Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Some Recent Photos

Last week was Conner's musical theater camp which he really enjoyed. Each day had a theme and when we picked the kids up at the end of the day they would put on a little show. It was very cute. We also had Aimee, Gracie, and Gavin with us last week which was very nice. Grady keeps asking where Gracie is.

This weekend was nice. Conner had his first soccer game on Saturday, which he said he likes more than t-ball...it's also a lot more exciting on the spectating end. Shawn studied a lot for his CFP coming up in November. Shawn and I went to see Bob Dylan, in the rain, on Sunday night...we had field "seats" so we were properly soaked when we finally got to the car just after 10 that night. We did have a good time, even if I didn't know any of the music save one song.

The school year will not officially begin for Conner until September 11th. I'm pretty certain that he'll be afternoon kindergarten, which is what I am hoping. I cannot believe that he's going to school this year. I've had a much more difficult time with this whole process than I thought I would, but I'm ready for him to start.

Hopefully this finds everyone well. Take care.

Conner and Grace waiting patiently for me to pass by during the triathlon.















Conner and Nana in Kennywood.









The family gathered for Shawn's grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary.













Grady on the carousel in Kennywood.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

1:38:34

Yes, that was my time this weekend! I had a great time, I'm proud that I finished my first sprint, and I also learned a few of things along my route Saturday morning.

Let's see...what did I learn...I definitely need a road bike next time out - even with the road tires the college TREK needs to be reserved for family rides with the kiddos...never race in new clothes - I didn't lose my shorts but I'm glad I did a couple of practice push offs before hitting the water - let's just say if I would have pulled them up any further I'd have been eating Under Armour...if my body is saying take a break - more like screaming take a break - take a break - my legs did not want to move during the run, and when I FINALLY let myself walk (with only 3/10 of a mile to go) for a spell, all of a sudden my legs were fully functioning...running on the treadmill after spinning is no where near equivalent to running on the road after biking on the road - really, not even close...and finally, this was definitely the first of many sprint tris!!

Seriously, I had a great time doing it and I think the fam had a good time attending the event. My times were...6 min for my 300m swim, 55 min for the 15 mile bike, and 33 min for the 5k. I don't know what I was expecting the run to be like but I wasn't expecting to feel like I was unable to control my legs, and that is what I felt like. (I wish I had a video of what I looked like running...I felt like I'd never run before!) The fact that it only took me 33 min is astonishing.

Thanks for all of the good thoughts and prayers this weekend...I'm pretty sure that is one of the reasons my feet continued to fall one in front of the other during those 33 minutes. I'm on the lookout for my next one so I'll be sure to update the next race.

Later.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

PHOTOS!


Conner out to breakfast for Uncle Matt's birthday.

















Grady on the beach in Pawleys.













Conner and Gracie in Hershey Park.


Grady and Daddy in Hershey.














Our good friend, BJ, with Daddy and the Grades on our weekend retreat with the Rayburgs and the Friedmans.













That's it for now. Unfortunately, some of my pictures are from a not-so-stellar disposable camera so this is what you get for now! I'll have more after this weekend. Say a prayer this Saturday morning around 9:30...that's when the gun will sound and I'll take off in the pool. Later.