Along the way we stopped at Little America so that Brooke could play on the playground as well as eat some ice cream. Brooke enjoyed the slide and the ice cream!
About 45 minutes before we got to my parents house Brooke started to cry, and there was nothing I could do to cheer her up. She was just done with the car! We finally made it and got her inside and had to sit alone in a room for a while to calm her down. Once she was calm she did have a good time, and I was surprised at how well she did with being around so many people!
Upon arrival I was also happy to see that the garden zombie I got my parents for Christmas a while back was still in the garden! They even took out the bush that was growing over it!
Friday and Saturday I was gone running. For those who don't know what Ragnar is, it's an approximately 200 mile race, with 12 participants on a team. Each person runs 3 times throughout the race. Here is a picture at one of the exchanges in the night. GO TEAM!
While your team is running, it is for the most part, up to the rest of the team to hop out of the van along their runs and give them water, etc. Here I am out waiting to support our runner on their night run!
There is one run that is called Ragnar Hill, which fell upon me this year. It was a 6.5 mile run, with 3000 ft of elevation gain, and 1000 ft of elevation loss. Basically the first 5 miles were up a mountain, and then I had to run a mile and a half back down. Here's a view of the ski slope I was tasked to run up!
Along the way I crossed paths with the terrain park!
And at the top there was still snow! In fact, the final climb was all snow covered. They drove something over the snow to try to pack it down to make it a little better, but still, I had to run through snow in June!
The team did very well. We finished in 32:20, which I believe is about 4 hours faster than we've ever done before (at least last year was 36 or more hours)! I think everyone had a great time too!
On Sunday we went to church with my parents, and then drove back home. Brooke did not throw up this time thankfully, though she had had enough with about two and a half hours to go. We were a little smarter this time and reclined her car seat back as far as it could go to try to help her to sleep. Fortunately that worked and she slept the rest of the way home! It was a great trip and it was nice to go see our families (not mentioned previously, Monica went to visit her family while I was running).
Between the emotional taxing of driving to and from Utah, as well as getting another 2 teeth Brooke has not been having the best sleep of her life, which frequently ends with her in our bed. This is how I found her when I got up.
Also, this picture has no real story (that I remember) but I thought it was really cute!
Last Tuesday one of the youth in our ward had his Eagle Scout project. He collected a bunch of fabric donations to make blankets for the hospital. We went over to help tie the blankets. I think Brooke did the best job of any of us!
This past week the temperatures were supposed to get into the upper 80's and even the 90's (and they did!)!! It was finally time to go get Brooke a pool! We picked this one because it has a slide, and because the alligator can shoot water out of it's nose, but Brooke doesn't like that part yet.
She really likes playing in the water, but doesn't usually want to be out there for too long. I think it's because the water feels cold, and she usually won't stay in long enough to get used to it.
She loves to get buckets/cups and fill them with water and then dump them out. While in the pool I was showing her how to scoop up water with her hands, which she dutifully mimicked!
On Saturday morning we found this ant beast in our house! This is possibly the largest ant I've ever seen, well over an inch (maybe...)! I scooped it up and tossed it out the door. To give you a true idea of the size of the ant, when I flung it outside I actually heard it hit the ground!
This weekend was Parker Days, which is a big festival they do here each year. You may remember it from last year when Brooke got her picture taken as a head of lettuce(It's toward the bottom). We looked online before going and you had to be 36" to ride the kid rides, and Brooke was only 34" at her last doctors appointment, so she just missed out! It might be for the best though because it was very hot out and Brooke does not do well in heat. She was sweating so much and her face was all red! We stopped by the food court area thing to get some cold lemonade and a pretzel.
And Brooke got a free milk drink from her pediatricians tent!
We mostly walked around looking at the various tents that were set up. There were over 500 this year! We stopped by one that had a ring toss game to win a free snow cone! Monica stopped me because she was sure I'd be able to win one. She was right!
The snow cone was a great idea because Brooke had been so hot. We gave her a bunch and I think it helped her quite a bit.
The hospital had also put out some free sunscreen at various places. That was a very good idea! We did bring our own, but I'm sure there were a lot of people taking advantage of this.
I tried to get a picture of Brooke at the snow cone place with their little cut out scene. Brooke was not happy to come out of her stroller at the time which made it quite difficult, but I did what I could.
When we got home we went out in her little pool again. Somewhere along the way she got sunscreen in her left eye! It's probably because she rubs her eyes/face whenever you try to put sun screen on her. I still felt really bad for her though.
And finally, this morning Brooke found my shoes on the ground. I saw her over by the door trying to put one on while I was making breakfast. She came over to me with the shoe and asked for help, so we put it on! She even took a few steps.... er.... shuffles with it on. Guess her toes were holding it in place!
And with that I think you're all caught up! We had a full two weeks, but it was a blast! I hope everyone is doing great!
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