My title says it all. This is what we have been up to for the past month. Wrestling tournaments with the boys, baby showers for lovely ladies, and playing cards with dear friends. I even managed to take a few pictures of these fun times. 
Nathan and I have spent the past 3 weekends supporting the boys at community wrestling tournaments with a few of our friends! It has been so much fun! Wresting is such a great outlet not only for our younger boys from the Linc, but also our older boys from the inner city who are not involved in the Linc. Our boys naturally love to wrestle! Nathan is always wrestling with them on the living room floor. Due to the environments the boys are growing up in, they are naturally very aggressive, but wrestling teaches them to control their aggression and respect their competitors. Several of our boys are learning not to "give-up" when circumstances are tough, as well as how to be a "good sport". They have also hopefully felt loved and supported by people who have cheered them on during their matches, and also comforted and encouraged them when they have lost. There are many benefits to getting them involved in community sports, but the best part in my opinion is simply spending quality time with them. The boys and other adults that support them are truly a blessing to us.
I had to give him a little love while he was waiting for his next match :).
I usually help with two things at the tournaments: writing numbers on the boys' hands so they know when they wrestle and making sure they are fed and hydrated. We usually have close to 15 kids there, so we make a lot of sandwiches and Gatorade.
Natan, Jason, and our tough wrestlers!
Go Harvelle!
Keekee showing off for the camera.
Quante going for the pin!
As I mentioned, I have also been helping with baby showers for expecting friends. The babies are multiplying rapidly at church, so it seems like we've had a lot of celebration showers/dinners lately. It's so fun to celebrate with them! Our friend Cani is next! We can hardly believe she is due in July!
This picture is from our dear friend Dasha's baby shower. It was so great having her visit from Iceland for awhile. We miss her so so much!
Lastly, I mentioned that we have been playing cards (sorry no pictures of this). We have started to play cards with friends every other weekend. We've been able to play twice thus far and it's been a blast! Hopefully we can continue to play despite all of our busy schedules.
Hope you all have a great week!
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