These guys are awesome.
They always make me miss my sister’s.
See last year’s, here.
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Indian Territory Days ~Tahlequah, OK
I have never been to the Cherokee Heritage Center so I was pretty happy to attend their Indian Territory Days event!
They have several villages you can tour.
For the event they had games and stations for the kids to learn about the culture.
The first game the boys played was Chunkey.
They were so excited to see and do everything!
There was a big line for the Blowguns.
Basket Weaving.
He was telling them how to make arrowheads.
Finger weaving.
Weaving on a loom.
Pot pinching.
Making a net.
The boys were really excited to listen to the story teller.
Unfortunately there were a lot of older kids in there with us and they begged for a really scary story.
It was way too creepy and intense and we had to leave.
Playing Marbles.
One of the villages.
If you did seven of the stations then you got an arrowhead.
That was the boys goal for the whole event, earn an arrowhead!
They had a lot of fun and this was a great event!
If you missed it this year be sure to mark down the next one!
My Oldest’s First Race ~2014 Snake Run
After helping his Dad as a pacer last fall, my oldest really wanted to be in a race.
His criteria?
Snacks and a medal.
This month he did his first race!
The Snake Run at Turkey Mountain.
There is a 3hr race and a 6hr race (you try to get the most miles in that time).
We entered my son in the 3hr one and Nick entered the 6hr.
He was really excited!
This is the 6hr race start.
Nick started later with the 3hr racers so he could run with our son.
3hr race start.
There are my men!
My son loves the “junk food”, his words…
The big laps were 3.75miles long.
He did one lap and then took a break while his dad did another lap.
Here he is with his dad starting his second, Nicks third.
Finishing his second lap!
He was not even tired.
Just wanted to eat more food.
I kept trying to give him time to rest but he did not need it.
Getting his medal!
7.5 miles done!
The end of the 3hr race.
The 6hr race was still going so we waited around for my husband to finish.
I really like this race location.
I am really familiar with the Turkey Mountain trails so I took the boys on several hikes in between seeing Nick.
Winners of the 3hr race getting their trophies.
My oldest was concerned that they were real at first.
The boys kept busy building grass forts while waiting for their dad.
Nick ended up doing 20.75miles.
So proud of my men!
My sons thoughts about the race:
“It was really really fun!”
“There were very yummy aid stations”
“In the end there was lots of food and I ran 7.5 miles”
“It was very hard, and I got a shirt and actual medal”
“I want to do 100 miles when I get older.”
Here is last years race.