Bennett Family Reunion 2013

After the triathlon Saturday morning, we headed back up to the cabin for the Bennett Reunion.  When we got there, we found the kids playing in the hammock.  It was so cute!

 We like having our trailer!  When we bought it there were two major things we wanted to use it for.  The Bennett Reunion and the Deer Hunt.  It was great to have our own little place for food, sleeping, and a potty!  We spent the afternoon playing, flying kites, and enjoying the reunion over at Dean's cabin.      The weather was great, other than the wind.  At one point during the lunch, it was SO windy, everyone was losing their plates and drinks!  But still, it was better than the rain and cold that we had last year!

 The kid had killed a snake after lunch, it was huge!  It was crazy, but I guess the kids loved seeing the snake!  That night, we had another tradition of roasting hot dogs and making smores.  It was great!

It was such a fun day, but Preston made it for a rough night.  He must have not felt very good, because he was up until 2 just crying.  Nick took him out to the truck and tried to get him to sleep out there so at least he wouldn't wake the rest of us up.  But at 2 he came back in the trailer and I was able to get him to sleep on my chest and then eventually laid down next to me.  He slept until 6 and the woke up crying again.  He had been so happy all weekend and he is normally not a fussy baby.  We had never had a night like this with him, so it threw us for a loop!  So we got up all early on Sunday, and attended the Holden Ward.  Preston stayed at Gma Karens and slept most of the morning, which was good since that morning he got a fever.  I went to RS and then sat in with Carson's class in Primary.  I wanted to see how they did their singing time and see if it gave me any ideas or help with singing time in our ward.  Aunt Tamra sang in Sacrament meeting and I accompanied her on the piano.  She sang "I heard him come" and did great!  After church we had dinner and the kids played in the bounce house that Tamra had brought with her from California.  They had a blast!  Then we took some quick pictures with Gma & Gpa and the kids before we headed home that afternoon.  By then Preston's fever had broke and he was being a little less fussy and we survived the two hour drive home.  

It was such a great weekend and it was fun having the trailer and having great weather to make it even that more fun.  The kids were a little sad to have to leave Sunday, but I knew we were going to have just as much fun on Monday, for Memorial day.  See future post!

Greenwood Triathlon

So for as long as I have been married and attending the annual Bennett Reunion on Memorial Day weekend, I have heard about the Greenwood Triathlon that is held on Saturday Morning.  So I signed up for it this year!  It start in Fillmore at the pool.  The swim is 500 yards, which means you swim up and down five lanes, twice.  Then you get on your bike and take Cedar Mountain road from Fillmore to Holden which is 12 miles.  That part took me about 37 minutes.  Then you run just over 3 miles from the bike route to The Coates' house, who is the family that puts this all together every year.  The run took me just over 27 minutes I think.  It was a little different since you are running through a field or dirt road the whole time.  It was great weather though and I was happy that I was able to complete it without having to stop during any of the events.  The triathlon is not officially timed and it is very relaxed and fun.  I heard there were 90 people total who competed.  It was a great way to get in a workout that morning! Nick came along and helped me with my transitions and made sure to get my bike and give me a ride back home.  He also was my photographer!   Here are some pictures from the triathlon.

A fun start to a fun Weekend!

On Friday, after we got back from Carson's field trip, we finished loading the trailer and we headed south to Holden around 2:30.  We were happy we were able to get out of town as early as we did.  The traffic wasn't nearly as bad as we had anticipated for that reason.  I was just a little sad that Kaylee had to miss her dance class for us to get down there so early.  But it was great to get down there and have time to set up the trailer up at the cabin and have some dinner with the family.  Most of Nick's cousins and Uncle were already there for the weekend.  We had hotdogs and sloppy joes for dinner around the campfire.  The kids were so happy to be at the cabin and had a blast playing with their cousins.  They played in the sand tire, climbed trees, and road bikes around the cabin.  I could tell it was going to be a great weekend!

We can't forget about Kaylee.....

Before I get ahead of myself, I need to post about Kaylee's Preschool Graduation that was on Thursday!   She has been going to Learning Lodge Preschool with Miss Trish for 3 years now.  She started when she was just 2 1/2 and has loved every minute of it.  It was a little bitter sweet when she finally graduated from Preschool!  But she is so excited and very ready to start Kindergarten in the fall.  She is so smart!  She can write her name, every one in our family's name, all her letters, numbers, and is starting to figure out how to read.  I am just so proud of her and how well she has done in school and how much she has learned over the past 3 years.  She was so excited for her graduation.  Her class did a fun skit.  It was similar to the Gingerbread man, but it was cookies instead of the gingerbread man.  She played a pig along with her good friend Makenna.  Then they sang some songs for us and then got an award and graduation certificate from Miss Trish.

Congratulations Kaylee!  We are proud of you!