Fall Soccer

I am pretty sure I failed to post about Spring soccer (I may have been blocking memories-it was seriously a cold season with at least half of the games getting rescheduled and the other ones were pretty unpleasant). But, we got some of the old team back together for this Fall season. Trevor is playing with his "best buddy" Jacob, who's mom (a seriously good soccer player herself) is the coach. He is kind of catching onto the game....but he has fun.

He is #3

This is how Princess Aubrey entertains herself during soccer (this is NOT our chair....)

And on a totally unrelated note, but just because it's cute, Trevor will lay down on the floor and lift his shirt a little and Aubrey will attack him by blowing on his tummy. It's so funny! And I finally caught it on camera!

Hiking the Y

For Labor Day, I decided we should do a hike as a family. We have done this before, so I needed to find a new hike, just to spice it up. I borrowed a book from a friend about some local hikes, and the "Y" that is just east of the BYU campus in Provo was on there. It's a steep one, ascending 1100 feet in just over a mile, but the views were awesome. We went in the morning and then ate our packed lunch and then went to Seven Peaks for the last day of the season (it was crowded and not warm so we were only there for like 2 hours. Plus it was T's bday and we wanted to go out to eat that night).

There was a little whining at first, but really the kids did great. We took some breaks and had some treats for motivation. It was a popular trail that day. We didn't see any rattlesnakes, which Rach was sad about but I was not.

Provo, with Utah Lake beyond. Seriously awesome view

The kids LOVE the camelbacks, Aubrey included

Sitting on the Y, having a little drink

Sitting on the Y, having a little drink

Asked a stranger to take a family pic (One of my husband's most favorite things I do)
Sitting on the Y

Top of the Y looking down; yeah, it's as scary as it looks.

Looking Northeast toward American Fork/Lehi probably

My family were good sports about hiking-thanks!
We'll try another new one next time....I'm open to suggestions.

Birthday Boy

I can't believe that 5 years ago, I had just one kid! Then all that changed when Trevor came along. I was really looking forward to bringing a healthy baby home with me, but that did not happen (for 10 long days he was in the NICU at LDS hospital). But he is strong and healthy now. Trevor says the most funny things all the time-he really gets us laughing. And he has a wonderful imagination. We can't imagine our family without him. We celebrated a little on Sunday with cake and ice cream after my side of the family's dinner. That's a Ben-10 cake.

Aubrey enjoyed herself too (Welcome back, Anna!) (Look closely, it's apple beer...)

How do you manage cake AND ice cream when they aren't allowed to touch?
Monday, his real birthday, he got to open the presents. All he has asked for the last 9 months (since Christmas) is a DS. A 3D-DS. See that joy? That night we had dinner at Famous Dave's and he enjoyed his Birthday Sundae.
This is the Beyblade battlefield that he got from G&G Hyte. He loves them (courtesy of older cousin Grant-thanks) and they are glorified tops that spin and bounce off each other. This is the first of many epic "battles."

Fun day!

Professional Pics

So, my sister has this friend who is opening a new photo studio in Lehi that will be much like FotoFly who we love (it's actually the sis-in-law of the owner of that). It's called Camera Shy. She needed some subjects to train her staff with. We volunteered. This wasn't at the actual studio (which is now open but wasn't at the time). We will go back in a few weeks or so to do our yearly family pictures. Here's the result:

Aubrey, age 1

Trevor; age 5 (almost)

Rachel age 7 (but almost 8)

3 little monkeys

Trevor was being difficult but Rach was awesome so they kept posing her and taking more (you can see why!)

They grow up so fast!!

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