10 of us ran the Great Potato Marathon/Half Marathon/5K on Saturday
(Back: Melanie, Joel, Cassidy, Austin, Heather, Haley, Dillon);
(Front: Wesley, Preston, Ammon).
5K (427 participants, including walkers)
Joel, Dillon, Cassidy, Ammon, Preston, and Wesley ran the 5K.
Wesley (7 years old):
1st place in the family.
Time: 26:46. (8:55 second/miles)
He was 12/26 in his age group (14 and younger).
He was the first place seven year old.
He was 98/427 overall.
Dillon (16 years old):
2nd place in the family.
Time: 27:09. (9:03 minute/miles)
He was 11/15 in his age group.
He was 106/427 overall.
Preston (8 years old):
3rd place in the family.
Time: 28:38. (9:32 minute/miles)
He was 15/26 in his age group (14 and younger).
He was the second place 8 year old.
He was 122/427 overall.
Ammon (10 years old):
4th place in the family.
Time: 29:48 (9:56 minute/miles)
He was 17/26 in his age group (14 and younger).
He was the third place 10 year old.
He was 145/427 overall.
Joel (33 years old):
5th place in the family.
Time: 31:12. (10:24 minute/miles)
He was 10/16 in his age group.
He was 171/427 overall
Cassidy (14 years old):
6th place in family.
Time: 40:12. (13:24 minute/miles)
She was 15/23 in her age group.
She was 295/427 overall.
Half-Marathon (824 participants)
Austin, Heather, and Haley ran this one.
Haley:
1st place in the family.
Time: 2:09:03 (9:55 minute/miles)
She was 44/104 in her age group.
She was 470/824 overall.
Austin:
2nd place in the family.
Time: 2:25:47 (11:12 minute/miles)
He was 36/41 in his age group.
He was 658/824 overall.
Heather:
3rd place in the family.
Time: 2:35:14 (11:55 minute/miles)
She was 87/112 in her age group.
She was 696/824 overall.
Marathon (115 participants)
Only Melanie (running her 7th marathon)
Melanie:
1st place in the family.
Time: 3:30:10 (8:05 minute/miles)
She was 1/12 in her age group.
She was the 5th woman overall.
She was 21/115 overall.
Wesley, Emery, Luke, and Natalie rafting on Silver Creek.
Joel rafting...wondering why he didn't grab some oars.
Austin, falling out of the raft, with his makeshift "oar" in hand.
Natalie at Silver Creek, Idaho.
Melanie and Savannah enjoying being up in the mountains.
Our campsite at Silver Creek Plunge, Idaho, with the Kramers.
Emery trying to "skip rocks" on Silver Creek.
Savannah taking a very hot nap on the air mattress in the tent.
Melanie and kids fishing for rainbow trout on Silver Creek.
Preston, after he threw his fishing pole in the creek having fished for 4 hours with no luck.
After catching their fish, the kids like to "trap" them in a lagoon and basically torture them.
Ammon with one of the five fish we caught at the Horseshoe Bend Mill Pond on Memorial Day.
Two of my girls.
The oldest and the youngest.
Happy Savannah overlooking Horseshoe Bend on a Sunday evening.
This is Joel's new favorite breakfast. He has a grilled sirloin steak, homemade hash browns, fried eggs fresh from our chickens (all smothered in salsa), and (not pictured) apple juice, fresh strawberries and grapes and sometimes I'll even make apliskievers (a Danish type of round pancake with jam) to go along. Needless to say, I don't have to make lunch whenever I make this. And yes, it hurts to run after eating even a few bites of this meal (I have tried on several occasions and it always feels like I have a rock in my stomach). 
This is how happy Joel is when he is about to eat.
