End of Summer Fun and Summer Olympics!

We had a great summer together! I really enjoyed the kids and feel really lucky that they would still all nap for me most days of the week! It made us all happier ;) The last week we got a visit from Ragnar's cousin Laurie and Cade Stephens. They moved to Dallas so we haven't seen them in a little while. They got to meet Deacon and we enjoyed catching up. We took our kids picture in the regular spot! We were just missing Deacon who had fallen asleep!

We had gone to chuck e cheese..

Where a kid can be a kid ;)

Deacon was enjoying himself!

And we went bowling this summer a few times...

This week we also had our annual "Summer Olympics" at Grandma and Grandpa Speers house! We were excited this year as we were able to have some of our cousins join us! They started with the Olympic march to some music. They each made their own flag and then Grandma led the flag parade.

They began with a friendly competition picture. The kids were reminded to do their best but cheer others on. We had to especially remind Cavin who is so competitive he can't stand it!

My kids wanted to represent countries. Ella and Cavin were representing Germany and Channing the United States.

Crew could hardly wait for the excitement..and Deacon could wait..he was fast asleep ;)

First event was "Water Balloon Shot put". Here's Ella giving it a go!

Caden

Cavin was the proud winner of this event.

Coleton

Channing

 Charlotte

And..grandpa showing them how it's done!

The next event was the "Discus Throw" Here is Channing...she didn't get to far.

Cavin and Ella

Caden won this event after a tie breaker with Cavin.

The next event was the "3 Legged Race" Ella and Coleton were a team

Channing and Charlotte paired up

And Caden and Cavin won by a leg!

Channing and Charlotte finally figured it out after a few falls..They were happy though!

The next event was the "Frisbee Toss" No one won this event as none of the kids could get it in this year!

Then came the "Hockey Stick Race"

Grandma gave Charlotte a little help and Channing didn't even want to participate in this event.

Caden won this event with a time of :34 to the fence and back.

Grandma was kind enough to demonstrate the next event. She loves pictures ;)  It was the individual relay race!

And they're off!

Notice anything in the picture below? Cavin got beat by Caden barely and tried to cheat at the end to pull it off. Poor boy needs to learn to to win fair and square. He is in a phase where he just wants to win so we find him cheating more often then not!

His face is priceless...

The next event we had to move inside for because the lawn guys decided to show up. It was the "Javelin throw".

Ella won this game after a tie breaker with Caden.

These 4 couldn't wait for the lawn men to leave, so they were watching out the window. They were finished pretty quick!

The last event Grandma put together the "Obstacle Course". Charlotte was the first to go!

Then Ella's turn.

And Caden.. He was ready to go! He won this event as well with a time of 1:05

Then Cavin...

Took my sweet coordinated son like 15 seconds to figure out how to crab walk out of the pool. haha!

Next was Coleton....

And last but not least...Channing....

Then the last event "Beach VolleyBall"

All finished and time to cool off..

Caden got Ella good with the water gun!

 Then we had a yummy lunch and the awards ceremony!

They all got a medal and the 3rd annual Summer Olympics was a success! Thanks mom and dad for always making it a fun memory!