Rock the Mock Triathlon!

Just in case you were wondering? Yes I survived my first Tri-athlon. It wasn't pretty but I made it and it was fun and we are already planning to do another one in a few weeks. 

Andrea and I had been planning on doing a Tri this spring since we both moved here but the one we wanted to do was the same weekend Jared is out of town and her husband is working so we were kind of bummed. Then she found out about this one on the Tuesday before it. She talked me into doing it even though I haven't been training at all for a tri.  I have been going to the gym and working out but not swimming or running. Once I decided to do it, I was terrified and stressed all week. Why: well for starters I had not clue what I was supposed to wear to do a race like this. I didn't have a bike, except my mountain/cruiser bike that I love but isn't really meant for racing. I didn't have a wetsuit not to mention the fact that I hadn't swam laps for a couple of years. 

 Yes this is a horrible photo of me since my eyes are closed but it is the only one I have of Andrea and I together.I borrowed Jared's surfing wetsuit and it was fine. I was nervous because everyone else had tri wetsuits.

We have both being learning total immersion swimming. Well I started to learn right as we left Hawaii and haven't swam since so I am not very good at it but the above photo at least shows that we did attempt it for awhile. We discovered it is hard to do total immersion swimming in a wetsuit since it makes you float. I free styled for a few minutes and then I just started hyperventilate or something it was like I couldn't breath as soon as I put my head under water, so I mostly just the breaststroke the whole time. Andrea free styled it most of the way and I was only like 30 seconds behind her so it wasn't too much slower but I definitely am going to start swimming again so next time I can freestyle the whole thing.

Me and my cruiser. The bike was the part I was not as worried about and ironically it is the part that about killed me. The course was super hilly and on what ended up being the last hill I was thinking there is no way I  can go up another hill and then I saw Andrea coming back towards me. Hallelujah, I knew the turn around was soon.

Coming back down was definitely the highlight of the whole race. It was just nice to be outside biking again. I really haven't biked since college.

These kiddos came to cheer on their mommas and had a fun time playing around while waiting.

Andrea at the end. She did awesome and finished way before me.

The run was hard mostly because the bike killed me. I just felt like I had no juice in me and I really couldn't catch my breath for the first mile of the run. Endurance training is definitely something I need to work on.

All in all it was awesome first tri. It wasn't an official tri but called rock the mock so there was no time clock just you keeping track of your own time and no pressure to beat anyone. I loved it and am looking forward to doing more in the future.

Then we came home and spent the evening doing this. Hanging out cuddling one another and watching a movie. I was wiped out and so were these two. Oh the love of siblings. 

 Love them!!

Happy Easter!

 Easter was fun and low key here!! Earlier in the week Kai and I colored some eggs. It was fun and no surprise here when all of the eggs pretty much ended up being Pink, Kai's new favorite color!!

We held a little Easter Egg hunt at our house Saturday night and invited a few friends from around the neighborhood. 

 Here is the 3 year-olds patiently waiting their turn to start.

Last year we had to stay with Kai the whole time and pretty much point out every egg, this year she was all on her own and having a blast. Definitely not clueless anymore!

 Craziness!

 Found a load of mostly pink eggs!!

Here's a video of the all the fun!

The gang checking out their loot!

The weather has started to get really hot here like in the 90's most days but it cooled off over the weekend and this night was nice. It felt like a Utah summer night!! We got to enjoy it while we can. Soon it will be too hot to be outside at all!

Kai and Brin doing what they love best!

 These three sure have a lot of fun together!

The Easter Bunny and her offspring, no surprise there.

 Bunnies always are having babies right!

 Getting ready for church and checking out the Easter Basket.

 Enjoying new Easter clothes and the awesome weather!

There is that smile we all love. 

 Love these two!

Kai being her silly self as usual!

We have really been working with Kai on teaching her different things about the gospel. We read the scripture stories to her that have pictures. Most of the time she doesn't really pay attention but two stories have really intrigued her. The first is when King Benjamin talks about Christ his life and resurrection. Kai just loves hearing that part especially about Christ dying on the cross. She says all day long Christ died for me on the cross. With it being Easter we have been trying to teach her about the resurrection. I think she is grasping some of it. I asked her on Sunday after Sunbeams what she learned and she said that Jesus died for me on the cross and then he lived again!! She is so cute. The second story she loves is Abinadi. She loves to see the photo of him dying in the fire and then points at king Noah and says he bad. Every night she asks to see Jesus died and Abimidi. Don't know what her obsession is with dying lately but she always talks about my grandma dying and my cousin Steph as well. 

This kid is a total Blondie. We weren't sure there for awhile since his back hair was so red but over the past few weeks he has just completely lightened up. I must say that I have been kind of sad. When I look at him I feel as though I have a new baby. I look up at his baby pictures on the wall and all his dark hair. It is just really strange to me. I am sure in a few months it will be the opposite and will be weird to see his pictures with dark hair. Either way I love this little buddy of mine. He is so much fun and a delight to have in our family.