Took the time last night to make hotel reservations for what would have been the Tournament of Champions weekend (I am approved to have a three day weekend in late April for that). Rather than going to Columbus, we will be going to a very kid friendly hotel, the French Quarter, in the Toledo suburbs. It has a huge indoor/outdoor pool and a hot tub, indoor mini-golf, and what has got to be the biggest brunch in the state of Ohio. Dan and I had our honeymoon there, so many years ago. Now we will take the kids to let them spend the weekend in the pool, and perhaps take them to the Zoo, or COSI.  There will also be a pig roast tha tweekend, a fund raiser for the wrestling program, so they can spend time with friends and have fun there, as well.

Dan and I also made reservations to go camping in August, for the week I have off before we head out to the east coast. We were lucky enough to get a spot in Harrisville State Park, a campground on a nice sandy beach on Lake Huron. The kids should have a blast and a half, practically living on the beach for four days.

Steven did wrestle today, but to make the day more pleasant for him, Dan picked up his best friend from Ypsilanti, and took him along for the day. When Stevie wasn't actually on the mat, he got to play and spend time with Sam. Dan took them out to Pizza Hut afterwards. He finished second, added another trophy to his collection, and qualified for the Tournament of Champions for a third time this year. Now he can take a bit of a break and let that nasty mat burn heal.

It rained pretty hard yesterday -- further north they got a whole bunch of snow. But because of the rain, a lot of the snow melted. You can see about half of our yard now, and what is uncovered is water logged and extremely muddy. Perhaps mud season is nearly here, to be followed by spring!