I TRI-ed!!!!

On Saturday, I did my first triathlon! I thought up the title to this post during the race, I needed to keep my mind off of the task at hand. It was definitely a lot of work, but from a field of about 250, I finished 8th in the swim (400m). It went down hill from there. The weather was rainy and windy, which made the bike ride (15 miles) a pain. The run (5k) was hard too just because I was so tired after the ride, but I finished in under an hour and a half which was my goal, and as the picture shows, I was still smiling at the end!

This is me finishing the swim. I went all the way to the wall when everyone else just got out at the ladder.

Here I am finishing the bike ride, I'm signing, "I love you," to Joann and Lindsay. I was more concerned with enjoying myself than the race. I won't post any pictures of the run, because it was just too painful. Next time I'll train better, but there will definitely be a next time.

Morning Surprise

I woke up one morning and found this: Joann has made an art of moving around the house silently in the morning. It can be startling sometimes. She tells me she doesn't flush the toilet so she doesn't wake me up. One Sunday morning she made a picnic with her Kashi GoLean cereal and library books. Usually she turns on the TV really quietly, so I asked her why she didn't and she said, "I just know I'm not supposed to watch TV all the time." (Notice that she dressed herself as well.)

Picture for Aurora

We had this "great" idea to draw a picture for Aurora--right on her! Promote bonding, right? Joann asked me about three times if it was okay before she would touch the marker to my skin. It's a picture of Mom, Dad, Joann, Aurora in her carseat, our house and our car (same size rectangles there in the left corner)--all in Utah under a mountain. And a flower and a tree (right side). Joann is flying a kite (her daddy bought her a kite for the kite festival [which turned out to be a crazy/disappointing adventure]).

Disney on Ice

Devin took Joann to Disney Princesses on Ice. I really wish he had a minute to blog about it, because he came home full of stories about the things Joann said. Apparently she was so excited that she bounced up and down on her seat the entire time. The lady sitting next to them said, "I don't think I've seen anyone so excited about ANYTHING." She was one of thousands of girls in princess dresses, and came home so tired she slept in 'til 10 am the next morning.


Here's a sample of their conversation that night:
The princes all came out with the princesses at the end.
Devin: "Joann, are you going to marry a prince someday?"
J: "No! I'm going to be a professional dog walker!"
D: "You can do both if you want."
J: "Actually, I just want to marry someone who can be a daddy so I can be a mommy."

31 Weeks

This was taken February 16th.