Todd's Flying Adventure

Todd's parents came into town so he and his Dad decided to go for glider rides. Todd went first and unfortunately, the weather got bad as he was up there so his dad wasn't able to go (he's done it before though and we're hoping we can see him do it later this week). Todd got a little training and then off he went for a 30 minute ride...the funniest part is that I had no anxiety or fear about it (this is pretty amazing if you know me and what I think about flying...let alone going up without an engine). His glider was hooked up to a small plan by a rope and it took him up until he was able to pull the rope and glide down using only the air as his means of staying up. His "co-pilot" allowed him to fly a little bit and then he did some tricks with Todd. Todd had the time of his life and was able to check off another item from his bucket list. While he was up where we couldn't see him the guys down with us were nice enough to take us over to the museum to see the old fighter planes. It was a really neat experience and I'm so glad we got to be there with him!

**you can click on the pictures to make them bigger if you can't see the glider in the sky intitially

Mountair Mile

McKayla and Todd biked/ran the Mountair Mile last weekend. This is the 8th annual race for our neighborhood and all proceeds support The Sharing Place. We got McKayla a new little running outfit and she trained with Todd. On the day of the race they were feeling great and Bodie and I were ready to cheer them on. I will admit I could barely take pictures as they started off b/c of the tears in my eyes. I was so proud of her for taking on this challenge and I LOVED watching her and Todd do it together. As they saw the finish line McKayla pulled out one last burst of energy and ran her little heart out. After the race they had crafts for the kids (they got to make fish), watermelon/water/cookies, a raffle and presentation of the ribbons. It was an awesome family experience and we are planning on all of us being in the race next year :-)