Last weekend my mom, dad, grandma Donna, Casey and Kristal came to do the PumpkinMan Triathlon. We had such a good time. Kristal did the olympic length and I did her swim part. Bob and my Dad did their own sprint races. And Casey and my mom were on a relay team.
Everyone got here Thursday night. Friday the girls all went shopping and out to lunch. Then we all picked up our race packets and tried to go to bed early.
Saturday we went down to the lake for the race. We got there about 20 minutes before Bob's start time. So when we parked I jumped out and ran to take pictures and help him set up. But by the time we got to the bike racks I realized I'd lost the car keys along the way. So I retraced my steps, but they were gone. I prayed my guts out and talked to all the race volunteers over and over because all my race stuff was still in the van. I had an hour until my start time. And it got down to 10 minutes before my race so I decided I'd swim without my wetsuit and they said there were extra caps and I got Bob's goggles from him and we just wouldn't be timed because I didn't have the timing chip either. So I was walking down to the lake and the girl who picked up my keys turned them in right then. So my mom and I sprinted to my van and I put my wetsuit on while my mom drove me down to the lake. I ran into the lake, they pointed out the course and then the gun went off. We barely made it, but what a blessing.
My swim was 1500 meters. It went great. I did it in 31 minutes. And I did half of it breast stroke because it took me a long time to get my stroke right with being able to look forward so I'd swim straight. But about halfway I got that down and then it went really smoothly. It was fun to swim in open water instead of laps.
Saturday afternoon, my mom and dad went with my family over to a grassy spot on the Aliante trail and took our family pictures with our new fancy camera. They turned out great and I already have them on the wall. Then that night we went to Laser Quest for Aaron's birthday. Everyone had a great time.
Aaron had a good, low-key birthday. He has happy that so much family was here for him. He got a couple lego sets and some gummy bears for his birthday. He decided to keep the rest of the money he was given and save it. He had over $350 saved up now.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
October 14, 2012
We went fake camping Friday night. It was the best. We got all the good parts of camping without the horrible sleeping and everyone being grumpy the whole next day because they didn't get enough sleep. We went and got a campsite and hiked around and we did a fire with hot dogs and smores. And then when everyone was tired we drove home. Everyone took showers before getting in bed. It was great weather. We had a great time.
We got a nice DSLR camera this week. We've been thinking about it for years. But we've always talked ourselves out of it. But we love how clear their pictures are, even when you just use auto mode, which is all I want to use. I don't have an interest in spending all the time it would take to learn. We're excited for our good pictures. We're taking family pictures with it this week. Hopefully they'll turn out good enough to put on the wall.
We got a nice DSLR camera this week. We've been thinking about it for years. But we've always talked ourselves out of it. But we love how clear their pictures are, even when you just use auto mode, which is all I want to use. I don't have an interest in spending all the time it would take to learn. We're excited for our good pictures. We're taking family pictures with it this week. Hopefully they'll turn out good enough to put on the wall.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
October 7, 2012
It's conference weekend. So great. I had two questions going in to conference. One was to learn the talents and skills my kids need to develop. Elder Perry answered that question for me. I need to plan better FHE lessons - we've been pretty lazy with this lately. We have it every week, but it's usually thrown together 5 minutes before. But as I pray and play out FHE lessons, I'll know what things my kids need and be able to teach them. My other question was how to study the scriptures and get answers through the scriptures better.
We signed Danny, Rachel and Aaron up for basketball in the winter. I didn't think Rachel would be interested, but I didn't even have to talk her into it. I'm excited for her to try it. And I recruited several other kids for each team, so I should have some good carpools going.
Danny and I had a big talk about whether or not he could read the Hunger Games. He's asked before and I just said no. But he came home from school and said almost his whole class has read it and he really wanted to. So I really thought about it. I wanted to make sure I wasn't just saying no because it was easier. But the whole time I could feel the answer would still be no. I asked several friends with kids Danny's age and my mom, which just solidified my answer. I told him and he was disappointed for about 2 minutes and then he forgot about it.
We had an experience a couple months ago where he wanted these bucky balls - little super strong magnets you can shape. I really didn't like it because their so dangerous and we have little ones in our house. But in the end I justified it and bought them, mostly so I didn't have to hear all of Danny's arguments and complaining. They came and I warned Danny really strongly about them. He played with them for a day or two and then came down one night at bed time completely distraught because he was worried he'd swallowed a magnet and didn't know it. He had Bob give him a blessing. And we had a good talk about how I had felt it was wrong to buy the magnets, but didn't listen because I wanted to give Danny what he wanted. It was a good lesson for both of us that sometimes I know or get inspiration for what's better for him and it isn't always what he wants, but we both need to listen and do the right thing. We returned the magnets. I think that experience was helpful with the Hunger Games discussion and was probably the main reason his complaint about my answer only lasted two minutes.
We signed Danny, Rachel and Aaron up for basketball in the winter. I didn't think Rachel would be interested, but I didn't even have to talk her into it. I'm excited for her to try it. And I recruited several other kids for each team, so I should have some good carpools going.
Danny and I had a big talk about whether or not he could read the Hunger Games. He's asked before and I just said no. But he came home from school and said almost his whole class has read it and he really wanted to. So I really thought about it. I wanted to make sure I wasn't just saying no because it was easier. But the whole time I could feel the answer would still be no. I asked several friends with kids Danny's age and my mom, which just solidified my answer. I told him and he was disappointed for about 2 minutes and then he forgot about it.
We had an experience a couple months ago where he wanted these bucky balls - little super strong magnets you can shape. I really didn't like it because their so dangerous and we have little ones in our house. But in the end I justified it and bought them, mostly so I didn't have to hear all of Danny's arguments and complaining. They came and I warned Danny really strongly about them. He played with them for a day or two and then came down one night at bed time completely distraught because he was worried he'd swallowed a magnet and didn't know it. He had Bob give him a blessing. And we had a good talk about how I had felt it was wrong to buy the magnets, but didn't listen because I wanted to give Danny what he wanted. It was a good lesson for both of us that sometimes I know or get inspiration for what's better for him and it isn't always what he wants, but we both need to listen and do the right thing. We returned the magnets. I think that experience was helpful with the Hunger Games discussion and was probably the main reason his complaint about my answer only lasted two minutes.
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