Our Exciting News...

..most of you already know, but I had never posted about it so I thought now would be a good time. I am pregnant!! I am due on December 8 and am about 16 weeks right now, well into the second trimester. I have gotten over the nausea and you should be happy you didn't have to hear me complain!! We find out what it is on the 16th of July so we will keep you posted!!

Fun Videos

Jack's absolute favorite game is to be chased around. Just listen to the giggling.




Jack is getting really good with his letters, so I tried to catch it on video. He is reading the letters for the phrase, what color do you see. Ignore my frumpiness, it had been a long day.

Jack's Spring Show

Jack loves going to "class" so when it was time for his Spring Show I knew it would be just like another day of "class." There were a few changes, his grandparents were there and Daddy was the one helping him through his exercises. He had lots of fun and probably wishes that Daddy would come every week!

Doing Donkey Kicks (progression for a handstand)

Miss Tia helping with Finish Arms to receive a ribbon.

Jacks favorite part is when they get to play on the parachute.

The Air Show

We decided to brave the lines and heat and went to the Air Show at Hill Air Force Base. Although the lines were a little longer than I had been anticipating. It was fun to see what we could while we were there. Jack got sunscreen in his eyes and was completely miserable, which of course made me miserable. But we did get to see planes plummeting to the earth only to recover right before they landed, then there was a cool reenactment of Pearl Harbor. We watched the BIG jets from the comfort of my parents backyard. All in all it was fun!!

Jack and Sean

Jack completely enjoyed his lemonade, you can see his red puffy eyes. So sad.

Callie, Sean Kirk and Jack, with a "BIG plane" (as Jack called them) behind them.

Swimming with the Girls

Mara, Jack and Rhiyah

Marie was kind enough to invite us over for a little morning fun. We filled up the kiddie pool and let the little ones at it. Jack refused to let me put his swimming suit on, probably because in my first attempt I put both legs in one side. But seeing as how he wouldn't sit in the pool, it is no biggie. They splashed and screamed and wore themselves out. Thanks again Marie!

Jack getting ready to splash Mara right in the face.

SDRC Splash & Sprint Triathlon

As I push through life I have found that I expect a lot of great things from myself. Getting to that point is never clear or something I'm willing to do at the moment. A triathlon has been a goal of mine for quite a few years now. Why has it taken me so long to compete? I rode a bike as my main form of transportation for 21 months on my mission. Clocking in over 35 miles a day, 110 degree weather...in a suit. When I returned home I didn't want to look at another bike. I finally overcame my hatred by burying it deep inside me and found myself on a road bike. To my surprise it is actually quite enjoyable.
To move on with this story, I found a local triathlon to cut my teeth on. Started training. Then came race day. Anticipation is high. Had I practiced my transitions enough? Was I physically ready? Typical triathlon race order is SWIM, BIKE, RIDE. Something I didn't expect was the mental game I had to play. Not with others but with myself. You see in competing in one event is bliss cause you know when you are back, you are done. A triathlon is like crossing the finish line and everyone saying, oh, just kidding...twice. Very incredible but I felt very tenebrous at times.
Swim: because it was in a swimming pool we swam a serpentine swim pattern. This means we had to swim in the pattern of a snake throughout the pool. Underneath lane lines. We had to submit our swim times to be placed in order of fastest to slowest. We were spaced 10 seconds apart. I ended up passing about 4 people in the pool.
Transition 1: I had just got done swimming 400 yds and jogged to my bike. As I sat down I thought to myself, I wonder if anyone would notice if I stopped now. Then I heard everyone cheering so I strapped on my helmet, grabbed my bike and started down the road.
Bike: The bike race is 13 miles. They didn't stop traffic so we had to dodge cars.
Transition 2: very simple. Put on your running shoes, take off your helmet (if you want) then take off running.Run: 5k. Depression sets in about a 1/4 mile into the running portion when you cannot hear anymore cheers and its just you and the road. Thoughts came into my head like "what are you doing?" and "seriously, why are you still running?"
Crossing the finish line is like no other feeling. To know I just finished 3 events and don't have an ounce of energy left is incredible. Absolutely SENSATIONAL. I feel like a comedian on an emotional roller coaster.
I don't have the split times yet. I came in with a time of 1 hour 17 minutes and 29 seconds. I now have a base to build upon. Anyone care to play?

Giraffes

My mom and I took Jack to the zoo today. On the way there we explained to him where we were going and what some of the animals were that we would be seeing. He repeated all of the names but got really excited to see the giraffes. All through the zoo he would say "where giraffes?" We had lots of fun seeing all of the animals, but of course it is more fun to see Jack's reaction.

Jack didn't like turning his back on the giraffe, even to take a picture.

Jack and Grandma.