A Weekend of Firsts (and a second).

Camp Pendleton International TriathlonBrett and I did our FIRST triathlon together. I have been wanting Brett to do a triathlon with me for a long time. So, for my 32nd birthday, the best present he gave me was to do a race with me.

I was a little nervous for Brett to do his first race because he had limited time to train, but he did AWESOME. He finished in just less than three hours ( His wave started 10 minutes after the original start time).

During the race Brett and I both had our finger get cut from the bike portion of the race. Brett's was a little worse than mine. My hand got caught in the derailleur due to my chain coming off twice, and Brett's finger got caught in the spokes while he was fixing his speedometer timing chip. Brett said he had blood everywhere. (Good thing he is a doctor, and he knew he would be okay).

Some of our friends did the race as well. This is a picture of Kari Marshall and the other is of our friend Ryan Manning.

Brett and I both had a great race. He said he will even do one again. :) We did a mock triathlon the night before in La Jolla. We had a great swim in La Jolla Cove and then we biked along the ocean. We changed our gear and headed off for a quick run. About a minute into the run we realized that we had grabbed the wrong set of keys, and that we had in turn been locked out of our car. It was quite an ordeal to get a locksmith to La Jolla on a Friday night. Anyways, at least we had good scenery. (Thanks to my friend Melissa who ended up having the kids a couple hours longer). :)

I ended up have the best Olympic distance race of my career so far ( all 4 of my Olympic distance races). I took 8th overall and 2nd in my age group. I have been having a hard time accepting my second place because I was only 2 seconds behind the girl who took 1st. The bummer thing is I didn't know she was so close to me. She had short hair, so I guess I thought she was a guy. Most of the time when I am racing I just look to pass the girls, so once I see I just go hard and try and pass her. The bottom line is I just need to race hard the whole time, so next time seconds won't matter. :) But all and all it was an awesome race and an awesome course. I told Brett it is a great way to see each other when we are racing because there is alot of times you loop around. If anyone reading this is thinking of doing a triathlon I HIGHLY suggest you do one. It is such a great feeling of accomplishment, and a great way to stay fit.

Later in the day we went swimming with our friends Ryan (the one who did the race) and Vicky Manning and Chris and Audra Sambar ( the one who had the watched the children while we raced. I am indebted to her now. Thank you Audra. We had to drop the kids off and 5:45 and we didn't get home until after 1:00). We had so much fun. We even did the same thing again tonight. We had family night at the pool with the same families. All of our kids love being around each other, so it is so nice and quite pleasant.

This is Brynn fabulous preschool teacher, Ms. Ruby. She was the best, and really made each child feel important and loved. We feel so blessed that Brynn had her. She really help introduce Brynn to going to school in a positive way.We had our FIRST child's graduation on Friday. Brynn is officially done with preschool. She made a shirt that said "tiny tots" for part of there graduation gift and she keeps telling me she is no longer a tiny tot. She is a "big"kid now. ( Funny girl). I thought I put a picture of Ms. Dannabelle on here, but I didn't ( if anyone knows how to add a picture in the middle of the post please let me know). Anyways, both of them were great. Also Brynn friend/ student aid teacher, Ms. Joslyn was there. She was so nice because Brynn forgot her shoes, so I had to run home. Ms. Joslyn helped her to stop crying.

They had a cute little program with songs and dances, and then after they were giving their diplomas. After they received their diplomas they had to say their name and what they wanted to be when they grow up. Brynn said she wanted to be a babysitter. (Yea, that will come in handy in a few years).

Afterward they had a little "cookie"reception. The kids thought that was the best. Aubrey always loves to go to Brynn things at school because she loves the treats, and then they always have a dance at the end. Aubrey really LOVES to dance to all the great music.

GIRLS WEEKEND AT THE BEACH

SUN TANNING

BOOGIEBOARDING

I was blessed to have a great group of friends while we were in medical school.These are a few of them. We all got together at some cottage on the beach up past Oceanside. It was so nice and relaxing. We boggieboarded, laid out, talked, went shopping and to dinner, talked, went running, biking, lots of eating, and just loving spending time with one another. We all had to celebrate that we had made it through internship. I have to say thanks to Brett for making it possible. He stayed here with the kids. They had so much fun. They went to Chucky Cheese, donuts for breakfast, swimming two times, Wendy's, Mcdonalds, Baja Fresh, the dollar store, and the park. So the bottom line is I should do these more often.:)

BRYNN STARTS TENNIS

Brynn is such a cute tennis player. She is not sure if she really likes it, but onces she is there she does a great job. My friend is the coach. Thanks Vicky for taking the time to coach her. :)

MOVIE AT THE BEACH

A few of my friends and their families got together for family night to do a movie on the beach. We had a little picnic and then when it got dark, they projected the movie onto the wall of the Navy Lodge. It was fun being on the beach watching the movie"Enchanted".

BRAYDEN STARTS SWIMMING LESSONS

Brayden and I started a little mom and tot swimming class. He was quite a trooper. He really likes the water, so it is pretty fun.

OUR GREAT FOURTH OF JULY

Getting crowned by a "princess"

face painting at the carnival

Parades and clowns

INDEPENDENCE DAY 15 K IN CORONADO

We had a great fourth of July. It started early with a 15k. I have never raced this distances before, but I loved it. I ran with Brett's new Garmin, so I ran pretty close to the pace I set. I ended up taking 8th overall, and third in my age group. Around here you never know who your competition is, so I googled the first three females, and they were all pro's. It is great racing here, because the competition is always at it's best. We then went to a parade. It was great for about the first hour, then we decided to leave to beat traffic. Then later in the day we went to a little carnival with a band.(Our ward meets there every year for the fireworks). The kids loved the rides and big jumpers. Then we went and had a picnic and listen and danced to the band. (The girls had a pageant girl give them a crown, and they were in heaven). We then ended with a wonderful fireworks show. Now that we are in the military the fourth takes on a new meaning. I am so proud of Brett that he is serving his country and I am especially proud of my brother who is in Iraq. I am so thankful we have the freedoms we do.