Pioneer Day with the Rockwoods

We got up early to celebrate Pioneer Day so that the girls could run the mile Speedy Spaniard race and they did AWESOME!  Meg ran her mile in 7:38 and was the 8th girl overall, and 4th in her age group.  Brinn ran an 8:49 and was 6th in her age group.  They beat their last years' times by over a minute!  It was fun to watch!  Meg even ran with a possibly broken toe and still did awesome.

Heading to the starting line.

Meg's awesome finish!

Brinn's awesome finish!

After the race, Brinn won $10 in the raffle and then we watched the parade.  Eric really liked the police motorcycles at the beginning and then just sat and watched quietly until he fell asleep about half-way through.  My favorite part was the 2,000 Stripling Warriors.  A bunch of the stakes in south Utah county had the scouts/young men march as stripling warriors.  They were dressed up and each had a big stick.  It was really powerful seeing so many of the youth marching together.  It made me think about Eric growing up and going on a mission.  I think the church is in good hands.

July Birthdays with the Rockwoods

A few pictures from the Rockwood birthday party for Meg, Eric, and Jenny.

Rockwood Family Reunion

Last week we had our first annual Rockwood Family Reunion.  We took a short little trip down to the cabin in Mt. Pleasant and had a great time.  We went on a little hike, played games, rode the ATVs and just enjoyed the slightly cooler weather.

Yes, we packed our cars to the top of the mountain.

We painted little rocks that morning and took them on the hike so that we could add them to the monument.

Cheetos are the only good reason to let go of the cars for a moment

Dad's and Eric's rocks.

The girls' rocks (including mine).

Sometimes it's hard to be 2...

And sometimes it's just hard to wake up from a nap...

Brinn's Softball and Meg's Track

This summer Meg participated in a city track league.  She did awesome!  She ran the 100, 200, long jump and the 4x400.  Her long jump was amazing!  She jumped over 9 feet.  The highlight, though, was when she ran the 4x400 and ran faster than everyone on her team, including the 2 boys!  Yeah Meg!  Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of that...

Brinn participated in Springville's Coach Pitch Softball.  She LOVED it and did a great job.  Especially batting.  Way to go Brinn!

Emmett and the High School Reunion

This year was my 10 year high school reunion.  Because I was one of the class officers way back when, I was lucky enough to get to plan the reunion (please note that that was said with sarcasm).  So, we went to the reunion.  It was fun to be back in Emmett, and it was great to see some of my friends from high school.  I wish that we were closer together so that we could hang out more often.  I was reminded how lucky I was to have such good friends during high school.  I only hope my kids can be as lucky.

While we were there we got to hang out with Grandma Hallam and Maria and her kids.  We even got to stop by the Cherry Festival, which brought back lots of fun memories.

Riding their one ride at the Cherry Festival.

Sitting on Grandma's tractor.