Marathon

On Sunday I ran a marathon! I ran for 5 hours and 14 minutes. Now I'm very tired, but I am not injured. I feel good! This is my father and me. Everyone can have a medal when they finish a marathon (me) or a 1/2 marathon (my father - he ran 13.1 miles). It was very hard and very exciting! I will write more later.

Marathon

On November 16, I will run a marathon! A marathon is 26.2 miles ( 42 km). I have trained for six months. These are my training friends. We made this photo after running 20 miles ( 32 km). We are still smiling! I am very excited!

Ju-Jitsu

We had a Ju-Jitsu competition at our Ju-Jitsu school on Saturday. Ridge, Aaron, and I all fought. Here are some photos. My fighting photo is hard to see. Sorry. I am fighting Laura. She is Brazilian. She is strong! Aaron fought a big man! Aaron is the man wearing blue. Ridge is on top and he is wearing white. I am wearing blue.

Our Chicken's Eggs

Here is a picture of some eggs. Can you see the three green eggs? We think our eggs taste better than eggs from a store. Every day our chickens lay (make) about 5 - 7 eggs!

Dude Ranch

A "Dude Ranch" is a vacation place. A "Dude" is a person from a city. Sometimes, people from cities like to visit the country ("inaka"). They enjoy riding horses and visiting a ranch (with cows). Aaron's mother wanted our family to visit a Dude Ranch. Here are some photos. Ridge and Holt had a lot of fun! We rode horses many times. We stayed for 4 days. By the way, you can change each photo to a bigger size.

Marathon

Now I am training for a marathon. I am training with a group of people. We run every Saturday. Last week, we ran 6 miles (10 kilometers). Next Saturday, we will run 8 miles! I am excited. It is very fun. So, now I run three days every week and I train Jiu-Jitsu three days every week. I am sometimes very tired!

Our Racoon

Last week, an animal killed many of our chickens. It killed 5 chickens! We became angry. We wondered what animal killed our chickens. So, we set (made) a trap. We used this trap to catch the animal. Last night, Aaron put the trap by our chickens. This morning, I found this racoon in the trap. I put the cage into my car. I drove far away. I set the racoon free. But, maybe there is one more racoon. We will put our trap out again tonight. Will we find another racoon?

A racoon looks like a tanuki ("racoon dog"). But it is not a tanuki. It is different.