Myrick Family Reunion

 The 1st full day of the Myrick Family Reunion started off with a fun bike ride.  All were welcome to ride bikes from Grandma's to Aunt Christina's house, 8 miles away.  This is Grandma and Keira at the tail end of the pack.  Keira wanted so badly to ride the whole way, slow as she was.  Grandma stayed by her for about a mile. Keira then hitched a ride up to about 1/4 mile away from the finish.  What a trooper!

 Christina and I are modeling the cute little rings and clips she put together as trinkets for all the kids.  They were part of a treasure hunt that had them digging up the sand box.   

Can you see that carrot?  It's a double!  We had a good laugh about this oddball carrot. 

Keira loves horses.  She lets Ruby sniff her skirt.  I think Ruby thought there was a yummy treat mixed up in all those colors.  Keira was able to ride around by herself or with cousins.  

 We had a lot of fun activities going on all day.  Trampoline tricks, tug of war, treasure hunting, horse riding, water balloon toss, slip n'slide and of course visiting.  Grandma Betty and Grandma Dixie were out enjoying their family as well.  One of the best games required two teams to attempt getting their whole team on a piece of material.  Each stage of the game the material was folded smaller.  Stacking kids, one foot on and holding hands and leaning out were all tactics used by the winning team.  It was pretty entertaining!

All the kids slept in the tent city in Grandma's front yard.  The girls all bunked together with Dingo as their protector.  

In the boy tent we had to tickle the grumpies out of Jonah in order to get this cute picture.  He did not want to wake up for an early morning picture.  

Katie John mastered this cool trick and showed it off every chance she could.  Neat huh?  It's not as easy as it may seem.  

Other activities included red rover, more trampoline and jewelry making by Anna.  

A puzzle race was organized with two teams competing.  It was John, Julie, Sherry and Grandma against Angela, David, Shaun, Katie and Jennifer.  Each puzzle of was equal difficulty and 500 pieces.  Ready. Set. Go!  You're looking at the winning team!

One of the projects was to create a commercial for something.  Ours was about being prepared.  

Jonathan, Jonah, Mason and Justin depicted life on the farm as more than ideal.  

Giganta-Mellow

 

there is one more i'm trying to get uploaded....

Two Wheeler

Keira has been wanting a bike with training wheels for a long time now. Finally with the sun shinning, John spruced up a bike and put training wheels on it for her. She has a cute helmet with fairies on it and she is riding around and around! I hear the happy sound of training wheels on cement quite often.

Hard work takes you places!

After almost a year, Jonah was finally able to reach his goal! He has been earning money for his very own bike. He went to the store with his dad and picked out his bike and paid for it with his very own cash. We are very proud of our boy, he worked so hard to earn $55. You can tell by his smile that he is just giddy with excitement! He LOVES his new bike.

Keira has also reached a milestone, learning to ride her tricycle! She has been practicing here and there but finally got it together today. Look how cute she looks pedaling away!

On occasion I let the kids out front to ride their bikes up and down the street. Here they are patiently waiting for me to take the picture so they can zip away!

Duathalon

Jonah, Katie John and I participated in a Duathalon today. It consisted of a 5 or 10 mile bike ride and a 1.5 or 3 mile walk/ run.

Jonah rode more than the 5 miles and I walked more than than the 1.5 miles. I of course was untrained for this event, but wanted to support my friend Gina who organized this event. I walked with a group of gals that kept me going. Katie John was sad before the event even started because her bike tire POPPED on the way there. She had her heart set on riding. Instead she went on the walk with me but soon left me behind, keeping pace with Hunni, a gal from our ward. Hunni has legs that are twice as long as Katie John's so I'm not sure how she was able to keep pace with her. Jonah rode his bike well. He kept pace with his group, though he was wishing he had a bigger bike. He is working hard at earning the money to buy one soon.