Deadwood/Mickelson 5K and Kid's Runs

Most of our weekend was spent in Deadwood this weekend. It was the 8th annual Deadwood/Mickelson Trail Marathon which includes a Half Marathon, a Fast 5K, a kid's 1K and new this year, a Kid's Marathon. In the Kid's Marathon, you log miles for a couple of months a mile or so at a time and then run the last 2K (1.2 miles) at the actual race. Caiden did the Kid's Marathon this year logging his miles running, hiking, and playing soccer. He ran the last 2K in 13:00 minutes on Saturday. He got a shirt and a really cool medal for his efforts. Chloe decided the night before the race that she wanted to race too and so we signed her up for the 1K (a little over half a mile) at the race and she was really excited. Kelly ran with her as a warm-up to her own 5K a little later on and said Chloe did really well! Chloe was so proud of herself and told me that she didn't walk at all and ran the whole way! She had a lot of fun and I am thinking that she will be running the Kid's Marathon with Caiden next year! Chloe got a little medal, a shirt, and a Frisbee too. After the kid's races, Chris, the kids and I grabbed some lunch while Kelly and our friend, Robert were bussed 3.1 miles away up the hill so they could run down it in the Fast 5K. They both did really awesome, Robert coming in at 22:11 and Kelly at 29:47. Her goal was to be under 30 minutes so that was really exciting. She was 2nd in her age group too and got a really cool Railroad spike for her age group finish. Way to go Caiden, Chloe, Kelly, and Robert! :)

Preschool Graduation

Caiden is a preschool graduate! He started going to the Barnyard Kid's Preschool when he was 3 and now he is 5 and ready to move onto Kindergarten. He is really excited about it, but his mom is a little sad! They have all day Kindergarten here so he will be gone from 8am-3pm everyday. I can't imagine him not being around! But I know he will do great! They had a really cute graduation ceremony complete with caps and gowns, purple of course for the Belle Fourche Broncs! Here are a few pictures from graduation.

Mom and her graduate

The graduating class of 2022!

The Graduate

Caiden and Chloe

Caiden and his BFF, Storm

Caiden and Chloe and their favorite teacher, Ms. Rebecca

Time for some T-ball!

June is T-ball month around here and we started last week with 2 games. The first game was pretty interesting as they had just had one practice and no one really had anything idea what was going on. In the 2nd game on Friday night, Chris pitched to the kids and was really good at it so the kids got a lot of hits and were really excited. Unfortunately, the weather has not been nice for our games yet and this week doesn't look all that promising either! But hopefully we can get some nicer weather soon and play in the sunshine! Caiden likes T-ball, but has a hard time waiting for his turn at bat. He is used to soccer where he gets to run around all of the time. But hopefully he will get used to that and enjoy baseball too! Here are a couple of videos of Caiden's game on Friday night.

And a few pictures too -

Chloe Through the Years

With Chloe's 4th Birthday tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to see how she has grown over the past 4 years. She has grown up so much, especially this year and has really started opening up. She now goes to preschool two days a week and loves it. She doesn't talk a lot while she is there, but she talks about school and all of her friends there. Chris and I have finally been able to leave her sometimes without the hysterics that used to come with us leaving. She was very attached to us, but that is getting less and less. She had a hair disorder called LAS, which caused her to lose a majority of her hair, but it has come back and is getting thicker and longer every day it seems. She has even got to get a couple of hair cuts this year, which was new as she didn't need them before. She is a VERY girly girl and loves dresses and skirts. There is rarely a day you will find her in shorts or pants. She loves horses and everything Barbie. She will play with her Barbies forever, especially now that she has her new Barbie house! She is our little princess and we love her so much! Happy Birthday Coco Bean! We Love You!

Welcome to the World Baby Girl!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday!


Happy 4th Birthday!

Chloe's Birthday Party

Saturday was the big birthday party and as soon as Chloe woke up, she knew it was the day! The first thing she said to me was, "Am I 4 now?" And even though her actual birthday isn't until June 2nd, we just told her that she was so there was no confusion! Because she really wanted to be 4! Between the horse cupcakes that Lauren made, her friends and family who were able to come, musical chairs (her favorite game), her new party dress, the horse pinata and her new barbie house, she had a wonderful time at the party. It's all she talked about the rest of the day. After the party, we went and saw the movie, "UP" which Caiden reviewed as being the funniest movie he has ever seen! :) We all really liked it! Happy 4th Birthday to Chloe! Thank you to everyone who helped make the party a fun time! Hope you all had fun too!

Chloe's Birthday Dinner

Here are some pictures from Chloe's birthday dinner. She picked Applebees for her birthday dinner this year - I'm pretty sure it's because Lauren used to work there and Lauren was coming with us! :)

Caiden's last soccer game of the season

Saturday was Caiden's last soccer game of the spring season and he went out in style scoring his most ever goals in a game, 6 of them! There were a lot of people to score goals for as my Mom and Lauren had come from MT and my friend, Desiree, also came to watch Caiden's last game. So, he said he was going to have each goal be for 2 people so he could cover everyone. :) It was a fun season and we can't wait for fall soccer! Here are a couple of videos showing what he does! Enjoy!