Full Crazy!

Today Matt ran a full marathon, and yes, it was a hot one!  They started almost an hour and half after they did last year, and with a hot day, it was a hot mess!  Even with all of that, Matt finished yet another marathon!  We were thrilled to cheer him in after meeting him for a drink refill earlier in the morning.  (you can see the boys on the left side of the fence running from a ways away with Matt and Anna on the left side of the fence cheering for him as he approached)

We are so proud of you!!

Where is my child?

Love moments like this

Mason is reading to Olivier. Makes my heart happy! And they are both wearing their "I ❤️ my brother" shirts!

Rodeo time!

This year Cal Poly was moving the rodeo from the normal arena into the football stadium.  We had never been to one and the change of venue seemed like a good excuse to go and check it out.  

We parked at Matt's work so we had to take a photo with the cow!  And yes, we went and visited with the real cows too.  One of them licked Anna's hand.  

Then we settled into our seats.  Thankfully we got there a bit early because it really did fill up.  They said there was about 10,000 people who attended.  

 Here is a view of the arena.  The sun was a bit of an issue but we all lived.  :-)

I couldn't tell you what all of the events are called but this is what started everything off.  

The barrel racing was great to watch!  (Anna's favorite and I have to agree!)

And finished with some bull riding.  

 Much to our surprise after the final rodeo event they brought in what looked like a jump ramp and a landing area.  Sure enough, they were, and the boys (especially Olivier) were thrilled!

It was a fun night!  And now we have all been to a rodeo (and not just a bus roadeo!)  

Why of course I have a beard!

The boys have been pretending they have beards with the soap while they are taking showers.  For some reason tonight they were really getting a kick out of it and wanted to see what they looked like with beards so they took each others pictures.  

Two silly boys!

Eli's birthday

Okay, I am a bad aunt.  We enjoyed celebrating Eli's birthday but I never got a photo of the birthday boy!  Maybe it was because the boys were hiding out or maybe it was because they didn't seem to stay in one spot very long but whatever the reason I was bummed when I realized I never got a photo.  I did get a photo of Corbyn and Anna playing on the trampoline.  Silly girls!  

 Happy birthday Eli!

A little guitar

Anna took a guitar class after school (once a week for a few weeks).  They had a small "performance" at the end. 

They were very excited to show us how to play the cord A11.  

Can you name that tune?

Not a rock star but they had fun!