SheRox Triathlon

This fire in flagstaff extended our road trip two hours! The

Sweet little Ralphy

We helped Chris pack up his place in Tempe. These boys deserved a much needed rest, they worked so hard!

We carb-loaded the night before the race at a little Italian joint.

It was ...mmm... delicious.

Jess and I trying not to look TOO nervous before the race.

The swim was 1/2 mile. They did a deep water start where we had to swim out to a buoy and tread water for 5 minutes before starting the race.

It was hard because everyone kept kicking each other.

Biked 13 1/2 miles.

Ran a 5k.

Some of the girls in our group had these shoes made in honor of Lisa, Michael's cousin.

This is Michael wearing a shirt in support of our group.

The very first time that I never felt guilty eating a burger :)

Flying home Saturday afternoon on a private jet!

We had such a blast on this trip.

Update

I'm back from Tempe, Arizona and survived the tri! Jess and I flew home Saturday after the race and Michael is driving back with his buddies. They did some mountain biking in Flagstaff yesterday, spent the night in Kanab and are driving home the rest of the way today.

I forgot to bring my camera, but Jessi has pictures of everything.

I shall be getting them soon.

~Happy Birthday Boy~

Today is Michael's 24th Birthday!

He unfortunately has a nasty cold today, but we will have a fun day regardless.

We are going to dinner tonight with all of his friends at Market Street. :)

I love you Mikey, hope you have a spectacular day.

*Just talk

This past weekend we worked in the yard. We "almost" have our entire backyard completely landscaped...hallelujah!! We finished off a corner Saturday, where we planted a few trees and some bushes. When Michael and I got home from church Sunday, Ziggy had dug a hole about a foot deep - right where we had planted the tree!! Michael was furious, more than me (probably because he had to lift the 150 lb. sucker into the ground). NO more bones in the backyard for the boy. I heard cayenne pepper does the trick and he hasn't touched it since.

We had a fun BBQ with some of my family Sunday. We cooked up some kabobs on the grill and basked in the warmth of the weather. Morgan and Carson wouldn't eat their food, so we made a bet. Each piece of chicken they ate, they could play 5 min. of LEGO Batman on Michael's Xbox. Well, it obviously did the trick. Honestly, where would we be without bribes?

Tonight I watched American Idol and Biggest Loser all by myself. Michael went down to Green River for a pre-bid for work. After the meeting, he drove to Moab to hit up a quick trail. He came back to his car and one of his tires was flat on his truck. Normally you could just put a spare on and be ok. Nope. Not with the truck. Apparently there is a key to one of the lug nuts which was safely put away somewhere in his office back home. So there he is, stuck in Moab for the night. Wish I had've known this would happen... I sure would have ditched all my obligations for the day and gone with him in a heartbeat.

I cannot tell you how excited I am for the Spring & Summer season. I can feel a sense of renewal in the air and I am slowly gaining back all the energy I seemed to have lost all winter. What a difference the weather makes, really.

With the Spring semester coming to an end, I am feeling the load of homework slowly slough off my shoulders. It feels really good to have another semester behind me. I can ALMOST see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

Well, I had better go to bed. Much to do tomorrow.

Moab

We went to Moab this past weekend with Chris, Tiff & Saunta, Tara, Tyson & Tsye, Chris, Ralphy and Paul. They were a really fun group to be with; we had a blast together. We went biking Saturday and four-wheeling on Fins-n-Things Sunday.

There were four dogs with us, which definitely kept us all entertained.

Zig sat and watched anyone that was eating by the campfire and drooled all over them. haha

He is so weird, I just love him.

Please don't mind ALL the pics I took of Four-Wheeling..

...lets just say I love it.

This was in Green River. Yes, it is a watermelon on a trailer.

Michael devoured it.

What did we spend our REI dividend on this year you ask?

Booties for the boy in fact.

He is now twins with Ralphy.

All the other dogs stayed dry, but not Zig.

He jumps in every little water hole he sees.

At one point we stopped and saw all the dogs but Ziggy.

Michael and I both hopped on our bikes and back tracked to find him.

We called for him and finally heard his cry.

Michael found him off the side of the rock in a deep pot hole filled with water.

He was trying to get out, but it was so steep he couldn't.

I sure breathed a sigh of relief when I found he wasn't hurt.

This picture is another story in and of itself.

Michael decides to go up a huge boulder, but what does he do?

He took the steepest way up that there was.

After his truck was vertical, he couldn't go any farther forward because his back tires weren't even touching the ground. He is literally sitting on the hitch of his truck in these pics. And if he had've backed up, he would have bent the frame of his truck.

Needless to say I wasn't very happy with him, while everyone else is giving him kudos for even attempting it.

Luckily Chris had a winch on Black Beauty and was able to lift the truck to safety.

You might ask, what was the outcome of this bold move?

I will tell you... a pretty significant dent just above the back left tire.

Unfortunately, it will cost a pretty penny to fix but I think secretly Michael is proud of it.

Newport, CA.

We went to California over Spring Break with Michael's family. The trip was in celebration of Dave turning 60. It was a much needed trip; getting out of the cold, gloomy weather was so wonderful. We had so much fun with the family, especially at Disneyland with the little ones. I don't have any pics of us at Disneyland, but if you have access to Jessica's blog you should check them out. We went to the beach, swam at the pool, played Shanghai, went to Trader Joes, and enjoyed spending time with each other. Thanks again Paula and Dave for such a great trip, we had sooo much fun!

Everyone on their iphones playing scrabble... We are all addicted.

Seaweed models, aren't they handsome?

-Sure makes you want to go get some seaweed-

Yummy Gelateria

Jessica modeling her new glasses

Dinner at Chart House the night before we left.