Eyota Days fun continued....

Friday night was Fun Night for the kids, they had blow up bounce houses, a giant trampoline, games, candy, fun, fun and more fun.  We (I) waited in line for exactly 1.5 hours, through wind and rain, for the boys to get a turn to jump.  Luckily I had friends in line with me and people willing to bring me food and drink while I waited.  It was worth it though, the boys had so much fun getting harnessed in and jumping so high.

I just realized I never actually got a picture of them jumping.  I was too busy recording it and laughing at their reactions to remember to take a picture!

Saturday was the annual parade and kids obstacle course.  This year marks the first year that we didn't watch the parade with Kade!  It was a little bittersweet.  He was in the parade, so it was fun to wait for him to go by and see how much fun he was having with his friends.  Mason kept us entertained though!!

Isaac and Mason dancing and goofing around while they waited for the parade to reach us.

Kade in the Park and Rec float

My parent's road is under construction so we told Mason to climb up and we'll take his picture.

The first thing out of his mouth was, "Is there security cameras around??".  Should I be worried that that is his first thought?!?

Obstacle course time!

Showing off their muscles before getting dirty on the course.

Kade's friend, Tyeson, joined them.

Afterwards we headed out to the farm to celebrate cousin Lillian's first birthday!

Kade with the birthday girl.

Saturday night was Fun Night for the adults.

Erik had a little bit too much fun.  

Recovering on a Sunday afternoon in the hammock is every dad's dream, right?!

The boys had a sleepover at grandpa and grandma's so Mason needed some recovery time as well.

Time for haircuts again!  The boys decided they wanted "real" haircuts this time.  Mason doing some leisurely reading while waiting for his turn.

I took before pictures with the intention of taking after pictures as well.  But I forgot to take the afters so these are just cute pictures of boys in need of a haircut.

Last week was Eyota Days, the town celebration.  Wednesday evening was the track races and pedal tractor pull.  Mason was SO EXCITED because last year they shot a cap gun at the start of each race and they gave out a piece of candy at the end of each race to all the runners.  Well, this year they just blew a whistle to start the runners and they marked their hands to make sure they each only got one piece of candy.  Poor kid was a bit disappointed but he ran hard anyway.  

The 6 and under boys lining up!

And they're off!!

And they're still going!!  

No one stopped them at the finish line of the 50m dash so Mason and a couple other boys just kept running--Forrest Gump style.  They made half way around the track before some big kids asked me if they should go stop them.  Here's all of the big kids running after them.  Mason is mid-stride on the left.  His buddy Nyle is stopped on the far right.  It was too cute.

Isaac and Mason still had energy left to run the 200m though!  I didn't see it but Jenna said that Mason had a pretty good start and we even kind of in the lead but Isaac yelled "Mason!  Wait!"  So he did.  He stopped in the middle of the race to wait for his cousin :-)

They were ready to quit but Paityn helped cheer them on to the finish line.

Kade's group lining up!

And they're off!

Kade and his buddy Tyeson are pretty competitive when it comes to running.

Tyeson beat Kade by a hair in every race so he took 1st and Kade took 2nd each time.  Kade said to me, "I can't figure it out.  Tyeson always speeds up at the end?!"  I think that means Kade should stick to baseball!!

They even made it into the paper!!

And I should state:  yes, Kade did wear that same shirt last year on track day.  He did that on purpose.

Time for the pedal pull!!  

Mason had big plans to bring home another trophy.  Unfortunately he didn't do as well as he did in June and he didn't place.  However, I must say, he most definitely had the loudest cheering section!!  There's video at the bottom of this post and the chant the kids had going during Mason's pull was fantastic!!

The boys and their buddies waiting for their turn to pull.

Luckily Kade and Tyeson's competitiveness on the track stays on the track.

I'd love to know what they're discussing here.

Kade's pull earned him 3rd place!!

And Mason's pull with the cutest cheering section ever.