Triathlon

Phil and I had a great morning yesterday participating in the Fort Lewis Triathlon. Phil hurt his knee two weeks ago and wasn't sure if he would be able to do it, but he did it with me. He has a funny story to tell about the bike ride and losing a peddle so watch the video. (sorry I took it sideways and can't turn it)

This was our first attempt at a triathlon and we weren't sure if we would ever want to do it again, but we really liked it. I guess once you do it you know how you would do it differently next time. Everyone in the race seemed like super serious bikers and had really nice bike and then there was us. People I was in front of in the swim passed me on the bike and I found them in the run. It was great and I did better then I was hoping (nothing fantastic, but I wasn't dead last) I finished at 1 hour 43 minutes which I am proud of. It is a nice baseline to start from next time.

Phil and I before the race. We were a little nervous after looking at everyone's bikes and thinking we might be in a little over our heads.

Phil coming over the finish line. He is such a trooper to finish with a hurt knee and losing a peddle. I am so proud of him and glad I have someone who wants to do all of this with me.

I wish we had more pictures of the action, but you can see my serious "biker bum" I have developed since this summer. I guess that is just the results of wanting to do it together. We got to wear some super cool bright green swim caps that we didn't get captured in a photo. I also have a super awesome white mushroom type bike helmet that always makes an exciting addition in a photo.

Phil's dad was so great to take time out of his busy day and come support us in this event. He was a super cheerleader and shouted things like "poetry in motion" when we ran by. It was great.

You can see the peddle missing from Phil's blue bike. Notice all the people in the back standing around the results board. I was just happy to finish and didn't really need to track all the numbers. Hey, I did the side stroke (I don't like my head under the water) and still wasn't the last one out of the water. You should have seen the people's faces when they noticed they were getting passed by someone doing the side stroke. Let's just say it gave them a little motivation to pick up the pace.

We want to get a lot more people gathered to do it next year...IT WOULD BE SOOO FUN!!!

Memories

So I got this off a friends blog so I thought I would try it because it could be super fun.

1. Leave a comment with a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and read friends' memories of you. If you leave a memory for me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll do the same for you. If you don't have a blog (shame on you!!), I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
This should be fun.

Phil's work retreat

Phil had all of his employees come to Olympia yesterday for a little work retreat. He needed my help because he hurt his knee last week and is still hobbeling around. They kids got to come too and they loved it. I think they were just excited about all the food. Miya loved a few of the ladies that she sat by at lunch and loved being included. I think it went pretty well.

Cannon and Miya really wanted to climb this tree, but it didn't have any limbs so this is how far they made it. They still wanted me to take a picture.

I spent most of the day keeping the kids entertained while they did the work training.

Lyla was trying to figure out the survival training dad had his employees doing. Cannon popped up in the picture the last second I was taking it, but he looks cute in the corner.

Lyla who is still a little nervous about balls being rolled, bounced or kicked by her; enjoyed sitting on the kickballs. Cannon had got her one to many times with balls for her to really enjoy them.

Miya was sweet all day and loved being with all the adults.

Nursery

We had this gate in the door and when we open the door for the parents to come pick-up their kids they come to find this. Aren't they just so stinkin' cute.

Phil and I had our last week in the nursery so we took the camera to get pictures of the kids. We only had 22 kids last week with people on vacation, but I am going to miss them all. We are now called to be the Ward Missionaries, which is still fun and exciting. We were just getting the hang of the whole nursery thing, but I guess that is just how it works.

And then there was one...

So Phil had his work trip down to Portland this week and we thought it would be a good idea for me to leave the kids with his mom and come with him. Well he worked all day so this is just a re-cap of all the great things I did by myself...
1. Ran


Yeah, yeah, yeah, you all wish you could look this good after a run.

2. Enjoyed some ice cream. (take pictures of myself)



3. Sat in the room and read. (I finished two books, neither of them were that great.)



4. Sat in the park and watched people...but all the people were at work.



5. Walked around town and pretended to like shopping. I lasted two hours in the stores and bought a new pair of running shoes and that was all I could take. It was a cute little area with great streets.



6. The best part of the whole trip was driving back and forth with Phil and getting to have three date nights in a row. We went and saw some movies, went to the Temple, listened to great old CDs and talked. It was great.
Sorry I posted before I rotated the picture.