Willow Crest 1 mile run

Haili's gym teacher came to me after school and told me, your daughter likes to run. I am thinking is this good or bad? Well, he wanted her to enter in a 1 mile run this weekend and so we did! No one in our family is a runner, but She was awesome. She ran a 1 mile cross country run ALL by her self, and she was the only 1st grader to compete in her school. With no training and being all new to running, she did an Awesome job. She finished in the top group with all the 3rd graders. I was so excited that she finished that I didn't get her time, but her teacher will let me know later. We do have to give Grandma Rowe kuddos, we were a little worried about her running a cross country race by her self so Grandma ran behind her. Haili had no idea she was there. Shanna even took a few short cuts :) and still couldn't catch up to Haili. We are so proud of them both...


Haili with all the kids at her school running. She is the littlest one there ;)


And there off... Haili is somewhere in the middle of all those kids.


Haili comming into the finish line...


Showing off her medal!

Cody wanted to run too, only because Haili was doing it. So, Trevor decided to run with Cody in his division....I guess they got down the first hill and Cody plopped down on the ground and refused to go any further :) (He his a lot like his mom) So being a good father, Trevor made Cody finish what he started and he coaxed him (maybe dragged him a little) to the finish. In the end both kiddos recieved medals for finishing and they are both proud of their accomplishments. It was a very fun day, and it ended with a trip to DQ.

Trevor trying to coax Cody to run the last few feet.


As soon as Cody saw me he started to ball and didn't want to finish, Trevor helped him the last few feet :) They might have finished a little sooner if Cody spent more time running (which he loves to do around the house) and less time throwing a fit. They both had fun, and Trevor couldn't stop laughing.


So proud!

Summer Vacation

We rode a train to seward and back. We spent the day downtown and at the Sea life center. The kids loved looking at all the animals and most of all they had a blast in the train. The train has a place to look outside, between the cars. Haili would lean out and laugh.












We went to Gridwood and panned for gold. We also went to the Wild life conservation center, and saw many different animals that live in alaska. The kids got to watch them feed a baby Musk Ox. Cody's favorite part was digging holes all over the river with his shovel. The girls had a blast playing in the glacier water. They were both drentched by the time we were done. We did manage to get a few flakes of gold which was prety exciting.










We took the kids to see a reigndeer farm. The kids had a blast being encircled by tons of reigndeer. Reigndeer don't bight so the kids could feed them pellets out of their hands. They also had a few baby's that were no bigger then cody.

Alyeska

7 1/2 months pregnant and I can still climb Mt. Everest...Ok, so it's not Mt. Everest but it felt like it. We took the tram up Mt. Alyeska ski resort in girdwood and then Hiked to the bowl from there. We are having so much fun with Trevor's sister, Tasha, and her kids. To bad it has to rain! We are going on 31 days straight of rain. It's not as bad as it seems. It is so beautiful up here right now. And Cody is loving jumping in all the mud puddles. We are trying to get as much play time in as possible before school starts. Haili will be in 1st grade, she is so excited!

Cousins

Trevor's sister Tasha is up here in Alaska visiting for a few weeks. We are all having a lot of fun! Haili and Cody can't get enough of their cousins. Riley is so darn cute, she is a very happy baby.

Happy Birthday Trevor

Trevor had a good birthday this week! I made him the best brownies ever, not to bragg but they were sooo good! We love him.

Salt Lake City

I was able to go to Salt Lake City for the weekend, and visit my family. I had a wonderful time! I was able to visit the sites and go shopping with my mother. We ate so much good food! And my cousin Cameron and Kari had a beautiful wedding, I was so glad that I was able to visit with all the family. The weather was sunny and hot! It was nice to get out of the rain! We have had 27 straight days of rain, and we have broken the record this year! It is still beautiful.

We also can't waite... only 2 1/2 more months until we have our new baby girl! Now if we could only come up with a name. Let me know if you have any good ideas...We like them short and sweet and girlie.