Cross Country 2012

This year Jailyn and Andi decided to join the Cross Country team at their elementary school.  In August they started practicing twice a week for 45 minutes at the school and running 2 miles a week with the whole family.  Rich and I would load up Braken and Lauren in the strollers and push them along while running the mile loop with Jai and Andi.  

They had two races, one on September 19th and another on September 26th.  They competed against kindergarten, first and second grader girls from 10 different schools in the county.  There was about 125 runners in their heat.  The first race they both did awesome and ran their little bodies out!  The second race they were  a little better prepared and knew what to expect.   They ran so hard and I could feel their pain as they ran past me telling me they couldn't run any farther, while I was cheering them on telling them they were almost done and that they could finish!  Here are some of the pics we got of their race!

Jailyn stretching and getting ready for the race

      

Andi stretching and getting ready for the race.  I think my two girls might have came from two different planets! haha.

Huggin it out before the race.

Lined up for the race... On your mark.

 Get Set!...

 GO!!!!!!

 The finish line!!!!

 Andi cooling off!

Jailyn cooling off!

 

The Final Stats: Race 1

Jailyn: 7:33 - 4th place

Andi: 9:26 - 80th place

Race 2

Jailyn: 7:32 - 5th place

Andi: 8:41 - 61st place

I couldn't be more proud of these two girls.  They are awesome runners and kicked both their parents booty's every time we practiced with them.  They always try their best and succeed at anything that they try! I thank my Heavenly Father for giving me the opportunity to be a parent (among so many other blessings I have) so that I can be taught by them everyday.