St. George Marathon

On Oct. 3rd David ran the St. George Marathon. Papa Craig was going to run it as well, but due to injury he was unable to. He was a little sad that he had to stand in the cheering section with us, but I was very grateful for his help with the Twinkies, and we are so proud of all his other marathons he has done, including Boston! GO PAPA!!!

Anyway Skyler had a blast watching all the racers come in. He really get in to these things, it is so fun. Connor on the other hand was more concerned with the balloon that was tied to a stroller about 10 feet away, and that he couldn't have it.

David ran the marathon in just under 4 hours. I am going to make him come and tell a little about it...

Well the I woke up the marathon morning tired and not ready to run, but I was going to make myself do the marathon. My goal was under four hours and I got that. The race was going great till about mile twenty and then I broke down. That is the problem with being sick for a month and not doing a long run. Next year I hope to break the three hour mark. We will start training this week.

Well, Oct. 1st was the boys 2nd Birthday. I havn't posted anything yet because I am waiting for our family pictures to come back. But here are some random photos to tide you over until then.


Connor had fun playing with Papa's glasses (above) and I can't believe he still sleeps like this (below)



Skyler is such a ham it is funny


This is the boys favorite place to eat now on the little bar stools.


The boys love their Grandma Carma, and when she comes to visit. Sometimes she surprises them and picks them up from Daycare.

Cassie's Triathlon and Family Salt Lake City trip

On September 19 we took a trip up to Salt Lake City for my (Cassie's) triathlon in Daybreak. My old college friend was coming up to do this with her Dad, and asked me to do it as well. So I agreed. This was another Sprint Tri, but I am not sure the distances were 100% accurate.

SWIM
We were supposed to do a 750 meter swim in the lake, but due to an outbreak of Round Worm, there was a last minute lake closure. To compensate for that leg of the Tri, we were bused to a community pool (not like a city community pool, but like a sub division community pool) where we swam 75 yards...yes, 75 yards, 3 lengths of the pool. We were in the water for probably a minute and a half. Then we had to run back to transition about 1.2 miles away. Anything we took with us to the pool, we either had to leave there or run back with.

BIKE
For the most part the way out was up hill with a couple of down hills, and a pretty good head wind. A little before the turn around point, we went up a pretty good hill that was a mile long. It was torture in the head wind, then you go down hill, then up a pretty short steep hill. I remember when I was going up the hill, I felt like I was standing still, and Cami (my friend) came WIZZING by me SO fast going the opposite direction. I knew the down hill part was coming up before the steep hill, and I would get a break, and so I was going down, and still working so hard...DOWN HILL, yeah, it stunk! But the way back was SUPER fun, going downhill with the tail wind, I think I was pushing 40 MPH. I would say the bike was about 11 1/2 miles or so, and a true Sprint tri is 12.4 miles I think.

RUN
Good run around the lake. It had a pretty view the whole time. Pretty flat, about 3 miles, and a true Sprint tri is 3.1. Really not much to say here. I was bummed there was only 1 aid station, and I thought there would be 2.

FINISH
The boys were so patient the whole time, from what I understand, and I was excited to see my friend Amber after the race, I didn't know she was even coming out. And, David was watching the bikers coming in as I crossed the finish line, so he didn't get to see me, or get any pictures. So the pictures below are just random shots. Eventually the race will post their pictures, and I might have some in there, so if you want you can check on the races's web site. Once they have them, I will post as well:

http://www.ustrisports.com/daybreak.htm

RESULTS
http://www.onlineraceresults.com/race/view_individual.php?make_printable=1&bib_num=679&race_id=12246&type=result

bib number:	679
gender:	F
location:	Saint George, UT
overall place:	214 out of 327
division place:	27 out of 47
gender place:	80 out of 153
time:	1:36:00
pace:	0:
swim:	14:27
t1:	1:45
bike:	48:08
t2:	1:08
run:	30:33

The Trip
While there we met up with as many people as we could. We saw my cousin JanEtta and her son after the race, as well as my friend Ashley and her family. We went to dinner at their house Saturday night. Skyler LOVED their motor Jeep thing, but Connor was a little timid, and stayed safely in the manual car. We also saw David's cousin Caroline. We stayed with the ever so hospitable Glenn family, and had a great time visiting with them, and taking the boys to their FIRST football to see one of the Glenn boys. Skyler LOVED it. Not really the game, but the social aspect with all the people and the clapping. Connor liked it, but not as much and I think just wanted to go home and sleep.




On the way down we had to take this shot of Connor sleeping, and then Skyler saw the camera and kept saying "CHEESE" over and over, so we had to snap a couple shots of that as well. They did so good on the ride, and gave us more confidence to hopefully make this trip again soon, and not wait another 2 years.

California Trip

Over Labor Day we went down to California to see David's parents, and took Uncle Bryan along with us. We had such a fun time, but didn't really take pictures of everything we did. Here is a list of some things we did:

Santa Barbara Zoo
Beach (twice)
Aunt Marylin and Uncle Dennis' for a BBQ with the cousins. Super fun to see all them again
Hanging out at Grandma and Papa's farm house
First experience with tofu
Got to see lots of trains

Here are some pictures at the BEACH

The park at the beach, Skyler must see an airplane.




Skyler got to boogie board


Fun in the sand with Grandma and a new friend



The boys and mom go buggie boarding


Uncle B buries Skyler


Poor Connor had a rough time with the sand in his eyes


Then Skyler and Uncle B bury Connor


Flying the kite


Skyler can't get enough of the buggie board


Just relaxin with Grandma Teresa



At the SANTA BARBARA ZOO

We took the boys on the train ride. Connor was scared at first, and we almost didn't let him go, but eventually he calmed down, just in time. Skyler absolutely LOVED it and was so attentive and acting like a big boy!



Closest thing to a petting zoo experience when they got to feed some sheep through a gate


Papa Craig just had to be a goof


Watching the turtles




Just walking around, looking at everything. Boys were pretty interested, and had a fun time. Skyler especially liked the zoo, and spent a lot of time on Papa's shoulders.