Pioneer Day.

This time of year is when the Mormons celebrate Pioneer day. Our ward was supposed to have a camp out the night before that Matt was in charge of, but thankfully it rained for two days before so it was cancelled. I say thankfully only because I had to work both Fri, Sat, and Sun and we were leaving for the reunion on Mon. This is a day we set aside to thank and remember the mormon pioneers that crossed the country. We have been to many pioneer day celebrations however this year was defiently the best we have ever been to. They had so many things to do! We were there for about four hours and were kept busy the whole entire time with no dead time to sit around staring at eachother. Everyone had a great time. I was so glad we went.

Matt entered a pie eating contest. He did very well and came in third. Behind the two missionaries. Go figure!!

I love this picture. He is showing off his ribbon and lamenting about the apple pie that is sitting in his stomach.

The children also entered the contest and came in first and second. My picky eater can sure put down some pie. Who would have figured that he would outeat his sister?

Isaac learning to build a cabin frame.

The children participated in the three-legged race. Michael went with a friend from coop and Seri and Isaac went together. We were a little concerned about the height difference, but shouldn't have been. The two strategized together perfectly. Isaac wrapped his arms around Seri's upper leg and held on for dear life while Ser picked him up and flew down the race way. It was really great to watch and they came in first by a long shot.

One of the sisters had brought her spinning wheel and wool from sheep, lamb and alpaca. She showed the children how to spin it and they really enjoyed giving it a shot. One of these days Matt says he will buy me a spinnning herd and then I can spin my own yarn all I want, the idea is so idyllic.

One of the games they played was "stick pull". two people sit across from eachother with their feet sole-to-sole. they then grab on to a stick with both hands and try to pull the other person of their seat. Matt and Seri love this game and played as many times as there were people who would accept their challenge. I must add that they are both very good at it.

The watermelon seed spitting contest.

The traditional "shake the cream in a baby food jar with a marble until it turns to butter" activity.

Seri and Michael entered into a second pie eating contest and once again Michael came in first and Seri came in second, who would have thought?