Anyone Up For A......Triathlon?

This morning my friends and I participated in our first ever triathlon! It was a really wonderful (and exhaustive) experience and I'm SO glad that I did it! Never in my life would I have imagined that one day I would complete a triathlon so I feel a great sense of accomplishment. If any of you are wondering just what is involved, it requires a 1/2 mile swim, a 12 mile bike ride, and then a 5k run. We have been training together all summer.

I finished in 1 hour 49 minutes. My good husband was there to take pictures throughout the morning. Unfortunately for me, it's near impossible to come up with a flattering photo after nearly two hours of intense physical exercise....LOL (Pictured: Alisa Rasheed, Jeannette Smith, Elise McIlmoil, myself, and Erin Jones.) I sure love these girls! We've done a half marathon and now a triathlon - I wonder what's next for us?

4th of July

While I know that the 4th of July has long passed us, I couldn't resist putting up a few pictures of how we spent our day. Somehow time just gets away from me so I'm really late in making this post. Our day started out with playing in the sprinkler outside. The girls had a good time and eventually turned the water guns on their dad who was a great sport. Emma really did have a good time, although her facial expression may not look like it.

Later on we went to visit an Oregon Trail Interpretive Park which was really interesting. The girls had a great time running along the wagon rivets and the trails. Plus, it was in a really beautiful area in the mountains.

The day wouldn't have been complete without a family BBQ and fireworks to top it off.