Ma Tanner

Monday, June 22, 2015

The Kids Dash, Grants Pass High School - June 20, 2015

This year was the 4th annual Kids Dash. The Dr. Tanner challenge was the first event of the day. Adalei decided to enter and challenge her dad in the one mile race.

Nate was the first one across the finish line and the winner for his race.

Adalei ran hard and did a great job. She later ran in the 3rd grade race but I missed her running because she had planned to run with the 4th graders and changed her mind at the last minute. (She finished 3rd grade this year so that was the race she should be included in.)

Here's Adalei with one of the two ribbons she earned.

Isaiah entered the 2-3 year old race and Nate encouraged him every step of the way.

Elijah was in the 4-5 year old race. He ran hard and fast.

Elijah was really proud of his medal.

Brielle ran in the first grader race with her cousin Gemma. They had a fun time.

Brielle took second place in her race.

She was really proud of her medal also.

Here's a picture of me with Nate's family. We all wore The Kids Dash t-shirts from a prior year.

Isaiah's t-shirt was a little big for him.

Brielle also ran in the color race. She went more laps than I could count.

Elijah ran a few laps in the color race.

Adalei ran a lot of laps in the color race.

Even Isaiah did one lap in the color race through the blue color with Misty and Brielle.

Here's Dr. Tanner, the founder of The Kids Dash with his family after the color race.

The final picture includes Misty's two sisters and their children who came from Nevada for the race. We all had a great time and were so glad we could attend. I'm so proud of Nate for his contribution to the community in developing this event. I helped out at the registration desk before the event started and during a couple of the races. It was a successful event this year and continues to grow.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Before and After The Kids Dash, Grants Pass, Oregon - June 19 -21, 2015

I arrived in Grants Pass just in time to go with Adalei, Brielle, and Elijah to Kung Fu class on Friday night. They had a fun time.

We had delicious spaghetti and salad for dinner in preparation for The Kids Dash the next morning. After dinner, we had a recital. Adalei played the songs she played at the recital the week before that I wasn't able to attend.

Then Brielle played the three songs she had memorized. They are both really good piano players.

Elijah is learning to play piano and he performed for me as well.

After the race on Saturday afternoon, we went to Grants Pass High School to see a ballet - The Steadfast Tin Soldier. It was excellent and we all enjoyed it very much. The Jack in the Box was their favorite character so we took a picture after the show.

This piece of artwork was in front of the building where we saw the ballet.

After the ballet, we stopped at Gooseberries to pick up dinner at the deli. It was delicious.

I got Adalei and Brielle flowers for giving me the recital. They said they would plant them this week. I had such a fun visit. It was so hard to leave this morning to come home. They are great kids. We played cards this morning and that was fun also.

Happy Father's Day to Nate! - June 21, 2015

Nate had granola in bed for breakfast! Isaiah kept eating his blueberries out of his cereal bowl.

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Cottage Grove, Oregon - June 13, 2015

We spent Saturday morning in downtown Cottage Grove. It is like stepping 30 to 50 years back in time. The buildings have a lot of murals on them.

We took a short walk at Dorena Lake. It was so beautiful.

I enjoyed seeing the wildflowers.

Dorena Lake at Cottage Grove

We had lunch at Jack Sprat's Restaurant. It was really good.

The kids colored while we waited for our food. Nate also showed them how to work a Rubik's cube so that was fun. After lunch we said our good-byes and I left for home. It was a great time.