Races including the Summer Games

 The boys have participated in a few races lately. Ben decided to do an half ironman next year and has begun to train.

 First, they both participated in a triathlon (swim, bike, run).
Ben did really well, especially considering he just started training recently. He was 6th overall and won an award in his age division.

Westley did really well too, even though he went off course a few times! He won first place in the kids race by just over 1 second! He won a bike helmet, which is perfect because he really needed a new one.













The boys also raced in the Utah Summer games 5K and 10K (3.1 and 6.2 miles). Westley won a gold and a silver medal. He was first in his age division in the 10K and 2nd in the 5K.


Ben won third place in his age division in both races.

Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota

We recently took a trip to North Dakota to visit family and see our oldest niece graduate high school. We decided it would be a good experience for the kids to fly and then we could visit two states we had not visited before.

In Wisconsin we visited a State Park with a beautiful waterfall. It was nice to go on a hike after being in the airplane for so long.

While in North Dakota we visited a section of Highway called the Enchanted Highway. Every few miles or so there was a giant metal sculpture. One man has made this sculptures as a way to keep people visiting through the small towns. Below are a few of the sculptures.

While we were at Ben's sister's house we had a little adventure. Westley went running one evening with Ben and when he got back he complained about his knee. I looked down and his knee was twice the size as the other one! By the next afternoon the swelling had not gone down (most of his leg was swollen as red by this point) so we got to visit the ER! The doctor said it was cellulitis, gave him an antibiotic shot, and a prescription. It worked and he was soon feeling better.

Before we flew home we were able to visit the Mall of America. It is the biggest mall in the United States and it was huge! I can understand why there would be such a big mall in Minnesota, I am guessing it is not pleasant to go outside during the winter. The kids were quite fascinated and we had a great time mini golfing, checking out the huge stores, and seeing the indoor amusement park.