Macy makes an impressive push off the wall in the swimming competition!
Here's Allie competing in the nerf gun target shooting. If you've never had one of these guns, you should get one - they're fun!
Big kids and adults all had handicaps to make it an even playing field. I was not even a contender in cornhole.
We had to get Zoe to fetch a toy twice in the shortest amount of time. Tommy (and Zoe) did great at this!
The pancake making competition was a tough event because four of the competitors had never ever made their own pancakes before. Not to mention we had a couple burns on the hot griddle. Good life lessons.
As with the pancake competition, our lego creations faced a fierce panel of judges (Grandma and Grandpa). It was tough, though, because all the creations were great.
Here we had to see how many goals we could make in four attempts. And that goalie was working against us! Way to go Macy!
Here Daddy is competing for the best time on a Mario Kart race. He did good, but it is Jack who has some major Mario Kart skills.I don't have any photos to post of the last two events: Wipeout Challenge (where you try to select who is going to win in an episode of Wipeout) and Bible Memory Verse (where you have to memorize a verse that you didn't know before, and say it perfectly), but we did catch them on some short video clips. Here is the video of our 2010 Weber Decathlon:
Here are four of the decathletes with the medals that they earned. They each won two events, and mommy and daddy each won one event. We had ordered medals ahead of time, so they were all ready for the closing ceremonies. The entire competition was super fun, but we also learned some lessons through the experience. Steve and I realized that the kids needed to be taught how to cheer one another on. It probably comes as no surprise, but they each seemed to focus on themselves. Thus, they naturally responded with anger when someone else did well in an event. And the tears flowed. However, this is not the spirit that we were trying to foster, so we had to have a couple family talks. And at the time, it seemed pretty disappointing to us as parents, but as we look back on it we realize that this was the perfect opportunity to teach some much-needed life lessons. If anything we learned/taught takes root, then the entire competition would be even more worth-while than originally designed to be. And maybe we will see progress made when the next Weber Decathlon takes place (most likely not for another year or two). All said, it was a great experience!
Jack is in a new season of flag football. He is doing great! The coach moves the kids around constantly, so he plays any and all positions. Here he's on defense - go Jack!
My star quarterback just made an awesome pass. Check out that form! 
Jack snagged four people's flags in his last game. Way to go!
Jack and Grandpa are roasting some hot dogs for lunch. Good times!
You can see Jack and Grandma up the trail to give you perspective of the size of the aspen trees. It's so beautiful!
The kids love to go geocaching with Grandma and Grandpa! We found 4 geocaches, and we took one travel bug that the kids will plant in a geocache in Chandler when we get back.
The canoes were totally new to us. We actually rowed the boat! There is no track for the canoes. When you give twenty people oars, and you put one cast member in back to steer, the canoe cruises right along. Not all riders are the best rowers, but keep in mind that they have never had any practice. If you sit in front of Tommy, the ride classifies as a wet ride, but Grandpa sure was a good sport! 
We had a great time exploring Tom Sawyer's island. This is us on the huge treasure that we found!
The Matterhorn was a family favorite. We probably did it 4 times. Tommy liked it the first time, but didn't have an interest in going again, and now he claims it was his favorite - that's just how it goes when you're 4.
Another great ride - Gadget's Go Coaster. It was so fun to watch the kids ride this together. They kept their hands up the whole time!
Here is the whole gang at Mickey's house. We were the first ones to see Mickey that morning!
The Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters are super fun! We all continue to improve our blasting skills and compare scores when we get off. I lost track of how many times we rode this ride, but I think Macy was my riding partner every time!
We rode the double-decker bus down Main St. as we were headed home for the final time. It was great to see the street from a new point of view - and a good way to sit and relax when we were tired out. 
My boy is seven!!! He celebrated with donuts at school before fall break. Chocolate with sprinkles is definitely the 1st grade favorite!
Jack requested a U of A Football party with all of our family. This boy is crazy about football and his Cats! The pool was even warm enough to swim. We all had a great time celebrating Jack!
