back. I helped navigate to the hotel and we ate snacks while waiting in line for our hotel keys. It was almost 1am by this time and I sacked out as soon as we got to the room. Mama woke me up early so we could drive to weigh ins in Arizona which was a different time zone. When we found our car in the parking garage, we realized we had a Chevy camaro, not a Ford mustang. I can't believe mama took the wrong car, I told her I would be on the lookout for the police;) I slept most of the way to Arizona and then we stood in line to weigh in. We waited about an hour and when I got on the scale I was 2# over weight. We couldn't believe it,I never weighed more than 57#. Must have been the flying and water retention. I had to go up a weight class for the older bracket and then try to lose one pound for weigh ins that evening for the next day. We went to the store for some snacks and checked into the hotel for a nap before I wrestled that afternoon. My first match was against a really advanced wrestler, but I held my own and kept from getting pinned. I had a tough second match too and got pretty beat up with mat burns. I was done wrestling in that bracket since I lost the first 2. I watched and cheered on Waylon and then tried to poop so I could make weight for my age group bracket the next morning. No success in the bathroom and I really wanted to wrestle with Kogler, Baxter and Sells so mama and I jogged laps around the building until I made weight. I was so excited to potentially wrestle Baxter since I hadn't ever beat him in a match. The next morning we were an hour early because mama's phone didn't change time. I warmed up with Baxter and I got super pumped. I lost by one point on my first match, but then won a couple and got to wrestle Tanner Baxter. I knew it was my time to finally win and I did,11-0! I couldn't believe it, we hugged after the match and he still cheered me on the rest of my matches. I ended up wrestling the same kid I lost to first and took 5th place,I was happy since it was my first national tournament. When I was done, we went out for nachos and took the top down on our car. We drove out to a small town named ottoman, that looked just like radiator springs, It was even on route 66. There were donkeys in the road and everywhere that you could pet. We watched a western shoot out in the middle of the dirt street and had some yummy ice cream. It was a fun town and we spent a few hours there. I shopped for the perfect rock for Bella, and I bought her a really nice one. We had to wait forever to get a burger for dinner, but we were wiped after that big day. We headed back to Vegas to return our wrong rental car and flew home,I couldn't wait to give Bella her rock. She loved it!
Bella
Papa and grandma picked me up after school on Thursday, and I said goodbye to daddy, mama and Jace. I read my book most of the way to their house. We had a popcorn movie night and then Abby came over the next day for a tea party and a girls day. We painted or fingernails and toenails, and grandma even curled my hair. We went up to uncle's and I played with Wyatt too. I played outside the next day with the neighbor kids and then we got to watch my brother wrestle on TV, I can't believe he is famous😉 On Sunday, we headed to Medford to pick mama and Jace up from the airport. Jace got me a really beautiful rock and that made me feel very special!
