Officially signed Up for Sprint Triathlon

Woah Guess what we just committed to? We are going to participate in a sprint triathlon. For those of you who are like me and have no idea what that is, it is a race with three legs. The first leg is a 500 meter swim (10 laps), second, 15 mile bike ride, and third, 5k run (or in my case crawl because I am sure I will be dead by then). So most of you know I am a "big" Biggest Loser fan and tonight their challenge was to run a marathon. All 4 contestants finished the race. I guess you could say I was inspired. Also Charlie's great timing kicked in too because he has asked me to do this with him for months but I have turned him down cold. So Yay for good television inspiration and an awesome husband who gives me the most inspiration in the world. Oh and by the way I am in the 150's now and that hasn't happened probably since high school.

Babies

Our new niece was born this week. It's been fun to go over and hold the newborn in anticipation for our own in 6 months. Mike and Cindy named her Alice. Alice is very cute and a very calm baby. Jen and I also babysat Maggie (about 18 months) while Mike and Cindy rested on Sunday. I had also been asked to sub for Gospel Doctrine class (a first for me). We also recently heard the heartbeat for our baby. I didn't know they put the heartbeat on a speaker with a Doppler microphone. Our baby's 160 bpm sounded like something oceanic and peaceful. The next visit will let us know the gender. Then we can start thinking about names...

Here is Grampa Gil meeting Ryan for the first time after coming home from deployment.

Jimbo

Happy Birthday Jimbo You are awesome. We're all so excited for you wedding this summer. Can't wait to see ya.

Busy Weeks

It has been very busy here in AZ. I look foward to the summer for more family time. I am busy with work and Young Womens and of course the Biggest Loser. I hope Ron gets voted off next week (Just in case anyone follows the Biggest Loser). Macy is getting so big. She is really trying to put words together to make sentences. She is also the most headstrong 1 1/2 year old I have ever met. You would've thought she was the queen of Sheba or something. Charlie and I try to put our foot down but other times she has us wrapped around her little finger. This picture is a good example of Macy's independence. She decided she wanted to wear about 4 layers on the bottom and 5 layers on top. I took her to the grocery store and admit that I got a few funny looks. Oh well you are only 1 once.

Sky Diving

I didn't tell to many people that I was doing this but I went Sky diving today. We went in Monerey California over the bay. I was only going to 15000 feet but everyone else in our jump was doing 18000 so they bumped us up. Its the worlds tallest tandem jump with 90 seconds of free falling. It was so much fun. The only scary part was the beginning when I signed my life away on a 6 page waiver. Here are some pictures of me and my instructor Mark.

Road Trip

My trip started Friday around 1 o'clock. We filled Laurel's car and drove to Utah. We had a few complications along the way but we got to the creek house just in time to go to bed. We were tired from cleaning and packing all night and driving all day. Then Saturday we drove to Henderson and it rained almost the whole way. We stayed at Grandma's and had a nice Easter with her and Charlie and Chelsea and Macy. We then drove to Riverside California to stay with some of our friends. Monday afternoon we went to the State Citrus Park and the Mission Inn. Then we drove to Oceanside. We stayed the night at a hotel a few blocks from the beach and watched the sunset. It is my first time at the beach since I graduated and it was missed. The next day, Tuesday was freezing. We tried to play at the beach but it was freezing. So we left. We stayed in San Luis Obispo and left Wednesday afternoon and drove along the windy coast on Highway 1. Now I'm in Los Gatos at Laurel's house.This is a tree in Amboy CA way off the path that we travel to where people put their shoes.

This is at an Orange Stand in Riverside. We walked around the orange groves for a while and found some oranges on the ground to eat. YUM The beach in Riverside. And it was freezing so I have to wear my sweater.