Dirty Dash

This year we did the 1st race for the Dirty Dash. Christy and Blake did it with us as well as our friends, Dave and Todd. We had sooo much fun. It is our favorite race and will become an annual tradition for us. The race starts by running up a hill that has been soaked all night with big sprinklers, basicly a mud hill. Then we run through a snow blower, hurdle hay bales, crawl through tubes, climb over walls with mud and manure, jump though tires, run a 1/2 mile through basiclly a swamp, and finish with a 150 ft water slide and a jump into the pig pen. We were covered in mud head to toe and loved every minute. The kids did the piglet plunge as well, which was a mile run. They started at the same place and by the time they started the mud went up to your shins all the way up the hill, ran to the waterslide and jumped in the pig pen, which was now all mud, no water. They had a blast too, well up until they had to wash off. All we could see of Kelsi was her teeth chattering!

Waiting to start

The start

Running

The Finish

Kelsi finishing


Kelsi and Jeff in the pig pen, you can just see Jeff's head behind Kelsi getting ready to dunk her

Kelsi, Brody and Gabe

What brothers are for

Kelsi has been having problems with some bullies at school. They have been pretty mean. They have gone as far as chocking, pulling her off equipment by her hair, pushing her off playgroud equipment backwards, aside from verbal attacks. We have done all that we can with the teacher, vice principal and principal and according to Kelsi is has gotten a lot better. So far the physical attacks have stopped and she tries hard to not let the verbal attacks bother her. She has been off track for the last two weeks so we haven't worried about it at all. However, right before they went off track Gabe made a really cool comment to her. She had brought home an apple that one of the boys had broughten to school. So Gabe started asking her where she got it, who gave it to her, if they were nice to her, ect. He then started asking if Junior was still being mean to her and she said no. Gabe told her to tell him that if he is mean to her again to let him know cuz he will punch him in the face! I couldn't stop laughing, way to go Gabe for sticking up for his sister!

Kelsi turns 8

Kelsi ws so excited for her birthday this year. Not only is birthdays something they count down to every year, it was the birthday she finally turned 8 and got to be baptized. For her birthday she got to invite a few of her friends over, Abby, Megan, Camile(who got sick), Phoebe and her cousins Lexi and Brooke. We took the kids to see Despicble Me (adorable show) and then to make ice cream sundaes at home. They had a ton of fun!

Yellowstone

Over Labor Day weekend we went to Yellowstone with my parents for the weekend. Jeff and Dad rode their motorcycles and the rest of us followed in the van. It was the first time for the kids to see Yellowstone and they had fun. We only heard Yellowstone is boring once! Here are some pictures of our fun trip!

1st semseter done!

I am so excited to have finished my first semester of school with a 4.0!!! I worked so hard in my first 3 classes and was so stressed about them constantly. It was a nice morale booster for me to know I can still do it and I can do really well. On to next semester next week, three more classes!

Jeff is also starting classes next week. He is taking two classes next semester and working on studing for the CQE in December, which is a big 8 hour test for work. He only has 2 more semester left until he will have is Master in Science. He finished last semester with an A as well... I know we are smarty pants! Had to brag a little bit!

Tuckered Out

Tori dosent like us going downstairs after we put her to bed any more, so she has started to sneak down the stairs and listen to us. This is what we found when we headed to bed last week.

Saints to Sinners

If I could get Jeff to write on this blog I am sure he would have a lot more exciting things to say about this post, but he was asked by our friend Allison to do a bike relay with her and some of her friends. It is called the Saints to Sinners. The team was 5 guys and 5 girls and they relayed from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, non stop. Jeff had a ton of fun and really enjoyed the race. He told me later that he is putting it in the catagory of tramatic events, but ones that he enjoyed ??? I know I dont get it either. The team won the race in their division and got new bright yellow bike jerseys!