Playing Well With Others

My brother just emailed this picture to me and it is definitely blog-worthy. This picture was taken at our Wilkins family reunion and just speaks to me. It says "I love my cousins," and "families are forever," and "plays well with others." Honestly, I think Makenna enjoyed this interaction (you can see the glee despite her scream) because Addie wouldn't let Kenna get very close... ever. Addie has a very big personal bubble and didn't appreciate Kenna's repeated efforts to snag a hug. Kenna was also "borrowing" Addie's bracelets and that was the last straw! This picture truly captures Addie's pent-up fury. I wonder if there will be more disagreements over clothing and accessories in the future. I'm just glad this classic cousin moment was caught on film!

 

First Day of School

Things started off with a bang! We were nervous, excited and ready (I think). Then the unthinkable happened...Hailee and Tyler got sick. They spent their second day of school in bed (and third in Hailee's case). AHHHHH!! Seth was very proud of himself today because he biked home from kindgergarten (just over a mile). His face was so red it was almost purple, but he did it.

The kids all let me take their picture on the first day and Kenna wanted in on the action. She was in her pajamas and decided to go with an unconventional shot. She refused to look at the camera or smile. She is just into doing things her way right now and usually I think she is pretty cute anyway.

Ragnar Relay

We were invited to run the Ragnar relay with some friends from our Saint George neighborhood. Ragnar is a scenic relay race run on the back roads from Logan to Park City. Teams consist of 12 runners and each runner runs three legs of the race. The race for us started on a Friday afternoon and ended on Saturday evening (yes, that means we ran all night). We raced on a team called the McGruff Milers, as in the McGruff crime dog. One gal on our team was kind enough to sew us each a pair of ears for our running enjoyment. I do think the ears helped with aerodynamics or at least they made us feel faster. It really was a great time dispite all that running, and freezing, and burning up. Go McGruff Milers! Oh, and the more professional yet grainy looking pictures are the pictures the race photographer took of me. I think I have a stalker cause of the 27 pictures taken of our team 23 were of yours truly. What was he thinking? But I did think they were pretty cool pictures and I usually hate pictures of me running.