Weekend Plans

This weekend we made spur of the moment plans and decided to drive to El Paso to see Chris. It was a really low-key weekend, mostly just relaxed at his apartment, went swimming, did a little bbq, and just enjoyed spending time with daddy!

Today on our way home from Texas we stopped in Safford for a little lunch and a break from driving. I wasn't able to go to the Temple Dedication this last Sunday because we were in Texas, but we were still able to enjoy it's beauty today.

 It's located right beside a nice church building with loads of grass that was being watered...so my kids did what they instinctively do, and played like little monkeys!

It was a great break from the drive, and we got right back on the road and made it home in no time!

What a fun little trip! We are so blessed!

Intro to Summer 2010!

Let the summer fun begin!!

Grandma Toliver got Crew a Buzz Lightyear sprinkler toy for his birthday and the kids tried it out...success! I can tell that this is going to be a fun summer!!

St George Triathlon

Last weekend I travelled to St. George to compete in the St. George Triathlon. I have done several triathlons before, but they were the sprint distance. I decided to push my limits this time and do the Olympic distance. It is essentially twice the length of a sprint triathlon.

I brought my camera, but of course it never made it out of my bag. Luckily my brother-in-law brought his camera and snapped a few pics of me finishing.

Here I am just after sprinting to the finish line. During the whole race I was going back and forth with this other girl (number 397...never found out her name). It came down to the end, we were neck and neck, and she started to take off. I couldn't let her just beat me like that so we were flat out sprinting. I barely beat her by 1 tenth of a second! It was great! Although I felt like I was going to pass out after that!

My other brother-in-law Jesse competed too! This was his first time and he did so good! We met up at the finish line and snapped some pics.

After you are done they have tons of food that is just ready for consumption... I always eat the oranges because for some reason it's like my body is craving them! I think I did pretty good for my first Olympic distance, especially since I only trained for two weeks. Here is the break down of what you have to do:

1 mile swim (25.31 min.) 20 mile bike (1:17) and 10K run (1:03).

There are also transition times between the swim and bike and the bike and run... my total time was...

drum-roll please....

2:52.10!

Yes, that is nearly 3 straight hours of non-stop working out! But honestly it was not that bad and pretty enjoyable! I am excited to do another one soon!

So proud to call them mine!

Happy Mother's Day! Today Chris was still in Texas, so it was just me and the kids. Woke up early, had some breakfast and just hung out till church. I was most excited to go to church because I had made the girls dresses that matched. I can't believe how cute my kids are... well I guess I can, they come from a good lookin' gene pool! Any-who, we took some pictures after church... enjoy!

Kaylee twirling around in her new dress! Her toothless grin --- priceless!

Crew always saying "cheese" just a little too late... how cute!

Emma getting so big! I love how much she smiles!

I just thought this was fun, we get out of church so late that the sun was already setting.

Yummy!

I started my very own food blog! If you know me well, you know that I am obsessed with food! Check it out and follow me there for great recipes, ideas and tips! Thanks guys!

http://www.iwashyoudry.blogspot.com/

Summer is quickly approaching!

In less than 3 weeks we will officially start summer vacation! What am I going to do with all these kids!? I would like to start a schedule that's for sure! So I am wondering what everyone else does with their kids for the summer?

Here are some things I would like to incorporate:
Swimming (going to the city pool at lease once per week)
Movie (Summer Movie pass at Harkins...what day will you go?)
Craft Day (I could use some good ideas for this!! I found a fun one to try here)
Park Day (It's too hot in the summer to play at the actual park but, McDonald's play place and Chick-fil-A will work just fine)
Field Trip Day?? (Would it be too much to plan a trip to somewhere fun? Museum, Library, Science Center etc..)

Ok, give me your ideas!! If you want to join me in my little adventures that would be awesome!! The more kiddos the better!!