thank goodness for a day of rest!

Friday was Katie's (Eli's little girl) second birthday. We went to Chuckee Cheese for dinner and playing. The kids had a ball and keep asking to go back. Isn't she a cutie pie? We were having camera issues so almost EVERY picture from that night are blurred and light streaked.

But we did get Gwen and Katie driving a truck,

and Drake playing skee ball. He LOVED it!

Then Saturday morning we woke up at 5:00 to head up to DC Ranch for a triathlon I did.

Here's my support team minus my amazing husband. Thank you guys for waking up so early and cheering me on! And I know that this swim suit is less than flattering. But it's for a 14 year old, but it was on way clearance, so I can look like a dork for cheap.

That person in the middle is me passing person number 3! When the swim is in a pool, it's serpentine style. You swim up and back one lane, swim under the lane marker and then up and down the next lane all the way across the pool. It makes passing kind of tough but getting a mouthful of pool water is better than a mouthful of lake water.

And here's how the kids keep them selves entertained while mom's out on the bike or run:

tree climing,

dog petting,

getting wet in the fountain.

Finally I'm back from the bike! I loved doing this on my new bike! I was so much more comfortable that I was actually able to drink and ride (ha ha I had to), and eat my power jelly bellys. Plus going up hills weren't too bad, and there were a lot of hills.

And that blurry person about to go through the finish is me!

Poor Drakey had fallen and skinned his knee just before I finished, so he wasn't too happy in this picture.

Then as soon as I finished (we didn't even wait for results), we jumped in the car and headed to the lake where Sharod took us out on the boat.

Here's Ryan looking sexy.

And the kids loving it! Drakes face was frozen like that for the first half hour on the boat. He was so excited!

And Sharod became Drake's new best friend when he let Drake drive the boat. Drake really took the wheel and took us for a spin!

But I don't even think driving the boat topped Drake's excitement when Uncle Sharod took Drake wake boarding! Drake's been sitting on my lap just staring at these pictures of him wake boarding and on the boat.

After the lake we headed straight to the law school for a BBQ that we had to bring some stuff to. No time to go home or shower! We didn't get home until 10:30. It was a crazy busy day!