Monday, September 1, 2008

Labor Day Weekend

9/1/08

We had a great holiday weekend. We went up to Chad's parents cabin with Chad's sister Tanja, her husband Ryan, and their two kids Jaxon and Lindsey and Jaxon's friend Collin. We had a great time! The kids had a blast running around and acting crazy. I even got up early on Saturday to run in a 10k race in Heber. It was a beautiful run through the valley and up into the mountains (although I quickly learned that mountains have hills--go figure!)

On Saturday afternoon we spent the day at a Sheepdog Competition at Soldier Hollow. Our favorite part was watching the "Splash Dogs" competition. The dogs would run off a ramp and see how far they could get. It was such a hoot to watch each dog-some ran right off and others would run to the very edge and then stop and look at their owner like "you've gotta be kidding me!" The boys had fun watching all of the dogs and even petting a few. Oh, and we also saw a duck herding competition. We could hardly believe that these dogs could actually herd the ducks, but they did!

Tate is loving playing the piano
Duck herding!
Max at the dog show
Flying doggies!
...and some not flying doggies!

6 comments:

The Cushing Family said...

I can't believe how different Max looks with his teeth. What a cutie! I love reading your blog because you guys are always doing something fun. Glad to see you are enjoying Utah and being by family again! We are too.

Ali said...

looks like a lot of fun! Your kids are sure growing up fast!

The Barkers said...

That sounds like a very fun weekend. Way to go with the 10K!!!

David and Michelle Christianson said...

Looks like you guys had a great time! My family went to the same fair in Heber. Hope all is well with you guys! Your boys are getting so big!!

Alison said...

Those dogs are totally hilarious! This sounds like such a fun day! Is Tate taking piano lessons?

bstoddard said...

I can't believe how fast Max and Tate are growing up. They've both really changed since May. Sounds like you had a great weekend. We miss you. Congrats on running the 10 k too. I need to start running again. Wish we could do it together.