Summer Days

This last week was incredibly hot.  It just felt like summer this week, weather and activities and all.  We've stayed pretty busy finishing (and starting and not finishing) different home projects, going to Dash's swim lessons, summer school for Brand, and just enjoying other fun summer stuff.

Brandan and Sport on the new back deck.

After a long day of building decks, we invited the Bensens, who helped with the deck, to eat dinner with us. Randy decided to treat Sport to a spoonful of whipped cream.



The boys ended a 97 degree day with a run through the sprinkler.

This weekend was the Upton Fun Days.  We started Saturday morning off by participating in the 5K Fun Run, which actually turned out to be 3.6 miles....I'm just saying.  It was a super casual race which most people walked at a pace Colt could have kept up.  He didn't have the chance, however, because I started the race with the older boys in the double stroller and Sport in the backpack.  Brandan took off running at the beginning of the race and then after reaching the turn around point, he came back to us and took over the boys so that I could/had to run the rest of the race.  I definetly had the better end of the deal though because I took the boys on the down hill portion and then Brand had to push them back up the hill.  We are pretty proud of ourselves though because, even with the boys, Brandan still won the race and I ended up catching most people and took 4th.  Let's just say it wasn't very competitive.  We ran it in 35:03 and 35:45, so maybe we won't brag outside of Upton.

Later in the day we went to the parade and got enough candy to give Dash two days of bellyache. The parade route went by really close to our house and Dash had to run home twice, once to get us a bag and another time to get a bag for the people next to us.

That evening there was a free BBQ in the park.  After that it was back home for Brandan and I to work on the talks we were suppose to give the next day in the Sundance Branch.

The boys at the Fun Days parade.

Gathering candy at the parade.

The loot.

We put on our racing T-shirts before going to the BBQ. This picture is taken on the front deck.

Tuesday morning Sport suddenly decided he wants to learn to walk.  He can stand on his own now for several seconds at a time and loves to do it to get a reaciton out of his brothers. 

Dash took this picture of Sport on Sunday afternoon.