Quin's Golf Swing Comparison

Ok, so please indulge me for a moment while I chronicle Quin's golf swing over the past two years. The kid loves to golf, and would be happy if I just let him play all day long (although, I was a little disappointed while we were watching the PGA championship today when I asked if he wanted Tiger to win or the guy from Korea, and he flippantly said he didn't care, and then fell asleep on the couch. I tried to think of what I could do to instill in this careless 4 year old some passion for the game, but then I fell asleep too. Maybe when he's 5 he'll get with the program). Anyway, here are the swing clips - he is 2 years old in the first, 3 in the second, and 4 years old in the last one, which is when I took him to play his first 9 holes on a full-length course last week. He hit every shot (teeing off from the reds) until it was in the hole, and even got up and down from the green-side rough on one hole, as well as a few 7-putts. We had a great time. It may be time to call Butc

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4-wheeling

We went up to the cabin in Kamas for what has become an annual 4-wheeling LaPray family reunion. We had a great time, and were able to zip around on the 4-wheelers for a bit. The boys wanted to go on rides non-stop.

Spudman Triathlon

We did the Spudman triathlon a couple weeks back, and had a great time. This was yet another race we had heard about for the past few years, and were looking forward to participating in now that we live in Utah. The race is in Burley Idaho, and is an Olympic distance triathlon (1 mile swim, 25 mile bike, and 10k run). Kevin's best buddy Dan was doing the race as well, so he and Hillary were up in Burley as well, and hooked us up with some sweet lodging at their cousin's house (thanks Duncans!). The race was as good as advertised, the weather was perfect, and the course is super fast. It helps that you swim down stream in the Snake River, and the bike and run are completely flat in dry 65 degree weather - perfect conditions. Sarah did great, she finished 15th in her age division (out of 111) with a time of 2:30, and Kevin finished 99th overall (out of over 1300) with a time of 2:14.

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Stuart Falls

Over the weekend of the 4th of July, Sarah was playing in a golf tournament with her mom, so I took the boys, along with my dad and brothers, and we went to hike Stuart Falls, near Sundance on Mt. Timpanogos. We had a great time, due to all the rain the forest was very green and lush. Weston was a trooper as usual, but just wanted to get in the water once we got there. I let him put his feet in, and seemed ok with the fact that it was freezing cold.

Wasatch Back

We had heard about this team relay for the past few years from the Ross clan, and finally got the chance to run it with them this year. It is a 188 mile relay from Logan to Park City. There are 12 people on a team, split up into two vehicles. It takes between 24 and 30 hours to complete, and you just have to eat and sleep where you can along the way. Sound Fun?? It was a blast. Kevin had just returned from Japan on Wednesday of that week, and given the redeye flight and the race night, he estimated that he slept 16 hour between Wednesday morning and Saturday night (give or take 10 hours, as it's hard to tell how long you actually sleep on a plane or during the Wasatch Back). In our van besides me and Kevin were Dan, Mike, Brint and Natalie Ross. Check out this youtube video put together by Dave Neyman, one of the guys on our team, he did an incredible job!
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whWTU4kd1UA
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk1zZR5-8CI

Kale's 6th Birthday

We celebrated Kale's birthday a few days late, as I was still in Japan, and missed Kale's, as well as my own birthday. Sarah once again made a masterful rendition of the movie "Up" into a cake, she is a pretty darn good cake-maker. Kale had some friends over, and a fun time was had by all.

Japan

Kevin took a business trip to Tokyo, Japan in June, it was his first time there. He was there for a week, and worked quite a bit, but also got to see some of the sites. It is a 12 hour flight each way (direct from SLC), so the flight is not fun, but he said he had a good time. He got to go to some of the cool places in and around Tokyo, and his hotel was about 1/4 mile from the Imperial palace. He went running three of the mornings around the palace, which is pretty cool. He went to a mountain about an hour outside of Tokyo, where you can (on a clear day) see mt. Fuji. This was clearly not a clear day, but in the background mt. Fuji is there behind the clouds.

Kale looses his first tooth!

Kale finally lost his first tooth. It was a long time coming, and it took quite a bit of working and convincing from both of us, but a pair of pliers did the trick. Sounds sort of gruesome, but that is how my dad always did it.

Kale's Baseball Team

This year Kale played coach pitch baseball with the Highland Riverdogs!! He played tee-ball last year, and we hoped the transition to coach-pitch would be smooth. He did really great, and was one of the best hitters on his team, and a pretty good thrower too. We do need to work on catching the ball, however. Kale had a great time playing on this team with a bunch of his friends from the ward and from his kindergarten class.

Zoo Trip

The boys went to the Hogle Zoo with some neighbor friends, it was awesome.