Saturday, May 21, 2011

Luke's 1st 5K and Mud Run!


Our stake sponsored a 5k mud run on a beautiful property one of the ward members owns (Its actually only about a mile from our home, its the same place they had the father-son camp-out last weekend). We had been playing with the idea of having Luke do it with me, I knew he could probably handle the distances (We go for mile long walk/jogs almost daily) I was just worried about the obstacles. When we got there we notice there weren't a lot of little kids doing it so we decided it might be a little challenging for a four year old, but as everyone was lining up at the start line Luke declared that he was coming with me and I wont lie it warmed my heart right to the core to think of him having a passion for running, so of course I brought him with me.

I have loved running for a long time. It really started in 8th grade when I got 2nd place in the school Turkey trot 5K, then in high school I ran cross country and in my single day I ran 2 full marathons. I even talked James into running a half marathon (which he ended up collapsing from heat stroke during and pretty much ended his desire to run long distances). Someday I hope to have time to run more than a few miles at a time, but for now I have other priorities.

They had lots of fun obstacles like wading chest deep through a lake, lots of sticky mud in which your shoes fell off in (next time I will either wear combat boots or tie mine and Luke's shoes on super tight!). There was a mountain of tires, climbing through sticks and all kinds of other fun!

Luke was a champ, he loved the mud and crawling on his belly through it. We finish at 52 minutes, which I thought was pretty great for a four year old and me an old lady, but we were actually the last to cross the finish line. After it was over we found out that Luke was the youngest participant. Since it was a ward verses ward effort we actually won first place, which was pretty fun to tell Luke.



Runners and Cheerleaders


The wall of tires


Bashful Luke

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Ect.


Funny Luke quote: We had read a book about mythical creatures and James had told Luke he was going to work in San Antonio warehouse.
Luke: "Mom whats warehouse"?
Sara: "Why are you asking that"?
Luke: "I was just wondering if it was a person that turns into a house"? (like a werewolf)



Royce has two lovey he is getting attached to. One is this blanket which I also love because it is super soft, light and perfect for the warming up weather. Two is the little pumpkin square he is laying on. Anytime I give either of these he immediately shoves them in his mouth.


Bella's latest artwork. The girl is so creative, which is great until it hampers my own creativity which includes a desire for visual order. This does not fit into that.

This is our neighbors yard. If you click on the pic to enlarge you will see that there is a goat on the hay-bail. Not sure how it got there but it was obviously pretty excited about the new food.


Bright eyes



Royce 3 months

Monday, May 16, 2011

Bye Bye Preschool. Hello Kindergarten

"The most important thing I can teach my children is the gospel and then teach how that gospel fits into the world around them. Not the other way around." author unknown.


It was a great year of preschool. I know Luke really enjoyed it! I would reccomend doing a co-op preschool to anyone intereseted its a neat experience to watch your child interact in those settings and helps you get to know them better. He learned so much and had a tons of fun! Now it is on to kindergarten which we have felt inspired to do at home. It should be a fun and exciting year. Thanks to all who helped make this preschool year a fun success!




This is all the preschool family who participated with us minus one mom and daughter who were sick


The chubbers and I (the kid is getting so heavy!)