4 on the 4th

Call us crazy but here we are... running 4 miles on the 4th of July! Don't even ask what the tempurature is.

Damon 50:29 race time 12: 38 pace

Me 44:19 race time 11:05 pace

Becca 36:22 race time 9:06 pace

Prescott Mini Vacation

We took a mini vacation to Prescott with Rebecca and her children. While the kids were sleeping in the hotel the adults were running. Rebecca, Damon and I ran the Gerhal Brownlow 10k trail run.

It was a Hard run, it was practically like trying to run a hike in the heat. But it was a great experience. Gerhal Brownlow was an amazing person and was huge in the Prescott community. He made many trails and courses, started races and trained many people. It was special to me to run this race because his son and daughter in law, Chris and Connie Brownlow, were my Ma and Pa on the trek as a big sister three years ago. Not only did I instantly bond with the Brownlows but we had something in common that brought us closer together, I had just lost my brother and Chris had just lost his dad. I was honored and excited to run this race. And to make it even better I placed 2nd in my age group AND Rebecca placed 2nd in her age group!

After our run we took the kids to the parade. It was kind of sad when my kids asked me what a parade was. It took them a little while to figure out how parades work but once they realized they could wave and cheer to get candy, they never stopped waving. We were walking away from the parade and they were still waiving.

After the parade we walked around the craft fair. Of course we had to buy the kids something...

COTTON CANDY!

What a GREAT trip!

Girl's Camp

There's nothing better than GIRL'S CAMP.

Lots of girls

Skits

Rapelling

Lots of girls

Zip lining

Canoeing

Sugar

Lots of girls

No sleep

Lots of girls

What can I say? It's a blast!

Lucy Lu turns Two

Happy birthday Lulu!

My Lucy is two. She had such a fun birthday party with our family, even Aunt Leslie from New York and her cousins Jolyn, Julia, Carly and Caleb from Utah were there. Lucy loved her new shoes, bike, helmet, sunglasses, swimsuit and panties. She had to put them on and wear them all at once, including all 7 pairs of panties!

A Short Visit

We were so lucky to have our Short cousins visit. Jolyn, Julia, Carly and Caleb came from Utah to spend a week with us. We went swimming, played video games, made crafts out of duck tape, and played, played, played! We loved getting to know and spend time with our cousins.

Court of Honor

Here we are at one of the biggest nights of the year.

Patrick's court of honor!

Patrick is the oldest grandchild in our family and the first to receive an Eagle Scout. His final project was to clean up an ederly woman's home. The painted the house, took trailer loads to the dump, and fixed up her yard. Patrick showed great leadership and service with his project. He is a great example to his cousins.

Patrick wore a very special neck kerchief. The hand carved Indian head was made by Uncle Luke. Luke loved scouting and received his Eagle when he was only 13! He would have been so proud of Patrick.

Grampy sang a special song to honor Patrick. It was a song he sang when Luke received his Eagle. Patrick has worked hard and is very deserving of the honor of an Eagle Scout.

We love you Patrick!

Graduation Day

Yep, that's Harrison. Kindergarten graduation. He did it!

It was a challenging year, mostly for mom, but Harrison loved school and especially his teacher, Ms. Estes. He learned a lot, made some friends, and really grew.

Lucy loved the cake at the after graduation party.