David's 7th!

David turned 7 on the 9th.  He was excited to get a ukulele since Ben used his Birthday money and bought himself one and Sophie and Josh already have one.  He also got a Pooh Bear pillow pet from Sophie that she bought while we were in Disneyland and a Splash Mountain shirt and Disneyland towel we got for him after we road Splash Mountain and put him in the front so he got soaked.  He loved it.  He also got a hamster ball like his cousin Tyler got for his birthday in March.                               

 












 Then we went to PIRATE COVE for his birthday dinner!  It used to be Pirate Island Pizza but it was way to expensive and you could only go there on special occasions.  Now they're reopened with new owners, all the same interior and at half the price!























 Actually this time inside they have a Captain Jack Look-alike and a guy with a English pirate accent that goes around holding a bottle of rum and hands out tokens to kids.  He gave David 6 of them for his birthday after he made him say AARRGGHHH!

 They still had the arcades.  But they cut back on them and took out the fancy counting machines and now make the teenagers who hand out the prizes count them.  Which is why their prices have gone way down.  I may want to go there for my birthday dinner.  It was a lot of fun.

For FHE we took the hamster ball down to Cox Park to play with it.  The Wells met us there since they live 100 yards from it.  Cox Park has the perfect little hill.  Just big enough to have fun but not too big that you throw up.

 Here is David headed down with a big push.

 Josh was inside this time.  That's why Joel was helping to push.

 SOPHIE!

BENJAMIN!

 This is how they brought the ball back up the hill.  This is George.

 EMILY!

 It's tradition that the Shelton Aunts and Uncles send $5 to the kids for their birthdays to help them learn about the importance of paying tithing, saving money and spending money wisely.  Well, the day after his birthday the ice cream man drove into the neighborhood.  I was at the computer when he ran past me into his room and back out with his wallet as fast as he could.  I just smiled until I realized that he had a group of kids with him outside.  He had bought popsicles for everyone to SHARE.  Nice and smart.  He's a good kid.

IRONKIDS 1 MILE and IRONMAN 70.3

This weekend started out on Friday night with an IronKids 1 mile run.  It was super fun.  My kids and George and Evan ran it and Tavien Cluff and Kalo and Lina were there too.  It was so cute to see them all decked out it their Ironkids shirts and numbers.  They started at the St. George Library and went around the City Center and through the Ironman finish line.  They thought it was really cool.  They even received nice medals!  

Bright and ugly the next morning I took Joel to the buses to drop him and his bags off to head out to the lake.

When he got off the bus this was the GORGEOUS sight that he was met with.  7 of our favorite people.  I have no doubt that if Shayne were still here she'd be right in between Chase and Zack.

Here's Joel getting his wetsuit on.

Joel after the swim with his wetsuit off.

His swim time was only 52 minutes!  8 minutes faster than he had planned.

Here he was leaving on his bike.  Still a good chunk of people behind him.  I'm sure it was John who talked him into those arm thingys.  I don't think he needed them to help stay warm.  It was a super hot day.

We had 6 soccer games planned for today and needed to see Joel somewhere in between so we went up to Hurricane to catch him at the first bike aide station since he wouldn't be down to Washington before David's championship game started.  So we stood up there for about an 45 minutes when we saw Kyle stop and give his family hugs and kisses, get a drink, take pictures and then he was off.  He was there for about 30 seconds total.  But his family was so excited to see him.

We waited around for 15 more minutes for Joel and then had to leave.  So we started walking down the street and JoEllen yelled to us and we looked back right as he passed by and waved.  That was it.  No picture. No nothin'.  So we got in the car and went to the game.  We did get to drive by him long enough to snap these 2 shots to prove we were being supportive.

 





 

Sloan was here watching with his girlfriend's family and he was able to see Joel's transition from Bike to Run.  He took this picture of Joel flexing with is phone and sent it to me.

Kalo's husband Josh was sitting outside of their house with his hose spraying the runners as they went by.  Joel loved it.  He was so glad to see familiar faces to cheer him on.  He had 2 miles left to go.

Here he is on Main St. at the round about with only yards to go.  That's John and Brian in the background.  All the kids were lined up to high five him as he ran by.

I think he was a little excited.

                                                                                        

Dad, Jared and Brian there to tell him congrats.

  

Then the celebratory IV by me and Ironman Cookie made by Leighton Ipson.  The two best things needed for a good full recovery.   Thanks to everyone who supported Joel through his journey.  

We now have a really nice bike or sale.  Anyone need one?