County Fair

This year the county fair lined up nicely with Aubrey's b-day (it might in the future too) and so we took that excuse to go (we didn't really need one, but it's fun to say we are celebrating). When we had gone to Draper Days back in July, they had this thing that looked like fun but the line was forever long, so we didn't. But they had it at the fair too and the wait was much shorter. It's called Bubble Rollers. Basically they are in hamster balls that are plastic balls filled with air and then they are in a shallow pool so it's extremely hard to move (no traction!). Pretty much equals hilarious. Both kids did it, though Trevor went back and forth. It was great fun to watch.
Aub's onesie has a "1" bleached in, in honor of the big day.

This is how they blew them up

Rachel got an extra long turn and she used it all! She was sweaty at the end

Trevor's turn!

Trevor cut his turn a little short because he got a little scared. Plus you can't hear except muffled sounds and it was making him anxious. Proud of him for trying!

The petting zoo was free and then you can buy little cups of food. Aubrey doesn't care for the animals. This was out of her comfort zone.

Trevor sometimes gets scared and throws the food down but he was trying to be brave

Rach is a pro at this

The goats sure knew what kids to pick on (smaller ones!)

A cute face and strong will gets you a lot in this world. That was the bigger kids' apple. Was.

It's not the big yellow slide (State Fair) but it will do...Trevor's turn

Rachel's turn. The kids went one at a time rather than side by side. Goofs.

Though parking was $1.75 and admission was free, we still managed to spend. Though we kept them to one ride and a small treat. Always fun to walk around and see the animals too.

My Baby Turns 1!

Not that my skills are so awesome, but I did want to go to some effort for this personal cake. Not that she cared, but I did.
Can't believe it's been a year since my water broke at Lagoon and we had a little 7 lb 15 oz baby 3 hours later! We love our little Burrito baby and can't imagine life without her. We had the family celebration the Sunday before her big day, so we could gather together for her. Here's some pics:

Sweet face

Her onesie has a "1" bleached into it. You can't see it so well.

Examining the cake with trepidation

All the kids were kind of making her anxious; is this really okay, Mom?

A little cake

She started crying and so I took her out. She sat on my lap and had a little more cake.

With G&G Hyte

Opening presents; big bro and sis helped with this too

Rachel gave her a little baby and she likes to kiss it
(this pic is from her actual b-day when we did family presents)

Tri, tri again

So, I've done a few races this year. So far this calendar year, I did a 5K, a triathlon, a 10K, a half marathon, a full marathon, and 2 sprint distance triathlons. I have a 10k next week and 1 or 2 more tri's and most likely a half marathon. Good stuff. Keeps me getting out and whatnot.

End of July I did the Herriman tri. The swim was in that little Blackridge res which was nice. My big bro did it with me and killed me on the bike time. I made my fam come to the finish line:
Aubrey enjoyed the medal. But that's because she can't read and so she doesn't know that they spelled "triathlon" wrong as "triathalon." (and on the shirt too).



My overall time was 1:41
The race results are here: http://trutiming.com/07_30_11_Herriman_Blackridge_Results.pdf


I have not one picture of today's race because I didn't make my family come and I didn't race with any one specifically-though, I did run into (and hung out with a bit) a good old friend from Venture Data days-Laura Anderson! Really good to catch up. This race was in Saratoga springs, where she lives. The race: was glad I had the wetsuit because we did what they call a "deep water start" where we waited in the water at the side of the dock, just treading water, until they called start for my wave. Then, (we were swimming in Utah Lake) after you swam out of the protection of the marina, the swells of water were so huge. Really hard to get into your rhythm and site your buoy when it's like that. So I muddled through. Good bike and run though. Nice course along west side of lake for the bike and in the neighborhood by the dock for the run. I finished 26th of the women and 9th in my age category with a total time of 1:27.
Race results: http://www.runthatrace.com/uploads/957/Overall+Results.pdf