Lotoja - The ride that tried to kill him

Two years ago, Kent rode in the Lotoja, a bicyle ride that goes from Logan to Jackson.  206 miles in one day.  That was the day we found out he has a little heart condition.  He thought he was having a heart attack and had to pull out of the race.  Being that man that does not quit at anything, he had to go see if he could kill himself again this year (not really, he trained better and smarter)

Well this past weekend he did it again, this time HE FINISHED!!!  I am so proud of him and no I never want to do that ride.  I keep telling everyone, metric centuries and 1/2 marathons are the way to go, not riding your bike for 12 1/2 hours straight.  But now he can cross it off his bucket list.  I am sure he could probably get peer pressured into doing it again.  It's a status thing to those macho men.  Well baby, you are definitely my macho man!

This is Kent with his friend Jamie.  They are both crazy.  Rock and Lanette also did this, but they had a different SAG (support and gear) car that fed them.  This was at the second stop.  Just after this stop was the hill that tried to kill Kent two years ago.  I think he is a little nervous to leave this stop.  The first 100 miles or so of this ride his climbing over three mountain passes.  They are tired and hungry

This is Jamie summiting the "King of the Mountain" (the last of the climbing!!!)

Rock and Kent right on his tail.  YEA they made it.

This is at stop three.  He is very glad to be done with all those flippin hills. 

Oh Kent you are so cute.  I love you!

Rock and Lanette on their tandem.  This is in Alpine.  The last stop before Jackson Hole

And Kent and Jamie, right behind them

The scenery is so beautiful!  The order of this one is Rock, Jamie and Kent

FINISHED!!!!!!  I can not believe they are still smiling.  I would have thrown my bike in the garbage by this point.  I am so proud of everyone for doing this truly epic ride.  It is amazing.  I will never join you.  I guess never say never, but I truly have no desire right now in my life to ever do that.

I love you Kent.  You are my inspiration.  Congratulations on finishing the longest, toughest single day ride in the United States.  Now how many people can say that!

Trying to Crawl

Sweet Addison.  She is now 10 months old, officially today.  Little update on the things she does.  SHE SAYS MAMA!!!!  that is all that matters.  I have tried for so long to get her to do it.  She has said dada for a couple of months now and every time I try to get her to say mama, she laughs and shakes her head no.  It is seriously cute, but I was getting nervous that she would never say it because it is this little game she plays.  But ahhh, she said it.  Music to my ears.  The first time, I stopped what I was doing and asked, "did you just say mama?'' She just looked at me and smiled.  She knew she did.

On her 9 month check-up she measured in at 28 1/2" (75%) amd 18 lbs 9 oz (50%)

She has pulled herself up a couple of times.  Always if you hold her hands but not often if you are not.  She can take a couple of steps while holding on to you, but she has to think about it.  Not instinct that is for sure.  She gets from point A to point B by rolling.  She can cover a room pretty quickly and gets ticked off when she gets stuck in a corner somewhere.

As you can see, she loves her feet, as all babies do.  But she is cuter than the others when she plays with her feet :)  At least I think so!!

Notice the hair in this one.  Oh how I love her little fro. 

The determination is killing me.  When she tries to go forward though, she does a face plant.  She can scoot backwards pretty easily, but has not quite figured out forward motion yet.  Thats ok baby, take your time!

If the last picture did not kill you, this one should.  Oh I love this girl!!!!

First Day of School!

So I don't know about the kids but I am so flippin exited that school is back in session I can hardly stand it :)  I think secretly they are too.  It was a fun summer and I am so sad to see it go, but time to move on.

What adorable kids I have, if I don't say so myself!!

This next one is Braiden kickin it wit his hommies

And yes he is still sweet enough to love his parents, even in front of the whole school. 

I hope he always stays like that.  I just love it

Little Ty with his hommies.  First day is always so funny.  The girls squeal and hug, the boys act all cool "waz up"  No emotion whatsoever.  It makes me giggle.  It was hard to get a picture of Ty in front of the whole school.  No lovin on the parents for this one in public.  That's ok, I know he secretly adores his mother and no woman will ever measure up to me!

On the first day, the entire school meets in front for flag ceremony before going to class.  It was chaos but fun and exciting.