Triathlon

Joey and Kylah had their very first triathlon the evening we got back from camping. Joey has been training for the swim a lot this summer (200 yards!!) we have biked a lot so we knew he was ready for the 5 mile bike. I think he ran once, so I was a little nervous about the mile run at the end. Kylah didn't really train at all and wasn't interested in training. :) her race was quite a bit shorter thankfully. 

 

Kylah did awesome and finished!! She walked quite a bit during her "run" so we had to encourage her at the end to finish strong. :) when asked if she wanted to do it again next year she said "I'm, maybe not."  Maybe triathlons aren't her thing... :)

 

Joey did awesome too. He swam like a pro, taking a few breaks by doing a backstroke a few times. He transitioned between swimming and biking really fast thanks to Christine's help!! He finished strong with a 8:40 mile. 

We were so proud of both of our kiddos!!

Camping

Well it's been a whole month since we went camping, but it's time to blog about it! We headed to the same place we went last year, Eagle Rock, and went with the Matchell's again. Our kids LOVE camping. I will say that this year has been the best yet! I think it must only get easier as they get older! 

Joe had a lot of help setting up the tent (not from me...)

Everyone loves building a fire and keeping it going. We had some yummy food over the fire this year....grilled sandwiches, burritos, eggs and sausage, and of course hotdogs and s'mores! :)

 

The campsite we have is just a short walk down to the swimming area. We spent hours and hours there. 

See, happy faces! We survived and actually slept ok!! :)

What a fun weekend!

We will miss our yearly camping adventures with the Matchell's when they move to Africa next year, but we will enjoy them while we have them here!

kids quiz

I have a lot of fun stuff to update on here (kids' triathlon, camping, etc), but I don't have my camera to upload any pictures, so those posts will have to wait.

 

The other night I asked the kids some questions and wrote down their answers. It's always fun to look back on these when they're older. The answers are color coded (Joey is blue, Kylah is pink, Norah is green).

 

1. Who's your best friend?

Connor

Audrey

Matthew and Andrew

 

2. What do you want to be when you grow up?

MLB star

babysitter

baker

 

3. What football team do you like?

Chiefs

same team as Joey

Joey's

 

4. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?

Fly--so I can fly at recess

Ice powers--I don't know why

Rainbow power--because I just like it

 

5. What's the best thing about being you?

that I'm tall

that I have a good family

making new friends

 

6. What's the funniest thing you've ever seen?

"Who does #2 work for?" (Uncle Dave first introduced him to this quote, and then daddy let him watch this small part of the movie...)

When daddy bounced Norah on the trampoline and she did a flip

talking funny stuff

 

7.  If you had one wish, what would it be?

to fly

to have ice powers

living at home with my mom and dad

 

8. What's the best thing about your dad?

He coaches me

He's my daddy

Him letting us watch TV

 

9. What's the best thing about your mom?

She helps me

She's my mommy

Making chocolate cookies

 

10. What are you afraid of?

giant spiders

thunder

tornadoes

 

11. What would you rather give up: TV, chocolate or friends?

chocolate

TV

chocolate

 

12. If you could be anyone in the world for a day, who would you be?

Superman

Elsa

Matty

 

13. What's the hardest thing about being a child?

That you have to go to bed at 7:30

Going to bed at 7:30

Going to bed at 7:"firty"

 

14. What is one thing you learned today?

that building Legos is harder than you think

that being a sister is harder than you think

learning peanut butter (I think her attention was gone by this point...)