Dirty Dash

Well I have always wanted to do a Tough Mudder (13 mile race with 20-25 obstacles along the way).  So I decided I would sign up for a Dirty Dash (6.2 mile mud race with 12-16 obstacles along the way) .  While I was reading about the Dirty Dash I found out they do a Piglet Plunge (1.2 mile mud race with 5 obstacles along the way) for the younger kids.  So we all headed up to Soilder Hollow at Heber Utah and participated in the Dirty Dash and Piglet Plunge.  Jim was kind enough to follow us and take some great pictures.  As you can see the kids and I had a blast.  There were thousands of people (over 1,500 participates in the piglet plunge alone).

 Aspyn Playing in the Mud.

 Trey & Aspyn Climbing through the culverts.

 Easton Jumping into the Final Mud Pit.

 At the starting line.

 All Finished!

 Ridge

 The had piles where you could toss your dirty shoes.  They clean them up and donate them to charities.  This is one of about 6 piles.

 Helping Ridge over the pipe hurdles.

 Sliding down a steep slippery muddy hill.

 Trying to stay on our feet through the mud.

 The last mud Pit!

 Trey jumping over the pipe hurdle.

The entry fee to Piglet Plunge was a little piggy face tattoo.

Too Crazy or Too Cute???

Well this is how I did Aspyn's hair the other day and I got lots of comments.  I want to know what you think.  Is it Too Crazy or Too Cute.  I finally decided it was a little of both which totally fits her personality.  And the majority of comments I got were "now that is an Aspyn hair do".  Not to sure what that's sup-post to mean but you know Aspyn.  I took this at the end of the day so you see it starting to come out a little.  And of course she had to kept posing so you get a few different angles LOL:) Where did this girls come from?

Football Fever

 Well Trey had a great time playing football this year and he really did a great job.  Here are some photos from his team this year - The Eagles.

Trey Jense (Mini Man) #9 Running Back

Receiving the Hand-off from QB (Trey & Trey)

Going.......Going

Gone!

Nice Cut- Trey

Interception

Tough D!!

One of Easton really good friends was on Treys team so here is a picture of Nicholas.

Love the football season and looking forward to next year when both Trey & Easton will be old enough to play.

Birthday Blast!

Well Eastons birthday is on June 25 and falls on the Fish Lake Kesler Family reunion every year and Treys birthday is July 23 and we are always gone to Kanosh for the 24th of July festivities. So we decided to have a big party in between them both. Treys party was to start at 10:00 and go until 1:00. Eastons was going to start at 12:00 and go until 3:00. We had a big BBQ lunch for them all while both groups of kids were here.  But the kids from Treys party were having so much fun they did not want to leave.  So they ended up calling their parents and stayed for Eastons water party also.

~Kick-Off Party~
Trey wanted a football themed party so here was his invitations.  I made them to look like a ticket for a game.

I gave each kid a paper with about 15 different Football Team emblems on them and they had to name as many as they could.  We played this game while waiting for everyone to come.  If they could name both the city and the name (Chicago - Bears) they would get 2 points if they could only name one they would only get 1 point.  I tallied up the total and the winner got a prize.  Then we played a game where you had to throw a football through a tire.  Each kid got 5 throws at a closer range & 5 throws at a father range.  He would get a point for each throw he made in the tire. The winner got a prize.

Then we played a game of "Name that Player".  I had some pictures of professional football players and their names.  They were timed and had to match the name with the player. Winner got a prize.
 

Then we played a game of "Sock Head" (which was a big hit). And of course no Football party would be complete without a game of flag football.

For the goodie-bag I had a candy bar with custom wrapper (Parowan colors) designed with footballs and said Go Parowan Rams.  On the bottom is said "Thanks for Coming" ~ Trey.   They also got a Steelers cup (Treys favorite team), referee whistle, candy, and a picture of them from the party.

~H2O Party~
For Eastons party we did a water theme and they played on the slip-n-slide, the bounce H2Oslide, & played H2O balloon volleyball.  They had a good time and everything was great until it started to rain and get a little cold.  Everyone came running inside and I was not prepared for them to have to come in.  Easton opened his presents and I quickly came up with a few indoor games.  We played "Minute to win it"  and "Pop the Balloon".  By then the weather had cleared up and we headed back out for more water fun.

The boys had a blast. I think the last kid ended up leaving around 5:00pm. It was a long day, but well worth it. The boys had fun together and think next year they are just going to have one big party. Which is fine with me.

Favorite Childhood Activity

THE GANG: 

Easton, Treyson, Ridge, Trey, & Brandon

 

Well I don't know about you, but my favorite thing to do as a child was slide down the stairs in a sleeping bag.   And we seem to have the perfect stairs for this activity.  The kids and some friends (Sorry Mindy) played for hours and had a blast.  They found that if they stuffed the sleeping bag with a couple layers of the foam mats they would go much faster.  I was laughing so hard watching them.  It brought back so many memories.  

Oh to be a child again:)

Aspyn & Brandon

Brandon & Trey

Ridge & Trey

Easton & Treyson

Childrens Theater (Alice in Wonderland)

 Well the boys have been working so hard learning their lines and songs for their play.  And all that hard work paid off. It was such a great performance and I was so proud of them.  Trey had so much fun, and you know Easton he was all smiles.  They played many parts throughout the play, but their main characters were: Trey: Mad Hater & Easton: The King of Hearts.  I wish I could have recorded the whole thing because it was so cute, but my camcorder ran out of tape and batteries.  You can tell from the pictures it was quite a performance and a lot of time and talent went into it.  A special thanks to Jennifer for putting this whole thing together and making it a great experience for my boys and family.  My two little owns are still running around the house saying parts from the play.  Had someone not known we had been practicing Alice in Wonderland for months they might wonder what we are teaching our kids because Ridge runs around the house saying "off with your head".  Enjoy the pictures!

Awesome Jennifer!!!

   




















Alice

Mad Hater and March Mare

White Rabbit

Queen of Hearts

King of Hearts

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

Flowers & Catapiller

Fun Fun Fun!!!!