Our First Tri

My brother, mom, and dad are big triathletes.  My kids love that their Grandma and Grandpa race and are very proud of this.  We went and watched them run in a half-marathon in St George one year and my kids loved watching their Grandparents run across the finish line.  They were just sad they didn't get to see them swim and ride their bikes.  My mom has started to do a triathlon with the daycare kids at the end of the school year so this year she also did a race with the grandkids.  The water part of the race consisted of the kids throwing water balloons at their parents.  Then the rode their bikes around the high school track one lap.  They finished with a one lap run around the track.  My nephew Isaac was the fastest.  He raced around the track on his bike and then proceeded to run the whole way around the track...I think we might have another athlete in the family.  My kids LOVED every minute of their race.  Here are a few pictures...

Getting ready to throw the waterballoons.  Jeff had to help Josh hold the balloon...he was a very eager to get started in his race!!

Running around the track...Sammy got a really bad cramp so she wasn't very happy.  Andrea smiled and loved running around the track.  Josh got a little distracted at times but he did it!!

My mom ran around the track with Andrea and also helped her on the bike.  They looked very cute running around together!

All the racers at the end of the race with their medals, treats, water bottles and swim caps!

First Grade...Here We Come!

Today was Kindergarten Graduation!!  Sammy is done with Kindergarten and ready to move on to First Grade (most days)!  She is a little nervous about being in school all day but she will do great and I am sure she will love it.  We are going to miss her teacher, the FABULOUS Mrs. O'Leary!  We have LOVED her!!  She is the best kindergarten teacher in the world.

The schools do these really cool certificates and pictures for promotion.  I was very impressed

Curly Hair

Sammy slept in sponge rollers for the first time.  Her first reaction after I brushed her hair this morning, "I look retarded!"  After I pulled up the front she thought it was cool and she has been very proud of her curly hair! 

New Pictures

It has been a year since we had professional pictures taken of the kids!!  We finally made it to JCPenney Portraits a week ago to have pictures taken.  I think I jinxed myself because I took Sammy every month during the first year...I took Andrea every 3-6 months...Josh has 3--TOTAL!!  OOPS! :)

One Step Down...

We found out last week that the bank accepted the offer on our house!!  This means our house is almost sold!!!  We are so excited to finally be done with the process.  I am ready to sign on the dotted line and no longer be a homeowner in Las Vegas.  Now, we just have to figure out where to live next (we are still going to be in Las Vegas...we are just going to be renting)!