Memorial Day Weekend

I went to Manti on Friday and saw this cute couple (Mary and Aaron).....

And this cute pregnant girl (Kim)....

And this little guy (Quinn) and this great lady (Granny)...

I hung out with this girly (Karen)... while roasting hot dogs and s'mores at the park with the whole family...
Dali gave lots of hugs to this "mommy" Quinn...
And played with this adorable cousin (Lily) and sang lots of songs with this amazing lady ("Grams")....
On Saturday Karen and I woke up early and ran the 5k...

Then we all watched the Scandinavian Festival parade..
I got to snuggle with this sweet girl and run into lots of old high school friends...

Dali and Lily took a nap like this...

Pete showed up just in time for the family bbq...

And the next day we drove home and spent Sunday at the Ackermans.... We love family time.

Monday we hiked up to Timpanogas Cave with some friends. Dali loved it until it started to snow...dang weather.

All in all..it was a great weekend.

Triathlon

Pete and Adaliah surprised me by showing up wearing these shirts. Sweetest husband in the world.

Support

LOVE

Determination

Exhaustion

Apprehension

Endurance

Success

My goal was to finish in 1 hr 30 mins and I finished at 1 hr 29:54. Pete was there every step of the way- I couldn’t have done it without his support. He kept showing up on different parts of the course and cheering for me to keep going. Everytime I saw him I would get emotional- (I’m such a girl.)

My sister Karen smoked the race. She did it 6 mins faster than I did. I was so proud of her.

Here are the two cute ladies from my ward that I trained with- Julie and Helan

My feelings on the race- I HATED the swim but loved the rest. With my run and bike I just kept repeating in my head “catch up to the person in front of you and pass them….catch up and pass…catch up and pass.." It kept me pushing myself all the way until the end.

Would I do another one? Not today…but yes…probably again someday.

Ready or not...

I have 58 hours until my triathlon. Am I ready? I guess I'll have to be. I feel pretty good about my swimming... the fact that i can do it without my nose plug and without drowning is enough of an accomplishment for me.

I'm ready for my run- my breathing i've learned from swimming has really helped me get faster.

But the bike... I'm not so sure about the bike. I trained for the first 3 months on a fake bike doing a spin class. Then as the weather got better I rode my sisters bike for awhile which is pretty much a glorified beach cruiser. Then my neighbor was nice enough to let me barrow her mtn. bike. I was pretty set on just using that...

But as the race has gotten closer I started regretting my decision. It's heavier, slower, and has more tred on the tires then a road bike (which is what everyone else will have).

So yesterday there as a pre-tri training to help people become familiar with the course. My sister was so sweet to find a road bike for me to barrow for the week and she brought it to let me try out.

Stupid me- I hoped on it and started the ride with 30 other people. I didn't know where the breaks were, I didn't know how to change gears, and my feet were caged into the peddles which I am NOT used to...

A road bike is NOTHING like a mtn. bike- and off I went on major road with a crowded group of bikers

Well as you can guess... I didn't make it far before a car was coming my way...I had to make a quick stop..I couldn't find the breaks fast enough or get my feet out of the cages and I ate it...in front of everyone.
Luckily, injuries were minor...but my confidence was shaken for sure. I am only days away from the tri and I don't know how to ride my bike. Embarrassing and Discouraging.

So today I have gone out on my road bike 3 different times...... I'm praying I'll get my confidence back by Saturday because

READY OR NOT...HERE I COME!

May Moments

May has come. May for me has been : hours of yard work every day, stroller rides to the park, mothers day with family, sister trip to St.George, and training training training for the triathlon which is only one week away.

Adaliah continues to fill our home with love and joy. A few stories I don't want to forget:

Today she had her first 3 word sentence! That's significant right? It went like this...

Dali walks in my room holding a cracker.

Me: Dali- what are you doing?

Dali: Cracker!

Me: You're eating a cracker?

Dali: Yeah (with the big head nod)

Me: Yumm...that looks good.

Dali: Cracker for Mama? (while holding it out for me to take)

What a sweetie... I love that we can communicate more and more with her everyday.

Another Dali story.

I was babysitting my cute kids Jojo and Meg. We went for a bike ride and Jojo and Dali rode in the bike trailer. Jojo and Adaliah kept kissing, tickling, and laughing. It was cracking me up! "Tickle Tickle Tickle" Dali kept saying and I heard lots of kissing noises coming from both of them.

By the end of the ride Adaliah was almost asleep on Jo's shoulder. I felt like I was chaperoning a first date or something.

Later that day while in the car with Pete I told Adaliah to tell Dad about her day. (I love asking this because sometimes she'll say something that I know is coming from a memory)

Dali: Jojo!

Me: Yeah! We played with Jojo. Did we go for a big ride?

Dali: Thought for a moment....then made a big smack with her lips... Mwaa!

Last story

It was nap time and so I brought Dali into her room

Me: Dali do you want to go night night?

Dali: Yeah. (and then leans in for a kiss)

I gave her a kiss and then she leaned for her crib.

I put her right in and she snuggled in with her blankets

Me: Love you Dali!

Dali: Love you! (Which sounds more like "Of Do" and then she blew me a kiss while I walked out the door.

My heart melted...I even got a little teary eyed. She's such a sweet girl.

Things Adaliah is obsessed with right now:

1. Daba-des (Strawberries)

All day long she stands in front of the fridge and asks "Daba-de? Daba daba daba-de?" "Please?"

2. Ba Ba (Her Elmo video that sings the song Ba Ba black sheep.)

It's really the only song in the video she likes. When it gets over and moves to the next song she comes and finds me "ba ba? ba ba? ba ba?" Until I change the movie back to her song. So strange.... I don't understand it.

3. Mommy (she knows how to say the word Baby- but she insists on calling her babies and dolls "mommy". I'm mama, but her babies are mommys...again strange.)

She walks around the house all day carrying around her mommy and taking it for rides in the shopping cart her Grams got her for her birthday. And every time we see a baby while out and about she gets so excited "MOMMY MOMMY!" and has to go say hi to the baby.

Maybe I'm not the only one in the house getting baby hungry. ;)

Last thought of May: I asked Pete last Sunday if he would cook us up some steaks. Pete went back and forth on how he was going to cook them because we don't have a grill....

Pete then spent the next hour building this rock/ fire pit thing in our back yard. (He'll have to remind me what's it's called.) "This is just how they do it in Argentina" he kept saying. I was pretty impressed that he pulled it off. And the steaks turned out amazing!