utah for a weekend

A couple of weeks after we welcomed JJ, Cori and Grace took a trip to Utah. Cori ran the Spartan Beast in Soldier Hollow with some of his family, and Grace got to spend a couple of days in the luxurious company of others of our family there. She and her cousins built hammocks in the bunk bed (with the permission and help of her Aunt Brittany). They actually slept in them! The weekend they were there, Elk Ridge had its Independence Day celebration. They started bright and early with a 1 mile fun run.

Gorgeous Elk Ridge sunrise... Aunt Brittany was sweet and studly enough to run with the kids. Grace loved every minute of her weekend there. She hung out with Grandma Sandy and Papa Ray at the fair that followed while Cori and the crew ran their race up north.

breakfast at the firehouse

games, and more games

(Thanks, Grandma Sandy for the pictures!)

Meanwhile at Soldier Hollow, these guys were getting signed in. This particular Spartan Beast was a 13 mile course with some 20+ obstacles. Here is the posse. Cory, Brett, Tiffany, Randy, and Cory. All shiny and clean. They did a great job. They stuck together and finished up in about 4.5 hours. Randy finished 3rd in his age group- way to go Dad!

Afterwords, they were not so shiny and clean, but I think their smiles were a little bigger. Once they had crossed the finish line, they went back and took a few pictures of some of the obstacles.

They are already talking about which Spartan race(s) they want to do next year. Something to look forward to...