"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully tailored clothes...and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp...I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really there, and that I really lived."

~Marjorie Hinckley



"Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify." Henry David Thoreau



"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials." Lin Yutang

Monday, October 27, 2008

Marathon Runners


What an accomplishment!
Chet, Savannah and Quinn all participated in a Kid's Marathon. They have been running a mile at a time for the last couple of months and this was their last 1.2 miles to complete the marathon. We had been down to the beach on Friday visiting with some friends and ended up staying overnight there due to the tremendous down pour and gusting winds. It was pretty messy!...even back at home, where we discovered later that a tree was uprooted in our back yard during the storm. Happily it didn't fall on our house, or anything else important. The kids were troopers...rising at 5am to drive back in time for the race.
Here's a photo from the start of the race. I love Quinn's focus and determination captured here.


Chet was too speedy...I didn't capture the half way picture of him. I did manage to capture Savannah and Quinn. I love Savannah's smile. She's looking to Brenden and all the "cheerleaders" on the sidelines.

Here's Quinn. He was quite a speedy little guy!

All done! With medals to show for their great accomplishment. Yea!!! Great job kids!


3 comments:

Jenny said...

cute photos. Way to go guys, it's great for your health!:) You're an example to all of us.

natals said...

I'm very impressed that they decided to take that on! Bravo kiddos!

Maren said...

Hey there! Look- you have a Quinn! I'm glad you found me. Yes, I have kept up with Rachel occasionally. She and her partner live in Madison, WI. She teaches at the college there, last I heard.

Your family is so cute! It's so nice to catch up on people. How are your sisters? You can email me at maren1(at)gmail(dot)com. I'm also on facebook.com.

Just a reminder....YOU ARE AWESOME!!!