Grayson lost his first tooth and his second tooth within days of each other.
Nate turned 11 years old! Happy Birthday
For Nate's birthday we went to Wingers and to the movies. We watched Journey 2 in 3D. Pretty good! The kids want to buy it when it comes out on DVD. Nate's favorite flavor is mint and chocolate, so when he saw the desert that Winger's serves, he was thrilled. He got to pick out his presents this year himself. I would say pretty lucky. He picked a pair of remote controlled trucks that shoot lasers at each other. Unfortunately, his little brother Cody absolutely fell in love with one of them. He is nice and has let him pet it. Cody pets it, and even kisses it. Then he tells you, "Nice." He got a remote control jeep that shoots airsoft bb's, and $money$ from my parents and $money$ from Nate's parents. He really liked getting the birthday money. He then ended up using his birthday money to buy a Harlem Globe Trotter basketball, and nachos (his favorite treat ever) the very next weekend. Which he did get signed by the whole team.
Harlem Globe Trotters
For Valentines Day we got a special treat. We got to go see the Harlem Globe Trotters. What a cool show. The kids loved it. They are so entertaining. Grandpa Allen got to come with us, but Grandma had to work. Grandpa spoiled the kids and bought them treats and a basketball. We now have two signed Globe Trotter basketballs, and Cody loves them so much he slept with one that night.
Yep that guy is named Stretch. He had the biggest crowd waiting to get their stuff signed. I think little Nate was the last one he ended up signing that night. If not, pretty close to last. He is super tall. Just to give reference. My Nate, standing next to him, is 6 feet even.
Panguitch Lake
For Presidents Day we went to Panguitch Lake and stayed at the family cabin. We took the Cheney family with the intent of ice fishing. On the day they tried to go ice fishing it was just to cold. They were unable to catch any fish or stay at the lake for very long. For the most part, we just enjoyed the cabin. We ate tons of food, played the wii, watched movies, played games, and took naps. It was nice to just have a lazy weekend.
Hamilton (left) and Cody (right)
Kids had fun with a snowball fight and sleds one afternoon.
Nate really does like ice fishing.
Harrison really does not like ice fishing. He was cold, and he had to wear Aubrie's pink gloves.
Nate earned his Arrow of light in cub scouts. He got to do the crossing over ceremony at the pack meeting.
He was so proud to have both Grandma's and Grandpa's come to support him.
February pack meeting was also the cake auction, so we got to eat a yummy lasagna dinner with salad and breadsticks. Then we won a reese's peanut butter cup chocolate cake for $30. Our cake we made sold for $30 also. All the money goes to the scouts. Overall, it turned into a very exciting and special night.
Dog town half marathon and 9K race
We decided to register for the Dog town half marathon race the last weekend of February. So with 1 week notice, we signed up for a race. Nate went ahead with the full 13.1 mile race. I felt like I was not trained enough for that distance, so I signed up for the 9K. Because this was called the Dog town race, it had a canine theme, thus the 9K for canine. A 9K is 5.59 miles. When we ran it, we realized we had signed up for a mostly up hill race. We renamed it the Dog turd race. We were challenged. My 9K wasn't bad, but those that ran the long race felt like it was a lot of up hill. They don't want to run this race again at this point. But now, we can say we have done it.
This is our before the race picture.
From left to right: Nate, Liz, Jody, Faline, Aaron
This is our after the race picture.
Notice Jody flexing. She felt super strong after the race. Notice our shorts. They gave us shorts instead of shirts for this race. They were a little short, so we decided to wear them on top of our pants. I don't really do short shorts. Not my thing. There was a law firm that did end up sponsoring racers. If you would wear their logo shirt, you got a shirt. So we did end up getting shirts too. Those that ran the long race got dog tags, but Faline and I were not awarded any for our race. We were a little disappointed in that. More reasons to call it the Dog turd race.
