I Love Old People

My dad sent me this cute story, enjoy! Let me know if for some reason you can't click on the story to enlarge it.

Triathalon Mania

So I have to share the good news, guess who won her age division at the Provo Triathlon last week (which is no surprise to me)...? My amazing 8 week post-partum sister Leslie!! Can you believe that? I'm so proud of her, I wish I could have been there to see her race. She trains hard for these and ran in one just a few weeks before she delivered! She is trying to work up to an ironman so she can get to Hawaii :)

The other great news is that my niece Mckayla was able to complete with her momma! Yup, she was in her first triathlon since the Provo Tri had a kids division. This girl was born to compete (literally). My sister ran and competed when she was pregnant and Mckayla and Talmage were always in her bike trailer with every bike ride accross the valley (15 miles+). Check out these awesome pictures. I love you girls!



I absolutely love this last picture! She is my Champion!

30 More Days!

Oh I am so excited! My parents and little brother Tyler are coming to visit us next month!! I love the experience of moving away but do get homesick sometimes and this is just what I need.

Per Tyler's request, we are going to see Wicked while they are here (it's only his 3rd time!). I hear it's good, it better be for the pricetag!
Anyway, kind a pointless post, I'm just so excited to see them and show them our new home. Stay tuned for plenty of pictures!

A Visit from Vanessa

We were lucky enough to have Ryan's little sister Vanessa who is 15 come spend a few weeks with us. She is such a good sport and up for anything. We have been looking forward to her visit (she's our first visitor since we left Utah) and planned a few fun things.
Last week we spent 2 days at Cedar Point which is an amusement park in Ohio. It's really cool, it's on a peninsula of Lake Huron so you are basically looking right at the water when you're on the rides. They had some insane roller coasters! Our favorite one, the Dragster went 120mph and 420 feet up then 420 feet straight down! I was so freaking out when they strapped us in but once I opened my eyes to enjoy the ride, I loved it.

We stayed the night at a hotel then the next day we caught a few rides until we got rained out. And when it rains in the Midwest, it POURS! We were stuck in a gift store for about an hour (hence the crazy hat pics below) then we spent a few hours at the mall to let it pass and were able to come back and go to the water park. It was awesome! Overcast, but still warm enough to enjoy it. My favorite ride there was Eerie Falls.

I had to work a few nights each week so Vanessa and Ryan did a few things but yesterday I introduced her to the fine luxury of pedicures. She was really quiet and I was worried it freaked her out but she tells me she loved it. Then we did a little shopping, is that not a killer combination?
And what would a trip to Michigan be without a visit to the dog beach at Lake Michigan. We did that today and had perfect weather and so much fun! Vanessa and Ryan braved the cold and actually swam while I waded with the dogs. We took a nice walk then buried Ryan in the sand.
We have to take her back the airport tomorrow and we are sad to see her go but we sure had a great time and hope she did too! Love you Ness!

We Love Dad's!

Well it's our first father's day away from home. Moving away is an awesome experience but the "first holidays" are always kind of tough. We sure are lucky to have been blessed to have the dads that we do. Thank you for always supporting us and helping us through our good and bad times!

I love my father-in-law Robert but I'm got to give a little shout out to my own dad. I sure love you Dad! I know you have been through some rough years lately but no matter what, your 2 biggest fans (as far as I'm concerned) are only a phone call away. I wish we were closer and I wish I could give you a father's day hug but please know how much I love you and miss you and am forever grateful for your example and friendship!