Lagoon Day

Every summer we go to Lagoon on Stake Lagoon day.

The kids always have so much fun!

Josie loved the ladybug. She went on this ride a half dozen times!



This was the first year that Charlie really got to ride everything.
He LOVED it!!!

Frances was a great sport just hanging out in the stroller.

The kids thought they were really driving this car.

Josie and Eliza were funning from ride to ride.

They couldn't get enough of them all!

Charlie kept going on this ride, he would jump

back in line as soon as he was done.

We both loved Puff!

And the little tidal wave.

And then Charlie went on the ladybug drop and absolutely LOVED it!!!

He kept getting back in line with this ride too!

Charlie and Olivia were good ride partners.

Andy took the kids on a bunch of rides.

Eliza took Charlie on the egg drop. They were so brave together!

Then she had to carry him out because he wanted to keep going!

What a great big cousin!!!

Olivia was screaming this whole ride and totally loving it!

She never put her arms down.

All the kids on their last ride of the night. We had such a great time!

Wasatch Back 2010

So somehow Charles and I were talked into running the Wasatch Back. :) We were on a team with the best runner's in the world and needless to say I was definetly the weakest link. But it was such a blast. Crazy to say that running three times in about 27 hours in a blast, but somehow all the Hammers/Halls/Pattens made it so much fun! Charles and I had no idea what to expect but the Hammer team had everything so worked out, everything ran like a well oiled machine!

Here I am getting ready to run my first leg.

... and I was off.


... and reaching the exchange for the next runner.
Holly, as Josie would put it.... has cheetah legs!! So fast!


The three girls from van 2! Whit, Chris and Holly

Charles amping up for his first leg...

and he is off. He just had to run UP to Snowbasin. What a crazy run!

Whit and Logan (the best and funniest driver Ragnar has ever seen) help to cheer on Charles.

Charles did AWESOME!!! Like his Lakers jersey? He had gone to the finals game the night before when the Lakers beat the Celtics, and we hate the Lakers and so do most Utahns so he thought it would be funny to run it the jersey. He got a lot of boo's as he ran! He killed that leg!!!

A bunch of team Hammer at the exchange at Snowbasin.

Craiger retreiving our hammer after it went flying off the top of the car.

Dinner break after our first set of runs. Pizza never tasted so good!!!

Craig and I getting ready to jump in the freezing river to ice our weary muscles.

The night run. It was so exhilarating!!! My favorite and hardest run!

Andy meet up with us so he could run with Charles on his night run.

they had to run from Rockport to Oakley.

It was about 3am and freezing when they finished. Way to go!!!

Van 1 getting ready to run again. Isn't the hammer great!!!

Finishing my 3rd and final leg. My legs did not want to move anymore!

Whit and Craig were the runners that had to go up Guardsmans Pass.

They were amazing!!!

Nice running outfits! It was hilarious to see some of the things that people were running in!

... like this guy

Charles getting the crowd all rowdy just before he started his 3rd and final leg.

Here he is making the last climb to the Canyons Resort where the finish line was.

All of team Hammer! We finished 37th out of 658 co-ed teams.

It took 27 hours! Everyone did awesome!!!

We had such a fun time and were so glad that it was over but would do it again for sure!!!

Thanks again team Hammer for making it so great!!!