End of 1st Grade

We can't quite believe that 1st grade is over! Kason has just loved school this year and couldn't wait to get there every morning! His teacher was C. Webb. Kason is very social and made LOTS of friends in first grade. His very best friends this year were: Caileb, Cameron, Jorge, Jayden W., & Cami. Every time I visited Kason's classroom this year, his desk was in a different place. I think Mrs. Webb frequently moved him around because he chats a lot with pretty much anybody he's near. She placed him by Cami, who was the quietest and most well-behaved girl in the class, and Kason even got her talking! He is a very happy and is excited about most everything.

He earned the Radiant Roadrunner award again this year and is an excellent student. He reads at a 3rd grade level, and amazes me with his math skills. Math must be his favorite subject because it's always the first part of his homework that he wants to do. He loves to count money & add numbers. He got 100% on almost every spelling test the whole year long.

One of his favorite things about school this year was that every Tuesday and Thursday at lunch recess, the kids ran around the track. For every 5 miles they ran, they got a "foot" charm to add to a necklace. And when they finished a 26.2 mile marathon, they got a special charm for that. Kason finished almost 3 marathons during the school year, sometimes running over 2 miles in the 30 minute window to eat lunch & run. I do believe he scarfed his school lunch as fast as possible so he could get out there and run. The kid takes after his dad.

He already knows who his teacher will be next year and he's so excited for 2nd grade to start.

1st grade awards assembly

Kason's Class:

(back r to l) Sami, Hailey, Tayler, Jorge, Jeffrey, Kason

(middle r to l) Jaden W., Cami, Caileb, Cameron, Eduardo

(front r to l) Dusty, Jaden D., Alandra, Tyler, Hailey P, Kayden, Macardi

Mrs. Webb & Kason.

Kason's words about her: She's a good teacher. She teachees me a lot of stuff.

Miss Faught, a student teacher the last 1/2 of the year.
Kason's words about her: "She's fun and smart. She's so beautiful."

Huff to Bluff Marathon

Tige and his brother Kirk signed up for the Huff to Bluff marathon, which goes from Blanding to Bluff. They've been talking about it for weeks and have been so excited. Abby was sick last week for a couple of days with throw-up and diarrhea. Then Kason got it. I was worried that we couldn't go with Tige because I didn't want to get our famliy in Monticello sick, but by Thursday Abby & Kason both seemed better. Yes! I pack everybody's suitcases and get everything ready Thursday evening. I feel like I'm coming down with a nasty cold, but that's minor, right?

I wake up Friday morning and got to get Taylor from his crib. He's covered in puke. Lovely. I feed him and change his wet diaper. A few minutes later he has a diarrhea diaper. Tige comes in from the garage and tells me our extra freezer hasn't been working for a few days (the circuit blew), and all our meat and food is ruined. It's just a jolly good day. Puts me over the edge. We can't go with Tige. I'm not taking a baby who is puking and has diarrhea in the car for 6 hours. My cold has rapidly gotten worse. Now I have to unpack everybody's stuff I packed. It's not a good weekend for me.

But Tige has a great weekend--he took his running buddy Cathy and her daughter and they headed over to San Juan County for the race. This was Tige's 2nd marathon, and he finished in 4:18, which was 32 minutes faster than his first marathon in St. George last October. It was good running weather (must better than the 90 degrees here last October), and all 3 of them did great and got nice medals. He has sore legs and is shuffling around. I'm not sure why he does these things. But whatever floats your boat I guess??? He's pretty amazing.

sponge cool-off provided by Shalisa

Kirk, Tige & Cathy at the finish

Father's & Sons

Waiting for Tige's commentary about this campout . . .

Ironman SG 2011

St. George held it's IRONMAN for the second year on May 7. The night before there was a kid's fun run (1 mile) which Kason ran in. He did so great--they let the 9-12 year olds go in the first heat and a few minutes later sent the 5-8 year olds. Kason was so speedy that he finished right up with the 9-12 year olds! I didn't even see him pass by because we weren't expecting him so soon.

Then the morning of the Ironman, Tige got up early to spend the day volunteering. First he was a wetsuit stripper at the lake, then he was a drifting enforcer on the bikes, then he worked in the medical tent, then he worked at an aid station at the run, and was a catcher at the finish line. He came home with about 5 different colored volunteer shirts from all he did. Stay tuned for St. George Ironman 2012 when he runs the race!