Turns out I have a bunch of pictures from this summer that I had forgotten about. 60 to be exact! Here you go Sandee, more pictures of us than you ever wanted to see!
sleeping beauties
ICE CREAM - Wednesday, June 26
Not sure what I was telling Robert, but it sure looks important!
They serve frozen custard that is to die for!
See, here's proof. Alex looks like he's died and gone to heaven with that ice cream running down his chin :)
Ironically, it was just down the street from our apartment but we hadn't ever gone there.
TRIATHLON - Saturday, June 29
Pretty sure my thoughts in that picture weren't "Did I leave the iron on?" More like "AHHHH!! AHHHH! AHHHHH!!!" Yeah, that's about right.
I had practiced an open water swim at the reservoir the Saturday before and it freaked me out. It was very unnerving to not be able to see anything and not know where the bottom was. I worked through the fear though and was feeling the most confident about the swim portion. Andrew was really mad that he couldn't get in the water.
In the water waiting for the starting horn. I finished in the middle of the pack on the swim portion. It was so much harder than I thought it would be! I got caught in the mass of swimmers and we just kept hitting and kicking each other.
Waving at Andrew who was cheering loud for me :) I had waaay too much energy left after the swim. The bike leg didn't go as well as planned either. I got passed by a lot of old ladies. Talk about a shot to the pride :)
I did the best on the running leg, which was the one that I felt the least prepared for. It was weird to transition from biking to running but it felt good to pass people! By the end I thought I was going to die! It was soooo much harder than I thought it would be. The triathlon made the 5K Cross Country meets seem like a cake walk!
It was fun though and I enjoyed having Robert and the boys there to cheer me on!
I had some energy bars and snacks in my registration bag as well as some free stuff from booths that the boys had fun snacking on. I also got a free fish taco and tortilla chips!
It was a fun experience and fun to have motivation to ride my bike to the pool every day and a goal to work towards and then accomplish! Here are my results:
I finished 55th out of 100 overall for the Super Sprint. There were about 400 women who raced in the regular sprint (which was about double the distance). And the chart breaks it down by each leg of the race. I finished 45/100 on the swim, 87/100 (me and my mountain bike got our butts kicked!), and 38/100 on the run (booyah!). It was a 1/4 mile swim, 8 mile bike, and 2 mile swim.
UTAH, FUNERAL, CAMPING, HIKING - June 30 and July 1-2
Robert's aunt Rosalie passed away (from lung cancer) so we drove out to Utah for her funeral. On Sunday morning we went to the church early so I could take care of programs, then we went to sacrament meeting at 8:30 and then headed out on our 9 hour journey. We got to Oak City, Utah in time to go to the viewing at the church and conveniently we were still in our church clothes! Monday afternoon was the funeral, graveside and then family dinner. It was a really sad occasion but I'm glad we were able to go.
On our way back home we camped in Rifle at Rifle Gap State Park. It was 25 bucks for a tent site! Atleast there were flushing toilets (that we had to drive to).
This is what a 2 year old bouncing off the tent walls looks like...a blur!!
It was a nice night and fun to camp out (except for the fear of the bear that the people at the bathroom told us about).
Alexander Salamander sure enjoyed his first camping trip!
Then we drove about an hour to Glenwood Springs to go on a hike that we have been really wanting to go on.
It was about 2.5 miles round trip and climbed 1,000 feet. It was so beautiful!
A panorama shot
When we got to the top, we stopped and rested for a bit, let the boys out of their packs, and ate some snacks.
The waterfall was loud and Andrew was nervous so he had a death grip on Robert's throat haha
There, that's better :)
Up above the water fall, was another one that was shooting out of the rock.
It was super loud and coming out with a lot of force!
Andrew wouldn't go any where near it. Smart kid!
He threw rocks instead
Enjoying the view on the way back down since we weren't huffing and puffing and out of breath. When we got back to the parking lot we were filthy and exhausted! We cleaned up a bit in the bathroom and then walked around Glenwood Springs, had lunch then drove four hours home!
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