Recovering for Triathlons

A Bowl with a Straw

Matix thought he was funny. I can't believe he thought of doing this!

Slip & Slide

This is our family birthday celebration for Nixon

California!

We decided to go to the beach this weekend

In-N-Out

As out farewell to California we stopped at In-N-Out for lunch on our way to Vegas

Matix has his hat on upside down!

Hibatchi & Fire

My boys love to each at Sushi Fever! They are always entertained during dinner

Wranglers vs. Grizzlies

We went to a Wranglers Hockey game last week. Matix loved the mascot!

Golf Party

Krew was invited to a friend's golf themed birthday party. It was adorable...

Fathers & Sons

I was determined to not let Nate lose our boys this year at the camp out

tWo for TwO

Krew has been hilarious today:

#1. This morning I was getting the boys ready so that we could go to the gym. Krew hates the gym until we get there. I was trying to get him excited by telling him we were going to a new gym (LVAC just opened by us). Here is how the conversation continued...
Me: It's so fun Krew, you have never been there. Let's go see what fun new toys they have.
K: Dad has already taken me there.
Me: No, he hasn't. (thinking- how to explained Nate hasn't and can't because he doesn't have a membership to that gym). He's not allowed to.
K: That's why you don't know about it.

All I could do was laugh and call Nate. I can't believe he thought of that response.

(p.s.the play area at the new LVAC wasn't open yet- opens Tuesday the 27th)

#2. We were driving home from the car wash later this morning. I had an air freshener. I usually open the whole smelly tree and stick it halfway in an air vent to get my car smelling good fast. Today I tried to hang it from the little string of the tree on my air vent. Krew complained that he could not smell it and wanted it stuck in the vent.

Conversation:

Me: Okay, sorry. I thought it would work.

K: That's okay. When you can say sorry, it still doesn't work out. But that's okay.

Wow, He's stating things as he genuinely sees them!

Spiderman

So, a while back I went to the Grand Opening of my Dad's new housing development Cascade in Mountain's Edge. There was a face painter there and my boys of course wanted their faces painted. Both became Spiderman. I did not take into account what else I had going on that day... a baptism! So I went to a baptism with Spiderman #1 and #2. It was funny and a little distracting.

M for Matix

I found these M&M Ice Cream bars. They are pretty yummy! A thick chocolate shell with vanilla ice cream in the middle.

Mani + Pedi

I wanted to get my nails done really badly a little while ago, so I took my 3 boys with me! Not my brightest moment but I did get a unrelaxing pedicure and my boys were good.

St. George Triathlon

The weather was really rough this Saturday. The wind was blowing fast. Officials let the first group of people start the swim, but they brought so many people back to shore by boat because of how choppy the water got that the swim was cancelled.

It's funny to see all the athletes walking back to their bikes without having swam. To make it fair they had everyone line up at the end of the bike transition and anounced what 'wave' got to run to their bikes and get ready to start that leg of the race. It was chaos getting hundreds of bikes out of transition! Usually it's a lot less congested because only a few people are jumping on their bikes at the same time after running in from the swim.

This is Nate saying hi to his boys after his bike ride when he is heading out for the run.

The boys always get excited to run through the finish line with Nate.

Triathlon Jail

I brought our 'Pack and Play' to the triathlon to contain my boy, and it was awesome! They were entertained with toys and food. I did not lose anyone during this race.

Lesiure Bike Ride

Nate's way of helping me get Matix to the truck after the triathlon.

Nap Time

My boys have fallen asleep in some crazy positions. When they are tired they are tired!

Batman

I don't usually like to let my boys leave the house in costumes (I know I'm a mean mom), but last week I was not wanting a fight with Matix. I let him wear a cape to Krew's school performance. I could hear people saying how cute he looked & that they remember when their child wore Batman or Superman stuff all the time. Matix enjoyed the day because of his cape.

District Shopping

I took my boys to The District the other day to get some window shopping in. They were pretty well behaved!

Nixon was entertained with water in the tray of his stroller. He has such a goofy smile- He usually clenches his gums and closes his eyes.

All the shopping and running around wore my three monkies out!

RAGE Triathlon

Nate and our friend, Jeremy did the RAGE triathlon, sprint distance, on Saturday out at Lake Mead.

Nate recruited Jeremy the night before to be his race buddy. They had fun and did well- just over 2 hours.

After race group shot