Mock swim meet '12

Chris is now on the swim team.  The team did a mock swim meet with silly events the kids and families could join in.  Chris and Randy signed up for the t-shirt relay.  Each team member had to swim a lap with a t-shirt on and then transfer it to the next team member before they could start their lap.  There was a trick to swapping the shirt but not all the kids knew it and some did nothing to help.  But, it was still fun.

Chris and Randy are in lane 2.

BMX '12

In an attempt to get the kid out of the house and on their bikes, Randy found a BMX track that we thought they might enjoy.  I thought they might be intimidated by it so we made sure to bring a friend for each of them and found a local bike trail just in case.  As we pulled up to the track, they were all like .... OMG!!!  That looks totally cool!!

There were two other boys on the track and they turned out to be the same age as Acacia and her friend.  It turned out to be a good thing as they were able to give us some pretty useful tips.

This is Acacia's friend Carson on the mountain bike part of the track.  They did so much more down here but it was too difficult to video with all the trees!

This is Acacia doing the same section of the mountain trail.

The kids had such a great time here.  We expected to be here 15-30 minutes.  3 hours later we had to drag them off the course.  Randy and I did not get on our bikes at all.  We were hoping to ride on a trail after the track but since the kids liked the track so much we never left!

Although no one got serious injuries no one left without some impressive road rash!  Shoulders, knees, shins, elbows .... no body part was safe.  At one point I was helping one of the kids up from a wreck and when I asked where her bike was she looked around and said ... I am not sure .... maybe in a bush somewhere??

Check out this link to a video of the kids in the pump track and the toilet bowl!

Link to kids on BMX pump track

Taste of Madison and Eden's Edge '12

The Taste of Madison is our local food festival.  Tons of Madison restaurants come to the square and sell topas for a few bucks.  You spend the day walking around trying tons of different foods, desserts, beverages all while listening to any of three stages with live music.

 The kids ate ribs, pizza, chocolate covered strawberries, ice cream and killer fancy cup cakes!!

After the sugar, they were pretty crazy!

While we were in Nashville this summer we went to the Grand 'Ole Opry and saw several bands.  One was Eden's Edge.  As luck would have it, they came to The Taste of Madison over Labor Day week end.  Randy and I headed down to see them.  If you ever get the chance to see them, they are AWESOME!  The lead singer (Hanna) has an amazing voice!

It was a bit breezy for Hanna's dress and her mic kept malfunctioning on her so she had to sign into someone else' mic.  No, they were not trying to be sexy and have a girly kiss!  They sing the song Amen and Too Good to be True (diamonds on the soles of my shoes) ....

Mallards Baseball '12

Thanks to Chris' summer reading program, he was awarded a free ticket to a Mallards baseball game.  And, the day care the kids go to also had free tickets.  We took some of the kids friends and made a night of it.

It was a great game!  Lots of action and we won in the final inning!

The boys did a TON of dancing ....

Apparently, Braden did not like the call on the field as he came asked us if he could "cuss"!