Kindergarten

Guy Starts Kindergarten

Guy already graduated from his preschool at the community center. This summer he also graduated from the Rusty and Rosy on-line preschool program offered through the Waterford Institute. He really learned a lot from this program and I think his participation is the reason why he is already a good reader. He even scored at a second grade level for vocabulary.

Now he is in Kindergarten!

1st Day of Kindergarten

 Guy attends afternoon (half day) kindergarten at Coral Canyon Elementary which is less than a quarter mile from our house. His teacher is Mrs. White who is great, but he still says recess is his favorite part of school. Typical kid.

Sloan started Joy School. Some friends and I take turns hosting school at our houses. She likes having her own school experience and she is good at tracing her letters.

Summer Fun

Summer 2012

The kids learned how to swim. Sloan is very good at treading water.

 

Sloan learned to ride a pedal bike. Jack and I trained for the St. George Marathon. Below is a pic of me on a run near our house. You might be able to see my new nose piercing.

The kids got their faces painted on the 24th of July in Hurricane, UT. Guy wanted a scar with blood and Sloan wanted flowers. I ran my fastest 5k that morning 23:03!

 

 We attended my Dad and Debbie's family reunion in Fort Collins, CO. My brother Brian and his family were unable to attend, but below is everyone else.

Here are all of Dad and Debbie's kids and spouses.

Here are all of Debbie's kids.

 And all of the grandkids minus Sloan who was throwing a fit.

Debbie and Dad

My brother Dennis and his wife Kaelynn.

My sister Charlotte and her cute family.

My sister Jessica and her husband Chad.

We stayed in a very nice cabin and enjoyed eating smores, playing games, and paddling around the pond.

My brother Dennis and his wife Kaelyn rented these fun carts to race around the campground.

Southern CA

Family Trip to Southern California

Legoland

 This is Guy's dream come true!

Sloan found a princess, even at Legoland.

 Sloan isn't a good driver. Let's hope this isn't foreshadowing.

 Who gave Guy a license to drive?

Guy has his Legos and Sloan is asleep. It was lots of fun!

Sea World

Guy's favorite show was the sealions.

Sharks!

 Elmo Ride

Whales

Killer Whale Show: We are sitting further back after getting soaked at the dolphin show. Sloan was not happy to be wet.

San Diego Beach

The temperature was a little cool, but we had to take the kids to see the ocean for the first time.

Triathlons

Jack got a wetsuit and now the training begins.

Every Wednesday evening Jack meets the other members of the Southern Utah Triathlon Club to swim and bike at Sand Hollow Reservoir.

First Tri: Jack's first triathlon was the SHAC Sprint held in a swimming pool. Jack had a great time, but felt like it was too short. He was just getting warmed up.

Second Tri: 4th Street Tri to benefit a clinic for the homeless and held at the University of Utah.

 Very cold run to the mountain bike!

Third Tri: His second tri was at Sand Hollow and he raced the Olympic distance.

It looked like such a long distance to swim, but Jack is a good swimmer already.

I had t-shirts made for the kids. Sloan's says: Tri Daddy Tri. Guy's says: Run Bike Swim

Jack had a great race, but his black compression socks were pulled over his timing band and his run time was not recorded, so there was no official time. Bummer!

Fourth Tri: Jack's third tri was an Xterra Olympic in Moab, UT. It was an eventful trip. A woman side swiped out vehicle while we were trying to back up on a dirt road after Jack and his friend Ryan picked up their race packets. She didn't want to take responsibility and I had to organize a take down with a local police officer after she took first in her age group in the tri.

It was June 9th, Jack's 38th birthday, so we brought Hostess cupcakes to celebrate. He couldn't have asked for a better birthday.

Fifth Tri: His 4th tri was in Huntington, UT. He finished 13th of 42. Now he is training for his first marathon. Next spring he is signed up to race in his first Half Ironman!