Benton Days was so much fun this year! The kids had decided to participate in the Fun Run and the tractor pull. They were too nervous/shy the previous years, but were all for it this time! Nick was out of town on a guy's weekend in Stockton, so it was just me and the kiddos. He was really sad he missed out on it, but we sent lots of pictures!
They got their numbers pinned on and waited for their turn. They both did great! They didn't win the races, but were so excited about their participation ribbons.
After the races, they did the tractor pull. Funny story....there were different weight classes for each group. They scale was weighing everyone about 6 pounds heavier than they really were (I only knew because the kids had doctors appts the day before, so I knew how much they'd weighed there). Tessa got put in the next weight class because of that and I wondered how she'd do against the bigger kids (who were all boys except for maybe 1 other girl). She kicked butt!! Tommy did really well too and had a lot of fun doing it. I think they both ended up getting second in their division!
After all the competition events were over, we went to the school for face painting and games. They LOOOOVE getting their faces painted. Tommy chose batman and Tessa chose a butterfly. Cuties!
They jumped in the bouncy house, ran the obstacle course and did a few other things before it was time for the parade. Nana and the Whitsons and the Cains all met us to watch it together. It was a lot of fun!
The weather was really warm that day, so after the parade, mom, Brooke and Michael all came over and we hung out outside while the kids played in the mud. The simplest things make them happy. I think they played for at least 2 hours without complaining once--it was so nice! Tessa looked like Amazon Woman--ha!
Overall, it was a great day! The only thing that would've made it better was if Nick had been with us!
They got their numbers pinned on and waited for their turn. They both did great! They didn't win the races, but were so excited about their participation ribbons.
After all the competition events were over, we went to the school for face painting and games. They LOOOOVE getting their faces painted. Tommy chose batman and Tessa chose a butterfly. Cuties!
They jumped in the bouncy house, ran the obstacle course and did a few other things before it was time for the parade. Nana and the Whitsons and the Cains all met us to watch it together. It was a lot of fun!
The weather was really warm that day, so after the parade, mom, Brooke and Michael all came over and we hung out outside while the kids played in the mud. The simplest things make them happy. I think they played for at least 2 hours without complaining once--it was so nice! Tessa looked like Amazon Woman--ha!
Overall, it was a great day! The only thing that would've made it better was if Nick had been with us!
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