Lehi vs. Westlake

The first XC meet of the year...and all 3 get to race it!
  

The girls went first...

It's going to be fun to see what these girls can do this year!

 

Jac had a strong lead coming in 1st place...great way to start the season I'd say :)

The boys (and old men) were next...

Thomas LOVES racing with high school kids! 

Matt was strong but didn't even try to keep up with Thomas!

 

 

Thomas finished in 5th place overall! He was the 2nd Lehi boy to cross the finish line!
Coach Rowe said, "It's going to be a long year waiting for you Thomas!"

I love this kids face when he realized Matt is about to beat him! 

 

It was a fight to the finish :)

We love having Grandpa cheering for the Heaps!

 

Some of Thomas' great friends...
Austin Hinckley, Thomas, Michael Hinckley and BJ Madsen

It's back to school!

Happy first day of school!

Jac - JUNIOR in high school

Thomas - 8th grader!

Emily - 5th grader!

Here she is with some of her cute friends...yes, they are all 5th graders :)

As you can see... the kids are SO EXCITED for the new year!

Summer Randoms...

 A few random summer memories...

 TRAFALGA with the Parish's and the Buhrleys not shown :(

 Aunt Amber

Davin and Nicki

Lazy Sunday afternoons...

 Yes, Emily is in her PJ's... a favorite Sunday tradition

Not so lazy for this guy... 

Yard Work!

I may or may not have been helping...someone needs to take the photos right?

All that hard work pays off when you get blackberries like these!!!

Chia seed cookies and our homemade chocolate coconut icecream!

 Emily's new haircut :)

 Friends hanging out after long trail runs and cooking contests...

Speaking of trail runs...Jac had a few falls:)

 Lehi XC High Altitude Camp

 Thanks to these women and many more who made all the yummy food!

 Preparing for the "Real Deal" Actually this year, EVERY DAY was the REAL DEAL!

 The tough men who braved the trails with the kids! Yea, my mans still got it!

 I LOVE to see these two run together!

 Monica and Jake came to visit! 

 Leo liked this a lot!

Matt turned 40! That's 40 years of pure AWESOMENESS!

(got to love pictures while your eating!)

Well, that's a few of the things we've been up to this summer...it's gone by way too fast!

Thomas' Eagle project

After earning the money for his project at Courage Reins with the 5k fun run; it was time to build the much needed fence and inclosure for the horses.
 Thomas had help from some AMAZING men in our ward.
Brother Sump and Brother Ryan new EXACTLY what needed to be done!  

 

After pouring the cement and letting the poles settle, it was time to call in the troops to help put up the wire mesh. 

  
It took 2 days of "blood sweat and tears"...well just a lot of hard work...no tears :) but they were finally finished!
Thanks to all the great men and boys who helped! The project would still be unfinished without you!
This is the smile of a boy who has just finished his Eagle Project; knowing he has accomplished his goal by giving 110%!

The lady from Courage Reins couldn't believe how well Thomas did this project. She has had a lot of boys do eagle projects for them but Thomas has impressed her the most! First, with the way he earned the money and second, with what a top quality job he did on the fence. She kept telling us she has never seen a fence so perfectly straight! "You are going places young man...YOU are definitely going places in your life!" (I must agree with her :) )

Way to go Thomas YOU ARE AMAZING!