Races and some randoms

Dave and I have always been active. Prior to becoming parents, we were always hiking, skiing or doing something. We went to the gym a lot, rock climbed, spin classes, you name it we did it. Fast forward a few years and our time to do those types of things has been wiped out. No biggie, it comes with the territory of being a parent. We're active in different ways now. We run around and play with Tyler (and pretty soon Zac) a lot, take lots of walks, go for bike rides and still keep busy and active with the kids. We still try to find time to do races because they're fun and keep us healthy and sane :) Without the help of our parent this wouldn't be possible, when we can't juggle it they watch the kids and let us have some time to do these things. They are the BEST! This year we've fit in a bunch so far. 5k's, 10k's, mud runs and sprint triathlons and some bike races up ahead for Dave. Dave has ran a marathon and the most I've done is a 10 miler so the only next logical step for me is a half marathon (I really have no desire or training time to do a full one). So, come Sept. Jill and I will be doing our first half marathon.

We recently did a race called the Spartan Sprint...5 miles of mud and obstacles and climbing a ski slope 2 times and it goes down in the books as the hardest race I've done...fun, but it was a butt kicker! Mine and Jill's legs literally hurt for a week and healed just in time for us to do a triathlon together last Saturday. Jill also signed Alex and Sydney up for the kids spartan sprint and it was the BEST watching them do it. I think I had a few tears because 1. my nieces are old enough to be doing something with us like this and I think yesterday they were just babies and 2. I can't wait until my boys can join in the fun. All the kids had a blast running through the mud being like their parents. Enjoy some pics...



























Our budding photographer at work again...









Very proud of his work with a little funny Mommy in the background :)



Summer amazes me. One minute it's hot, humid and sunny. 10 minutes later something like this rolls in, passes, cools off and feels like a totally different day. I.love.it. Last night we put on our storm chaser hats and watched the awesomeness of it.







Yesterday morning at 7am I had to fish Thomas the train out of the very bottom of the toilet with my hands after Tyler had already peed. He suggested using his hammer to fish it out, but then I'd have to disinfect the hammer instead of just scrubbing my hands really well, so I just went for it. This morning, I was upstairs getting things together and I heard Tyler saying "Oh baby dinosaur, you're hungry, I'll get you a bottle." Then came some banging, clanking and lots of commotion. I came downstairs to this. He got a pot out and filled it with rice cereal so his little dino could eat. He's such a good parent :)





Zac is 5 months old today...gasp. And Tyler officially turned 2 1/2. Hopefully, I can get some posts together soon with some updates because this stuff just keeps getting better and better. I can't get enough of my two little beans :)