October at the Farm

We spent the weekend at Mom and Dad's.  Mom had just recently found a fire at the treeline from a bolt of lightening.  We had to check it out:

It was crazy! Amazing what it did to these two trees. Fortunately, Dad followed the 911 advice when they called for firetrucks...he left it up to the professionals and didn't go near it.  Riiiiiight....that doesn't sound like Dad at all.  Haha - he had a rode made up to the fire and had plowed a perimeter ring around it before the firetrucks even got there. 

We also took a drive up Skyline and Dad and the girls walked down.  Reminded me of cross country training days.  The view is always pretty from up here.

Kennedy learned to ride a dirtbike this weekend.  Uncle Reid got it all cleaned up and ready to go. We all watched her go round and round:

 

Isabella helped Grampa burn the ditch and learned that straw tastes better than stubble.  And 'farmers chew on straw while they walk their fields.' 

  Lady and Dan swam, tried to chase Kennedy on the dirtbike and got very tired!

 Thanks Mom and Dad for a great weekend home!

Dirty Dash!

As part of team Rambo Runners we dirty dashed our way to the finish line in Spokane a few weeks ago.  The game plan changed a little as the weekend went on.  At first our team consisted of Aunt Rhonda, Shane, Kennedy, Brittany, and I.  Isabella wasn't going to run because she didn't want to get muddy - so very girlie!

Shane decided he would sit out with Isabella and watch us.  When we got to Aunt Rhonda's she had picked up our race packets and t-shirts. She bought a "Little-Piggy" t-shirt for Isabella and got her a team uniform even though she wasn't running.  As we carbo-loaded on yummy spaghetti, Isabella decided she DID want to run!

However, we didn't have a race number for her and the 3 mile run through the mud seemed a little bit too much for her little legs.  So she wore Shane's race number and stayed with him until we got to the mile 2 and then she raced the last mile in with us.  Some of the mud "puddles" we waded through at the beginning of the race were almost as deep as Isabella so it worked out perfectly to have her race the last mile with us. 

BEFORE:

Dirty Dash tats

Clean shoes and bright polka dots!

Let's do this!

Getting ready for the starting line

Dad had team spirit with a purple shirt, too!

Kennedy gets muddy before we even cross the starting line!

Off we go!

DURING:

Isabella joined us at mile 2.

She wasn't sure about getting muddy at first but quickly got into it!

The first obstacle for her was the muddy slip and slide:

Isabella's the only one with clean legs!

 We slipped and slode into the root beer break.

 Then a few more obstacles before the finish line:

Isabella climbed the first time with some help and then decided to climb it again solo:

 Kennedy and Brittany climbed the really tall obstacle:

Crossing the finish line:

 Waiting in line at the end, the girls couldn't resist some last minute mud wrestlin':

AFTER:

 
What a fun and muddy day!  Can't wait to Dirty Dash with Rambo Runners again next summer!