Dirty Dash 2015

Updates on Clifton -
He did it!  He memorized all 13 Articles of Faith.  Even the 13th as he would exclaim.  So dang proud of him.  Now to memorize them and remember them.  He can only say the last one he memorized, but hey I am so proud and he worked hard.  So primary gave him a candy bar (I'm sure this is why he was motivated to memorize them all) and a certificate.

I am so blessed to be able to serve in primary and watch this moment.

Updates on McKay -
She has been working hard on writing, which is a huge deal since she often fights me on it saying she just can't do it. And she wrote her name this week.

I want to frame it.  I love these moments in parenthood.

Updates on Stanley -
He is still struggling.  I took him into the doctors this week and she said he is doing ok with his medicine.  His lungs sound fine and his oxygen count stays up as long as we keep on top of his inhaler.  But he still has little attacks where he struggles to breath.  I feel so bad for him.  He is happy most of the time but then has bad coughing fits and struggles.  Of course it happens to be the worst at night.  So we are back to waking up about every hour.  I wish I could do more.

He sure is cute though:)

Since Stanley was having a harder time we had an easier and simpler week.  Plus we needed to clean the house after all the fun we had last week.

We had some friends come play for a little, play date at the park, and lunch at the library.

Thursday Stanley was doing a little better so we adventured a little more.  We went to Anderson Point Park with some friends.

 It was a mile hike down and a mile hike out.

 

It was a fun afternoon out.  And Anderson Point Park is beautiful beachy area.
That night Alex had meetings so the kids and I meet up with some friends and enjoyed the concert by the bay.

McKay has got the moves!

Saturday was the Dirty Dash!  I love this tradition so very much and hope to keep it up for many years to come.  It is something we all look forward to and the kids count down the days till it happens.  Almost as exciting as Christmas.

 Before the big kids race - Thanks Marelli's for joining us.

The family before we all get dirty, well except Stanley who got to spend time with Grandma P.  Thank you to wonderful family that helped with he kids so we can do this every year.

Some fun photos during the kids race.  It was super fun.  They were not going to do the kids race till 3 and we finished our race a 12.  We didn't want to hang around dirty for three hours so asked if we could run with the kids and make our own course while the last of the adults were finishing up.  They agreed and we pretty much got the place to ourselves.  It was AWESOME! No lines or waiting and we probably did two miles instead of just one with the kids.

After the big kids raced!  The Marelli's sure are fun.

After the kids run.  Such a fun day!  Now to clean the car and bathroom :)  SO worth it!