BYU Triple Crown

It was a crazy day. Katie came late from dance to make the Triple Crown. Luckily Scott had an appointment in Orem to finish up his day and could drop her off and grab the kids I had and take them home before Young Mens. Jonathan had felt sick in the morning.....ear ache. I had totally planned on skipping this event. Jonathan really wanted to do this. It was his first year to be able to run in the Triple Crown. He school had won the trophy for 3 straight years and were excited to try for their fourth. I was intrigued to see how Jonathan would do. We aren't amazing runners...or I am not. Katie finished the race. Being tired from dance and sore from Insanity the night before we were happy for her. Jonathan however, paced himself talked to everyone along the way and enjoyed it. He came in 11th out of a lot of boys and even beat some of the girls still trying to finish up from the race before. We asked him if he understood he was trying to pass the other kids. No, he thought you were just suppose to run the mile. Next year we will see how it goes. Maybe we do have a runner in the family.

Summer Birthdays

Jonathan's First Day of First Grade

Katie's First Day of School

Utah Capitol Building - Field Trip

Here is Katie and some classmates giving some love to the camera.

Hiking

Here we are in little cottonwood canyon over Labor Day. We picked a smaller hike. Scott and I were tired from our Insanity workout. The kids had fun exploring the old damn and riverbed.
This is what we try to do with the kids as often as the weather permits and we have a free weekend. Hiking, it's generally free and uses up all the extra energy those kids have so much of. The kids were pretty good....Katie kept waiting for me. Scott carried Sara in a pack and so he was really tired at the end. Sara had the most fun, Jonathan carried the most rocks, and Katie drank the most water. Kaleb was patient and willing to wait for the rest of us on the way up, but cramped on the way down and so we waited for him.