Goshen Mud Run

 As a Fund raiser this year we have looked into more family activities an less "buy this" from our Goshen families. Today was one of the family events I was most excited about! The Mighty Titan Mud Run came to Goshen to raise money for class leveled books. The weather was beautiful and the kids had an absolute...muddy......messy...great time! Rollins has a fractured foot but I let him take the boot off to get a little muddy with his friends!

 Sk LOVED it!!!!!!!! She ran it about 12 times! This girl is girly but she jumps right in to this kind of thing and I love that about her! Down and Dirty! She had a ball!

 She lost her shoes in the mud pit but just kept on going!

 Julia, Emily and SK ran it together several times and giggled the whole way!

 They finished holding hands and shouting "friends forever"!

 It was just a fun event and we all loved every second of it!

The fire truck was there to hose the kids off...but it mud was caked on and even after bath number one...we found traces of mud in ears!

Lila ray would only do it with me...so I could not take pics of her while I was rolling in the mud myself...hoping the mighty titans got one I can buy of her doing it! 

a funk for Rolls

I love this little guy.....truly I do. He is so sweet, so kind, so funny, and so full of life. He is kind of having a rough time right now...he is not loving school...missing his friends...Riggs is gone so much...he has put a lot of pressure on himself for running...I just feel like he is in a funk and I hate that for him. This was a selfie I found of him on his phone...so unlike the funny, smiling, ones I usually find.  Hoping his contagious laugh and dazzling smile will be back soon...I am doing everything I can to bring it back.

Rolls

Right now Rollins is caught right between being little and being big. He can play and laugh and run around like he did when he was two but he can also hang with Riggs' friends ( when they let him ) :)

But he still remains the sweetest boys in the world....

The boy who comes home from the book fair with books for his sisters.....

and oh how he loves his friends....

Nothing makes him happier than having his friends all together to hang out and play any game with a ball! And the balls change with the seasons.....lots of football going on right now for sure!

He is just a wonderful boy!

I am so blessed to know and love him!

Trinity Meet 2013

It was time for the Trinity Invitational! Goshen top runners were there......

and Riggs and Jack decided to run unattached today!

The crew came to watch them!

and they had a great race!

Riggs came in second over all and Jack 3rd!

Rollins had a great race too!

The awards ceremony brought trophies galore!

The Goshen boys took first place!

and it was another meet that the Hardy boys were together!

Hillcrest Youth Triathalon

 Somehow in the hustle and bustle I skipped a few things I should have blogged but didn't....one of them was the Hillcrest Triathalon!

It was Sk's first time.....

Rollins' 3rd year.......

and Riggs' 5th year I believe!

They swam.....

 transitioned.....

Biked........

and ran their little hearts out.....

all the way to the finish line......

Best memory of the day was when SK got a water on her way to the run.....

She sipped it and then asked me where the trash was.....

no trash can? "I can't litter, mom!"

I told her just to throw it....and she stood there... for what seemed like forever....contemplating this evil act of littering.......as the triathlon clock kept going....

Finally, after seeing 15 people toss their cups in the grass, she tossed hers too and ran on.....

sweet, SK.......love her and her heart so much....

Julia & SK finished but they were both emotional from their efforts....they tried so hard

 The firetruck blasted the kids after it was over to cool them off!

they were wet and happy....

silly.....

and proud!

Both Riggs and Rollins placed in their age groups!

It was a fun morning! 

The Hillcrest Triathalon tradition continues!