Baby Steps
See what my baby can finally do! (sorry it’s sideways - don’t know how to turn it)
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He’s so tall, it seemed odd that he wasn’t walking yet, but he’s my 2nd fastest walker. He’s been able to take a few steps for several weeks now, but just yesterday decided he *really* wanted to walk. He still falls a good bit, but gets around pretty good. Isn’t he too cute?!
Back to School
Today was (finally) the first day of school. Yippee! All of the kids were so excited, they were up at 6:00am. Caemlyn is now in 4th grade, and has a brand new teacher fresh from college. Zeph is in 3rd and got the teacher he was hoping for - with tadpoles in the classroom. And Kezia finally got to start Kindergarten! - with the best K teacher ever. It’s half days all week, but they came home with glowing reports of how great school was. And no, I’m not joking. I took all sorts of pics this morning before school, and of Kezia going to K - but sadly, there was no memory card in the camera. However, I figured that out soon enough to get some of them this afternoon. It’s still the first day of school… They were much more cooperative this morning though, so all of the pics came out something like this
Individual pics of the kids will be posted in their own web albums. I must add that I think Ada may have been just as excited for Kezia to go to school as Kezia was. With a Sept. 7 birthday, it’s been a long year waiting for this opportunity. I was also thrilled that I could pull the double jogging stroller back out and take the little ones for a long walk/jog. Pulling a bike trailer (need to get one) up these hills would do a lot for my tri training as well.
1:40.46
20K bike, 400M swim, 5K run
No, it’s not fast, but the course is tough and I DID IT! I laid awake most of the night, and listened to a huge thunderstorm from 4:00am to 4:40am. There was just a light rain at the start that cleared up, but it was still pretty chilly outside. Maybe in the 50s. They used timing chips this year (1st time) that were large and felt like a lead weight when I jumped into the pool. Making the transition from one activity to another was tougher than I planned, even with the brick workouts I had done. Guess I need to do more of them next year. Since I just got my bike in April, I’m hoping my bike time will see a lot of improvement by the next tri as well. Thanks to everyone that cheered me on and sent me notes of support. I really do appreciate it. (pics may be posted once I get them from friends)
Up next - a mountain trail 10K or half-marathon in October. Anyone want to come join me?
Uncategorized | Comments (3)30 miles
The Los Alamos Triathlon is this coming Saturday, and I’m getting very anxious. In preparation, I’ve tried to go on a couple of longer bike rides. I had done the 22 miles round trip to Bandelier and back and it wasn’t too bad. Yesterday though I decided to do the loop. I hadn’t checked out details on a map, but knew the way. I rode out to the back gate (tri course) and then past Bandelier and down to White Rock and back up the truck route to Los Alamos. This was no simple task. Lots of hills, even beyond the 1000 ft change in elevation between WR and LA. I was exhausted when I made it home (just in time to go with the family to the rodeo parade) and only found out then (maps online) that the route is about 30 miles. Oh my. I do finally feel prepared for the triathlon though.
Caemlyn and I also did our 3rd splash n dash on the 30th. I’m proud of Caemlyn for doing it and pleased with myself for cutting 2 minutes off of my time. Yea me!
I’ve been training with a couple of people and Justin is doing the swim portion of the TRI with a team of men from our ward. There are quite a few other people in our ward doing the TRI, so we are having everyone (and their families) over for a pasta dinner on Friday evening. I hope everyone fits in our house! lol Wish us all luck!
In non-tri news, Justin and I celebrated our 11th anniversary on Friday. I actually got us a babysitter and we went out - on a date. hee hee I also got crafty and made him a little “book” out of a deck of cards.
Last week, 3 of the kids finished a session of swim lessons. This was Ada’s first time taking lessons and she did quite well. She enjoys being in the pool and can even swim a very short distance.
This was Kezia’s 3rd time taking lessons. She has previously been too scared to do much and hadn’t made much progress. She finally got over much of that and can now float (front and back) by herself and with a bit more confidence, she’d be swimming across the pool by herself. I’m very proud of her.
Zephram also took lessons this time so that he could start learning the strokes and get more proficient with what he knew. He did well enough to pass the level he was in, but does need to work on diving in head first.
This weekend is the county fair and rodeo, so we played along a bit. We went to the parade in the morning and then checked out some of the stuff they had at the pond. The older kids and I got to go on a nice little boat ride on the pond. Then after a nice rain and hail storm, we went to the rodeo. Tyghe liked his first rodeo alright, but was still tired and cranky. Oh, we also gave Zephram a haircut yesterday. Check out his blog later today for pics of his new ‘do.
I also made a crayon roll this week for one of Kezia’s friends that is moving away. They’re pretty nifty. I can share a link to the tutorial I used - or just place your order! lol
So I rode 30 miles on my bike - but I think this post is about 30 miles long.
Uncategorized | Comments (6)There’s More
After our family reunions this summer, I’m sure the kids thought that seeing 37 cousins was it. But NO…there’s more. We took a quick trip up to Durango, CO to see some of my cousins (Sara, Jen, Jake and Mike - sorry you weren’t there Dave) and an aunt (Kathy) that I haven’t seen in many, many years.
The visit was brief, but I’m so glad we got to go. We mostly sat and visited, but also took a short hike to a nearby stream and waterfall. The kids had fun and got to meet and play with many of their 2nd cousins.
Kezia at the waterfall.
After our visit, we went back to the condo we were staying in at Purgatory (Durango’s ski resort) so Tyghe could nap and took the some of the kids on a ride up the ski slope for a ride down on the alpine sleds. Kezia was too afraid to go, but Ada thoroughly enjoyed the ride up as well as the ride down.
This is before we went down - she rode with me.
