Stout Memorial Day Breakfast!

Mike's cousins, Tracie Buys and Sterling Atkinson decided it was time to reinstate the Stout Memorial Day Breakfast paired with sawdust dig and swing jump contest.

 They had a great turnout!  Tracie planned for breakfast burritos.  I helped out by warming up the tortillas.  Breakfast went really well!  Then, it was time for the sawdust dig.  They put money and candy in sawdust and then let age groups go at it.  Above is Mike and brothers and cousins…..they are crazy, but Mike ended up with like $1.90.  All that competition for change! Crazy!

 Here's Brandon's group. Eliza is in the blue.

 He couldn't believe the mess and the craziness.  Just a handful of candy and a tiny amount of change.

 Here's Sydney and Maddie's group.  Some of the parents are out of control…seriously …. for change! Yelling at their kids, Picking them up and dropping them in the middle of the sawdust.  Good night...

 But, Sydney and Maddie ended up with some candy and a bit of change...

 I caught Amanda as she was diving for the pile right after they said, "Go!"  Bad foot and all, she was up for the fun!

 She hates touching change…she has a nickel allergy and we think that touching the change feels different to her….But, she was happy! And glowing a little in this picture :)

 Mike's cousin, Mike Stout, is behind Amanda with the red hat. He was my Fed Ex man when I was working at Cellular One on 33rd.  He'd come in and chat and take his break at our office because we were nice and fun and would chat. When I went to a family party with Mike after his mission and saw Mike Stout I said, 'There's my Fed Ex guy!"  It was a funny connection.

And the 40 something moms….see me and Kellie?  Jenna Ellingson was on the other side of me.  It was fun. I found a nickel and a bunch of candy……We went to the swings for the swing jump.  An Atkinson grandson won it.  There is even a trophy!  It was getting so hot by then, so we took off.  We ended up stopping by Jim & Renae's to grab something and then went to lunch with them and Doug & Cath & Kids at Hires.  We headed home after that because Mike had to fly to Denver that evening.  It was a fun and relaxing day!