Ely's New Shirt

 And, look how cute they are together...

Ely & Grandpa

Ely just loves to hang out with Grandpa! They had fun at the Anderson Family Reunion this past weekend. I just had to post this picture.

I guess this is kind of a July recap...

Ely and Adam

 Ely and Adam in the wagon, Kevin on the tractor. Aren't Becky's boys so cute!!

 Eva and Ely at the 4th of July parade. I know, looks like he is almost as big as her!!

 Eva and Ely before the Joint Jaunt 10K

 All of us after the 10K. I swear it was 90% uphill!! Thankfully Brian pushed the stroller most of way. I thought our time was pretty good considering - 1 hour and 3 minutes.

 Brian, Eva, and Ely before Brian did the Blackfoot Triathlon. He did great considering a week before he wasn't planning on doing it, and he was getting a really bad cold! 1 hour and 30 minutes.

 Ely and Lindsay at the playground.

 Lindsay, Ely, and Eva on the big slide. It was great to have the playground there to entertain the kids while waiting for Brian. And, thanks to Aunt Mel for coming, too!

 Ely helping Brian get ready for his bike ride after coming in from the swim.

 Later that day we went to visit our friends, the Colliers, who were in town visiting their families. The kids got to ride a horse and they thought it was great!

 Eva LOVES horses, so she was pretty excited when I told her we were going to go see horses!

 Eva helped Lindsay while Tavon got to ride. Thank you Lynette and Lindsay. It was so great to see you!!

Magic Man Triathlon

Here is my sweet boy Ely. He found this baseball helmet at Gma and Gpa's house and thought it was great!

 Back in June, Brian and my sister, Marcy, did the Magic Man Triathlon at Murtaugh Lake. They both did awesome and the weather was great. Me, my mom, and Ely went to watch and cheer them on. Thank goodness that Ely likes the stoller because at this race the spectators have to do a lot of walking around to get to the places where they can cheer people on. It was fun, though. I always like to go and watch Brian do his races.

 Brian, Ely, and Marcy right before the swim started.

 Brian starting off on the bike course.

 Me and Ely waiting for Brian and Marcy to come by so we can cheer for them.

Me and my beautiful mom!! I'm so glad she was there with me!

 Brian on the running portion of the race.

 Brian crossing the finish line!! Hooray!!! He did almost 13 minutes better this year than when he did this triathlon last year! I know, he's amazing :)

 Brian and Marcy after their race. Maybe someday I will do a triathlon, too...but that's not a promise!

 Ely and Brian

Ely and Aunt Charmaine later that day at a baby shower. So fun to see you!

Indian Bay Adventure Race

In June we took a road trip with my brother Jeff's family and Brian's sister Melanie to Duchesne, Utah, to do an "adventure race."

 We stopped at the Cabelas in Lehi, Utah, on our way.

 Paisley, Eva, and Ely playing in the sand.

 We camped out at Starvation State Park. It was beautiful and we were right by the water.

 Eva and Paisley always have a great time together!

 Kierra tried out the hammock.

 Me, Brian, Kierra, and Jeff all did the race. It was a 5k with about 10 different obstacles (terrain, carrying a sand bag up a hill and back down, carrying a tire up a hill, crossing the water on a rope, catching a goldfish, running out into the bay, jumping over a fire, throwing a spear, and a few others). It was really a fun race, and the money went towards a good cause (helping cancer patients who have to travel to Salt Lake for treatments). Thanks for inviting us, Jeff!!

 We convinced Kierra at the very last minute to do the race with and she did awesome!! (I hope you made your dad pay up!!) It was also Kierra's birthday that day.

 I just love Brian so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were glad Aunt Melanie got to come with us, too!! Thanks, Mel.

Minnetonka Cave

In May we went with a bunch of my relatives to the Minnetonka Cave, near Bear Lake. It was a really neat cave...lots of steps but everybody made it just fine.

 

 Mom & Dad

 Eva & Paisley

 Brian & Lindsay

 Ely absolutely loved exploring the cave and wanted to go get down and walk by himself as much as he could. He tuckered himself out!

 We also went to see the Soda Springs geyser, went to my cousin's place in Niter for dinner, and then went to soak in the hot pools in Lava Hot Springs. It was a busy day but so much fun!!

This is Eva at her dance recital. She did very good and was so cute in her costumes. Thanks to everybody who came and sat through the REALLY long recital!!

Tommy Vaughn's Marathon & More

Last Saturday was the Tommy Vaughn's Marathon & More in Blackfoot. McKenzie ran the 5k, Brian and Marcy ran the half marathon, and I ran the full marathon. We had great weather and it was a fun day! The marathon was long, and some parts had a pretty strong head wind, but I made it!! And, I even did two minutes better than the marathon I did last year!! Awesome!!

 I'm so glad everyone else decided to run, too. It's so great to have family there for these things.

 The races started and ended at Veteran's Memorial Park in Blackfoot.

 McKenzie after her awesome 5k. Her best time yet!!

 Marcy and Brian after the half marathon. Technically, a half marathon is 13.1 miles, but there was a mishap with the course and it ended up being about 13.9 miles! So proud of both of you!!

 Eva and Ely had fun playing at the park waiting for us (mostly me) to finish.

 Me after my marathon. So happy to see that finish line! Awesome!! It took me 4 hours and 56 minutes. I'm not super fast, but I'm pretty proud of being able to run for that long anyway!

Afterward we went to visit our good friend Carol Sagers. What a wonderful lady! Funny thing, I actually ran past her house while on my marathon!