Spring Dance Performance

Jovie's Spring Dance Performance Movie:
https://youtu.be/QfbxLgd5APY

The preschoolers had a picnic in the park where they ended up in the water even though it was slightly chilly and windy. 

She's quite an actor.

Zoo with friends

Mikelson, Kari, Jovie

It was almost the end of preschool and Jovie was sure to miss her friends, so we loaded up all the preschoolers we could fit in the car and headed to the zoo. 

Ikey joins the crew.

We made it just barely into the zoo when Kari spotted an animated dinosaur robot and she refused to go any farther. I'm no kid expert, so we had to call her mom to pick her up. 

The kids run away from this animatronic T-Rex.

Ogden Half Marathon

I went with the Jeffreys to pick up our race packets at Weber State U, ate a spaghetti and meatball calzone at Slackwater, and we tucked ourselves in at the elder Jeffreys' cozy home in the hills above Ogden. Mr. Jeffreys drove us over the pass to the rainy start line in Huntsville, which earned us an extra hour and half of sleep. So nice!

It was raining at the start of the race and Nicole and I wore Dollar Store ponchos while Bryan just went for the all-wet look. My shoes were soaked through by the time we crossed the dam at Pineview Reservoir. I lost track of Nicole at about mile 5. I ditched the poncho at about mile 7 and my cycling windjacket soaked through at about mile 10. I listened to two episodes of Serial on the iPod and felt pretty good coming in to the finish line. I set a goal of under 2 hours, and I trained for this race way more than usual because Nicole is such a go-getter and she was very motivating to me. I crossed the finish line at 1:59:20, which means 40 seconds to spare!

Bryan was ahead of me and Nicole was right behind me and we were FREEZING as soon as we hit the finish line and quit running. Lucky for us, Mr. Jeffreys was there with towels and bags of dry clothes to whisk us away to warm showers back at his home. The service by the Jeffreys was just incredible!

I had such a great time with Bryan and Nicole and their girls and the elder Jeffreys. This race is going to be on my calendar every year. 

Karneys' party

Aimee and Nicole are rehydrating after running a half marathon!

The Karneys send a real paper invitation and everybody gets dressed up. It's the party of the year!

Nicole, Aimee, Joelle, Jocelyn

Some weirdo photobombed us!
Karin, Nicole, Aimee, Debbie, Christina, Joelle

Goldilocks Cycling

I signed up for the 60-mile Goldilocks bike ride with Miss Terry (the best preschool teacher in the world) and my friend Janessa. The day started out chilly and early, but with puffy little bears everywhere.

 

Two of Terry's friends, Janessa, Aimee, Terry

We lost Terry and her friends about 3 miles into the ride, and it started raining at 10 miles. Janessa and I saw someone crash on slippery railroad tracks, we stopped at an aid station to wring out our socks, and wondered why we were still riding when our jackets and shorts soaked through. When we arrived at the soggy lunch stop about 40 miles in and there was no lunch, we quit. Terry and her friends had trained all year for their first ever big bike event so they were way more motivated than Janessa and I who mostly wanted to not lose toes to frostbite, so those three swam on. J & I took a van ride with our bikes back to the start and had to ride the world's coldest five miles back to our car at Terry's house. I was cold for like two days after, but I didn't lose any appendages. I gave Terry a big high-five when I found out that she stuck it out for the whole ride. 

Ikey's Soccer Lemon Yellows

Ikey played soccer at the UofU football facility, his coach had purple hair, and their team name was Lemon Yellows. 

A Wedding at Snowbasin

The kids love to go to wedding receptions. There's the dressing up and the food and the cake in the face...

 We pretty much have one weird kid and one cute one. They take turns playing each part...