Runners - In - Training

Some more catch-up....the weekend following Marc's graduation, the kids participated in an Endurance Festival event, here in Poky. The cool thing about the event was that the local hospital covered the entry fees for all participants under the age of 18! All in an effort to encourage kids to be active, etc. Anyhow, the event consisted of runs and bike races (road races) ranging from a .66 mile run for kids, a 5K, 10K, half-marathon and a bike race (just under a mile) for kids as well. Also, there was varying lengths of a Duathlon competition (run & bike ride), again, ranging from 5k run/20k bike ride up to 1/2 marathon run/1/2 century bike ride, I think.

We enjoyed a fun morning at the park encouraging the kids in the run as well as cheering on Marc's brother as he participated in one of the duathlon competitions. The Endurance Festival sponsors another similar event in Poky in September where it will be running and biking on trails rather than the road.

Here are a few play by play pics to help you feel like you were there! The kids did well and had fun. They were particularly excited that they got water bottles & back packs w/coupons and free samples for registering for the race! Olivia did inform us that next time she wants to participate in the bike race as running makes her legs too tired! :)


Above, the participants gearing up! Our kids enjoyed having their cousins participate as well.







On to the finish...




Peyton challenged himself and did awesome in the 5K run!



Kind of like a "Where's Waldo?" picture below...Can you find Scott (Marc's brother)??

Hooray for Graduation!

So, although Marc technically finished the MBA program in December 2008, he participated in the graduation ceremony at ISU on May 9th! It was quite a different experience from the BYU graduations we've attended, but a neat experience. Plus, we enjoyed a visit from Grandma & Grandpa Johnson to help celebrate! We are so proud of Marc... I won't ramble on; he's an incredible man, awesome father and husband and I love him! Enjoy the pictures!

We Love Home Depot!

The first Saturday of each month, Home Depot (at least the one here in Poky) has an activity for kids....free!! Marc took the three older kids at the beginning of May and they made Mother's Day gifts! Here are a couple pics of the process and the finished product.

Free Floats!!

I got an email from Sonic and they will be serving free (10 oz) floats from 8pm - midnight tonight, June 3rd! It does say (in small print) at participating locations, but if you have a Sonic near you, it might be worth checking into! Just wanted to pass along the info!

Hope everyone is having a marvelous June! One of these days (real soon) I'll get some more updating and pictures posted!