The Dirty Dash

Summer Started with Chris Running the Dirty Dash it was 5.5 miles in dirt with obstacles.  Just getting up the hill at the starting line proved to be slippery. Somehow Chris talked several different friends into doing this race- Bart and Megan Bowen, and Jerry and Stacy Ryrce. They split the 10am wave of runners in two so we didn't see Jerry or Stacy during the race.

Chris, Bart and Megan Bowen and Talen (a former basket ball player for Chris) posed for a photo on top of the hay bales.

Coming up to the army crawl and crawling through it looked like a lot of fun!!!

In case you didn't get mud in all your cracks they had mud pit at the end.

Ryker checking out the booths.

A different kind of mud pit, eeewwwww!

A cold shower is the best way to get off all that dirt.

Splashing Around

Riverdale, Utah has a great splash pad that is perfect for a hot day in the Desert.  We headed up with some friends and had fun splashing around in the water.  

Zoo Time

Here we are at the Hogle Zoo. They have a ginormous elephant that will spray water at you - see the second picture, I thought it had already sprayed but apparently not.

This time we also attended the bird show which was amazing an owl flew right over us.

The kids on the Rhino.

Don't worry he is sleeping, it was really neat to see so close up.

Look closely and you can see a gorilla...

There he is in the tree!

Hiking Adam's Canyon

Memorial Day is a time to celebrate our freedom and honor those who have kept and are keeping us safe.  We also feel it is a time to enjoy the beginning of summer.  We went and hiked Adam's Canyon with Greg.  Chris carried Alana and Ryker all but the last bit, he was a real trooper!  Greg carried a log for part of it to prepare foe the Spartan Race that weekend and successfully managed to get sap all over his hands, head, and shirt.  It was a nice waterfall but it was pretty steep for Ryker.  We came home and had a great BBQ to end a great day.

Candyland with Greg

Greg came over and the boys had an exciting game of Candyland.  Ryker has been having a hard time when he doesn't win, this probably started when we played on day with him and he won all the games. If anyone else wins he is very distraught, so we are working on his sportsmanship skills.