It was all smiles for the first day of school this week

After more than 10 weeks of summer break it was back to school on Tuesday this past week. Both kids were really looking forward to it – they were both excited to be entering the next grade. And despite a full summer they were actually getting a little bored of being away from the stimulation of school. They slipped back into the swing of things right away and it seems like it has been a relatively easy transition.

Marcy and Tina flexing their muscles before setting out to tackle the Beast

On Saturday we all headed up to Breckenridge for the annual Spartan Races. Once again Marcy was tackling the Beast – which is a crazy 14 miles long with 30 obstacles along the way such as crawling under barbed wire, carrying heavy logs up a steep hill, climbing ropes or dunking yourself in freezing water. It is not for the faint of heart. Marcy and Tina finished in just over five hours and they were both so exhausted they cried at the end. Although Marcy has recovered well and was moving around ok today.

Jude flying over obstacles in the kids Spartan race

For the kids they had a 1 mile obstacle course featuring many of the same obstacles just kid-sized. Both Jude and Anna finished the race well and Anna was so excited she decided to do the little kids 1/2 mile race afterwards. So, she picked up two medals.

Anna climbing the rope in the kids Spartan race

Showing off their medals after the race

We couldn’t wait around for Marcy to finish because Jude had his first soccer game of the season at 3pm. So, we drove back to leave Marcy and Tina to complete their tortuous race. Jude had a great soccer game. His team won 6-0 with Jude setting up one of the goals and he played really well throughout the game.

Cheering on Jude at his soccer game

Today was a quiet day at home after a very busy day for everyone yesterday. Jude and I played some soccer at the park and we had a short family basketball game.