We signed Palmer, Hunter and Josh (Lincoln assured me multiple times that he didn't want to do it...until the night of the run. Darn it I should have seen that coming and signed him up anyway) up for the Dolphin Fun run that our school PTA was hosting. Sad to say, the night of the fun run was rained out (can you believe all of the rain Utah has had?! More than I remember in my whole life time!). It was rescheduled for the next week on the same night as the PTA carnival. I was a little worried that it would be WAY to much going on at the same time, but it ended up being perfect. The boys would run in their races, and then go and play on the bounce houses.We love that the PTA does this fun carnival. We had to go this year as we loved
last year's carnival.
Palmer sure has made some good friends at this school. We are sure going to miss them all (Maddy's hair is all crazy because it was spirit week. I miss out on this crazy hair day...actually I missed out on most of spirit week. Oh well, next year right?
Last year was so fun!)
The three fun run participants with their new shirts on.
They were first led in some stretches. Hunter was so hilarious as he stretched. That kid is so CUTE!
The first run was a 1K for the 3rd grade and under kids.
Palmer took 6th place in that race.
Lincoln had a blast playing on the toys with his buddy Cody while the race was going on. He is going to miss that Cody, they are two peas in a pod. They always have so much fun playing together.
McKay was so afraid of the huge gorilla bounce house. Josh was trying to get him to get over his fears :) I don't think it worked...
McKay sure loves his Daddy.
McKay was actually pretty miserable. It was a little cold and he was up way past his bedtime. I ended up taking him home to feed him and warm him up a little, but it wasn't as fun for him or me as it was for everyone else...
Hunter found all sorts of friend this night. He just went off on his own and made friends with whomever he was standing in line with. This is the cutest girl from Palmer's class.
This was quite the slide. I think Palmer was trying to work up the courage to take the plunge.
I have gotten some funny faces from Palmer as he has gone down these bounce houses. Example
here.
It was finally time to start the 5K. I was a little worried about Palmer running this as he had already run a 1K. But he was fine (I know he wouldn't have told me that he wasn't :) This was his 3rd 5K. His first one was
here and the second one
here.
Palmer ended up taking 1st place in kids and 3rd place overall. He ran the whole way, which Josh was very proud of. It was fun for them to get to do it together. He ran the race in 30:19. It is about a 10 minutes mile. I hate to say that it is faster than I did my last 5K in. He is pretty driven. Josh ended up taking 3rd place in the mens category.
Palmer was supposed to be in a 50 yard dash, but was still running the 5K, so Lincoln got to take his spot much to his delight. He did really well and took 6th place.
Hunter was by far the youngest kid in the 50 yard dash and was way shorter than everyone as well. He was such a trooper though and ran his little heart out.
When Palmer finished with his 5K, he immediately went to find out what race he could run next and ended up running in the "big kid" 50 yard dash. I was ready to drop just watching him.
We had hot dogs, free cotton candy (free is always a plus) and soda for dinner and Hunter was wearing it all on some part of him or other :)
They had an awards ceremony after the races were over and Palmer was thrilled to have won a bag full of goodies!
The boys have talked about this fun night non-stop. It was a great adventure.
We signed Palmer, Hunter and Josh (Lincoln assured me multiple times that he didn't want to do it...until the night of the run. Darn it I should have seen that coming and signed him up anyway) up for the Dolphin Fun run that our school PTA was hosting. Sad to say, the night of the fun run was rained out (can you believe all of the rain Utah has had?! More than I remember in my whole life time!). It was rescheduled for the next week on the same night as the PTA carnival. I was a little worried that it would be WAY to much going on at the same time, but it ended up being perfect. The boys would run in their races, and then go and play on the bounce houses.We love that the PTA does this fun carnival. We had to go this year as we loved last year's carnival. 
Palmer sure has made some good friends at this school. We are sure going to miss them all (Maddy's hair is all crazy because it was spirit week. I miss out on this crazy hair day...actually I missed out on most of spirit week. Oh well, next year right? Last year was so fun!)
The three fun run participants with their new shirts on.
They were first led in some stretches. Hunter was so hilarious as he stretched. That kid is so CUTE!
The first run was a 1K for the 3rd grade and under kids. 
Palmer took 6th place in that race.
Lincoln had a blast playing on the toys with his buddy Cody while the race was going on. He is going to miss that Cody, they are two peas in a pod. They always have so much fun playing together.
McKay was so afraid of the huge gorilla bounce house. Josh was trying to get him to get over his fears :) I don't think it worked...
McKay sure loves his Daddy.
McKay was actually pretty miserable. It was a little cold and he was up way past his bedtime. I ended up taking him home to feed him and warm him up a little, but it wasn't as fun for him or me as it was for everyone else...
Hunter found all sorts of friend this night. He just went off on his own and made friends with whomever he was standing in line with. This is the cutest girl from Palmer's class. 
This was quite the slide. I think Palmer was trying to work up the courage to take the plunge.
I have gotten some funny faces from Palmer as he has gone down these bounce houses. Example here.
It was finally time to start the 5K. I was a little worried about Palmer running this as he had already run a 1K. But he was fine (I know he wouldn't have told me that he wasn't :) This was his 3rd 5K. His first one was here and the second one here.
Palmer ended up taking 1st place in kids and 3rd place overall. He ran the whole way, which Josh was very proud of. It was fun for them to get to do it together. He ran the race in 30:19. It is about a 10 minutes mile. I hate to say that it is faster than I did my last 5K in. He is pretty driven. Josh ended up taking 3rd place in the mens category.
Palmer was supposed to be in a 50 yard dash, but was still running the 5K, so Lincoln got to take his spot much to his delight. He did really well and took 6th place.
Hunter was by far the youngest kid in the 50 yard dash and was way shorter than everyone as well. He was such a trooper though and ran his little heart out. 
When Palmer finished with his 5K, he immediately went to find out what race he could run next and ended up running in the "big kid" 50 yard dash. I was ready to drop just watching him.
We had hot dogs, free cotton candy (free is always a plus) and soda for dinner and Hunter was wearing it all on some part of him or other :)
They had an awards ceremony after the races were over and Palmer was thrilled to have won a bag full of goodies!
The boys have talked about this fun night non-stop. It was a great adventure.
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