sports

Talking About Fitness Inspiration and #WhatsBeautiful #sponsored

Fitness Inspiration

Let’s talk about fitness inspiration. Fitness is something I have kept off my blog for a long time, but it plays a big part in my daily life. A few weeks ago I began a challenge with Under Armour. I set a goal and felt good knowing that if need be, goals can be tweaked. [...]

Read the full post →

Teens And Sports: Tween/Teen Tuesday Linky

IMG_1454

Welcome to Tween and Teen Tuesdays at OurCrazyBoys.com! I hope you’ll come share your posts about your not-so-little-but-not-so-big kids with me. Sports. We could tell stories for days. Michael doesn’t love sports. Michael has tried t-ball, baseball, football, soccer, rock climbing, swimming, and now wrestling. He loves it at first, then he likes it, and [...]

Read the full post →

The Color Run™ Arizona Is Right Around The Corner! #Giveaway #AZColorBloggers

Color Run Arizona

Update: Congratulations, comments 1 (Vanessa) and 12 (Heather)! Look for an email from me with your promo code for free registration! If you didn’t win, don’t forget to use promo code COLORBECCA13 for $5 off your race registration! The SUPER awesome The Color Run Chevy Spark at the 2012 LA Auto Show You’ve heard of [...]

Read the full post →

yurbuds Are Earbuds For Women!

earbuds for women

I don’t know about you, but I have a tough time finding a good pair of earphones. The ones I have are too big, fall out of my ears when I run, or sound awful. When I heard about yurbuds, I knew I had to try them.   Yurbuds are earbuds that are made for [...]

Read the full post →

Supporting My Little Athletes As A Kleenex-Carrying Wrestling Mom

Supporting-my-little-athlete

___________________________________________________________ Wrestling is hard. It’s hard on the kids – it takes strength and courage to get out on the mat and be the center of attention. There is a lot of adrenaline running through these kids and when the matches end, usually the winner and loser are crying. It’s hard on the parents – [...]

Read the full post →

It Really *Does* Take A Village

Jack

We started out the day in tears. Tears, and we hadn’t even arrived at the tournament yet. I’m not going to win. I don’t want to wrestle today.  We talked about how not feeling confident can affect the way you wrestle, and how he was prepared because of the 2 hour a night, 5 night [...]

Read the full post →

It’s Official: I’m a Wrestling Mom

Michael’s first wrestling tournament was this weekend. Eight hours in a high school gymnasium, and we got to see Michael wrestle three times. Yes, that’s fairly normal. We won some (1) and lost some (2), and we all learned a lot. I learned…   -Always bring seat cushions to a wrestling tournament. Your back (and [...]

Read the full post →

Just Another Day at the ER

Michael woke up this morning with a swollen eye. Not black and blue. Not goopy. Just a little red and swollen. With wrestling starting last week and his tendency to get ringworm, I honestly thought it was ringworm. Or the beginning of pink eye. It was swollen enough to take him in. Since our doctor’s [...]

Read the full post →

So Proud {What I Learned This Week}

What a weekend! Full of learning… I learned that when your little boy has been practicing 3-4 nights a week for 3 months straight, the culminating swim meet is a BIG DEAL. I learned that it is not possible to write the word breast on your 9 year-old’s arm without giggling to yourself. I learned [...]

Read the full post →

← Previous Entries