We are getting into chicken farming.  We have added some girls to the yard.  25 baby chickens.  Kevin is building the chicken palace/coop while the girls camp out in my kitchen in a swimming pool.  Hopefully this will only be for a week or so.

I think our Grandparents are smiling down from heaven.  (They raised chickens)

Aren't they cute.  In 4 months we are going to have a lot of eggs.

New friend, aka:  Adam's cousin;   Anjii Hansen.

Anjii came through Utah the first time on the 4th of July after racing in CO.  She was on her way back to CA and stayed with us a couple of days.  She then came back to race in the Tour of Utah hand cycle competition on Aug 13 and we had the pleasure of having her stay at our house for a week. 
We took advantage of our time together to share a few rides.

We spent some time at Utah Lake

We watched Anjii race.  Which she did fabulous!

Drove to the top of the Alpine Loop and watched the tour of Utah.

Then we spent a few hours of paddling on Tibble Fork Resevoir.  

Anjii- It was a pleasure getting to know you better.  Thank you for joining our crazy family activities and bringing a few more to our schedule.  and Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm for life, your positive energy and a few late night chats.  We wish you the best in life!

Everyone loves a Parade!

Ever since Kevin bought the VW bus, I have wanted to be in Riverton City's 4th of July parade.  Fill the bus with kids, dress like hippies and throw candy out of the windows.

Well our neighbor Ed Davenport has a Ferrari Testarossa.  He signed up to be in the parade and wanted to have a bunch of his Ferrari friends drive in the parade with him.  When he had only a few takers, he asked Kevin, through me, if we wanted to drive the VW's in the parade.  I instantly replied "YES!"

Ed and his Testarossa led the pack.  His was the only Ferrari.
Fast car, followed by the slow, easy rides!

So Adam, Jamie and Adam's nephew Trevin drove the black and white Oval.
Trevin would throw his candy out the sun roof.
Here Morgan is getting excited to get the parade going!

Chase and Morgan drove the tan bug!

Going slow down the road!  These air cooled cars wanted some speed!

Kevin and I drove Ed, the bus, filled with Adam's sister, Eichelle, her kids Damon and Lainey.  The kids had fun throwing candy out the windows!

Kim and Don brought their 67 Mustang.

Then afterward, we all came back to our house for burgers. (Except Ed).

Sweet day!

Visitors from Finland!

My uncle Wayne went to Finland a few years ago to see relatives.  While there, a family that was a friend of our relatives, offered his cabin for Wayne and Deb to stay at.  Now they are in the United States and coming to dinner at my house.  I was so excited to meet a family from Finland.

They were lovely.  So gracious and full of stories.  I loved the evening.  Thank you Wayne for keeping in touch and including us in inviting them over for dinner.

(br) Asa, Ken, Froggie (Mom), Bullfrog (Dad), Kevin, Ruth, John, Debi, Christel

(fr) Shauna, Wayne

There was so much snow this year that Utah Lake is very very full!  The water is to the top of the boat ramp and covers some of the roads.  Boating at Utah Lake is still wonderful.

A day on the lake with Kim, Don and Sam Trop.  Beautiful evening.  And fun!

RAGNAR RELAY - aka. WASATCH BACK!

Run 192 miles

Logan to Park City

12 people, 2 Vans - Team: Cops and Robbers

32 hours 23 minutes!

Ragnar (n) - In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestory, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits and favored by the Gods.

Check out this team of great courage and strength!  Who decided to have a bold exploit and run together for 192 miles of fun, encouragement, personal achievement, with a little pain and suffering.

Candace ran this last year with her work and enjoyed it so much she registered and put together a team.  The best part was the comaraderie of training.  We got together for a few group runs, compared progress and enjoyed each others company.  The second best part was completing the challenge.

I was runner #7.  Lucky me.  My total miles to run was only 12.2.  My first leg was flat, I was the first runner in Van 2 and we started about 12 noon near Pine View resevoir.  My second leg started about 8 p.m and climbed out of East Canyon resort. In the last 2.5 miles, I had the most elevation gain of my leg.  Total elevation gain was 626 feet.  It doesn't sound like much.  But it was a good little hill.  As I climbed, I kept telling myself, "no matter how slow you go, do not walk!"  And I did it.
The third leg was flat, but the hardest, due to sleep deprivation, (only 3 hours of sleep).  I started running right after the sun came up.

Adam was runner #8.  Total miles to run was 16.3.  His first leg was flat and east of Pine View.  His second leg was more difficult, if running downhill is hard for you, Adam thought it was easy.  He ran 7 miles, all downhill, from East Canyon to Henefer.  Total elevation loss was 957.  His third leg was fairly flat, a slight uphill, through Midway.  This was also his hardest leg, due to sleep deprivation and a big blister.

Jamie was runner #10 Total miles to run was 15.5 Jamie's first two legs were relatively flat, But her third leg was the "Ragnar Hill".  This is considered the steepest section of the total 192 miles.  In 4 miles there is an elevation gain of 1678 feet.  She climbed a paved mountain road that had some switch backs.  The snow had to be cleared from the road this year, due to the enormous amounts of snow we had.  The snow banks were 4 feet high that we drove through at the top.  She did awesome.  Had to slow a couple of times to catch her breath, but she ran this section in great form.

Our van/suburban of 6 consisted of Adam, Jamie, Myself, Lyndsey, Carli and Angie.  We did so good together, we laughed, suffered, shared snacks, slept, stunk and cheered each other on.  We got along so well.  I would do this again with this crew.

Our Team!

Carli

Favorite saying of the day: "Be Happy with the body God gave you"

It was a pleasure to run, ride and suffer with you.

Lynsdey

Climbed over Trappers Loop and was still smiling!

Finished Guardsmans Pass and was still smiling!

Angie

Ran a marathon the weekend before and came out to play with us!

Encouraging, Positive, Inspirational, Burb driver, Last Runner!

After 2 days of waiting in lines for the Honey Buckets, we were so excited to go home and flush.

Van 1

Candace, Phil, Kristen, Casey, Travis, Brad

Thanks for the great weekend!