LegoLand

Fir the boy's third birthday we took them to LEGOLAND. We went the week before they turned three, so we didn't have to pay for them. Strategic planning on our part, right? Uncle B was kind enough to join us, and the boys loved having him around.

We started on Thursday afternoon at Legoland, then went back Friday morning, did the waterpark on Friday afternoon, back to Legoland for a few more rides and then the Aquarium.

We seriously had SUCH a blast! We hardly had to wait in ANY lines, and if the boys wanted to ride again, they didn't even have to get off. It was SO much fun!

Here are just some random photos, then Iwill post more from their favorite rides.


Sky on the leisure boat ride where they get to see lots of Lego animals.


Cassie and Sky go down the big slide


This was a 4D movie. We wore these 3D glasses and it was so funny because the first time something appeared to "come at us", Skyler was swatting at it, and got a little scared and sat with David the rest of the time. It was funny.


Connor and Skyler wait ever so patiently for Daddy and Uncle B to ride a "big kid" roller coaster. They were just a little too short. One of only a few rides they couldn't do.


Giraffe made of all Legos!


Uncle B...need we say more!


We are on that roller coaster, I promise! This was probably the most intense of all the rides the boys could do, and they LOVED it. They wanted to keep going. I think we rode it probably 5+ times. It was a pretty good coaster for the little guys, hey, even for us!


Boys love trains, so we couldn't pass on this ride.


Cassie and Sky on an airplane.


This was a shooting game. You would ride around on the little car track, and you had a lazer gun and would shoot at some targets inside. They would keep a score, so of course David and Bryan had to have a little Brotherly competition. Sky has taken a liking to the guns.

Kokopelli Triathlon

On September 18, 2010, I did my first Olympic Distance triathlon.

distances were:

1.5K Open Water Swim (about 1 mile)

33K Bike Ride (like 22 miles or so)

10K Run (6.2 miles)

I have only ever done Sprint distances before, and kinda wanted to challenge myself a bit. My goal was between 3 hours and 15 minutes and 3 1/2 hours. I was pleased when I came in just under 3 hours and 15 minutes. I raced in the Athena (big girl) division and took first....out of 2, but hey!

bib number:	302
gender:	F
overall place:	172 out of 191
division place:	1 out of 2
gender place:	49 out of 54
time:	3:14:40
pace:	0:
swim:	31:10
t1:	3:11
bike:	1:19:37
t2:	2:21
run:	1:18:22
penalty:	0:

SWIM:

I started in the last wave of the Olympic distance racers. As I started, I realized my arms were tired from my swim workout the day before. So I took it easy. I was pleased when I finished my first lap in less than 15 minutes. I was feeling VERY confident in my swim, and finished it in less than 30 minutes, then had to run to transition.

BIKE:

I hopped on my bike, and headed out. Now, this course has a HUGE hill that I absolutely LOATH. I was nervous as I approached it, though I train on it so I don't know why. As I looked out around me, I realized it was a beautiful day, and I am not in this to win, or to kill myself, I only wanted to finish, so I was going to enjoy it! And I did, I absolutely LOVED the bike ride. It felt good, and I had so much fun!

RUN:

Well, what can I say about the run....it SUCKED! I started at about 11 AM, so it was already getting hot. I don't think I took enough "fuel", and I broke down about half way, and had to walk/run the rest. But hey, I finished!

POST RACE:

As soon as I crossed the finish line, I hopped in to an ice bath. This was my first ice bath and it felt REALLY good! Grabbed some food, cried a little, and packed up to go...I really wanted an ICEE so we stopped at the gas station, I ran in got the ICEE, ran to the bathroom and threw up about a gallon of water!

Where were the twinkies?

They were such sports waiting and watching with Daddy and Grandma Carma. They had shuttle going from the race to the cars, so Grandma Carma took them on the bus about 10 times. I think they had fun. After they would take about running in a race. It was so cool. And as you can see, they were tuckered out by the time we got home and settled. Thanks to Grandma Carma for helping entertain them!

Victoria, Canada

Last stop....Victoria, Canada. We were planning to spend out time with my boss, Wendy and some other friends. When we got off the boat, there was a line for a cab...so Wendy was so kind to just get us a limo for a few hours of touring. It was so awesome.

TERRY FOX

This is a statue of Terry Fox. This description of him is taken word for word from Wikipedia:

Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox CC OD, (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Although the spread of his cancer eventually forced him to end his quest after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 mi), and ultimately cost him his life, his efforts resulted in a lasting, worldwide legacy. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is now the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$500 million has been raised in his name.

We thought this was a super cool story, so we had to take a picture.

To read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_fox

BEACON HILL PARK

This was a beautiful park that had great landscaping. There were peacocks running around. I tried to spook them to see if they would open up for us, but had no success. This was just a pretty place to stop.

WORLD'S TALLEST TOTEM POLE

VIEW OF THE CITY

We tried to make it in time for the sunset, but we didn't, because I had to stop and take a picture with the totem pole! But it was still a great view.

SOME COLLEGE

The cool thing about this college was that there were seriously HUNDREDS of wild bunnies hopping around. I don't know that you can see them in this picture, and of course, these were more photos that were lost. Hopefully I will try to get some from my boss who maybe took some.

CRAIGDARROCH CASTLE

AKA...My future home

It was dark, so it is very hard to see its beauty. But I have never seen a castle, so my group was kind enough to humor my desire to see it.

PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

THE EMPRESS HOTEL

I guess this is a pretty big or well known hotel????

Skagway

On Thursday we ported in Skagway, Alaska. We couldn't decide what to do, so we just walked to town. We saw a lot of boats on the dock. In Skagway they did a lot of train rides. Again, this made us think of the boys, and how much we missed them. So we spent a lot of time watching the trains, filming them and taking pictures for the boys We walked around town and saw some cool building and what not.

After we walked through town we found a cool hike to a small lake. It was a good, pretty hike and a way to kill some time. Unfortunately we managed to loose the pictures from the hike. If we ever are able recover those pictures I will post them.

After the hike we went to a sea food restaurant right off the dock. David had a Salmon Sandwich or something, and he loved it so much he wanted another. But then he decided that if he did, he might get so full it would kill the perfection. I thought that was funny.

All in all, Skagway was a fun day! then back to the boat for a full day on the ocean.



This is the top of a trash can, and David just thought it was SO funny






David being inappropriate with Sarah Palin