Alta Canyon Triathlon

Jake, dad, me, and Sabrina flexing after finishing the Alta Canyon Triathlon

Last Saturday Sabrina, Jake, my Dad, and I all participated in the Alta Canyon Triathlon in Sandy. We all had a lot of fun and I was impressed with how well everyone did.

We got everything loaded up and made it to the Alta Canyon Rec Center at about 7:00am. We stood in like to get checked in and get our numbers written on our arms and legs and then we got our transition areas set up.

Swim - 400 M
This is an interesting triathlon because the swim in done in a pool instead of a reservoir, lake, or river. Since it would be really crowded and probably really dangerous to start everyone at once in a pool, they have you line up according to how fast you think you are going to swim and start you one at a time. Because the pool was so crowded and people were only started 5 seconds apart, we all passed people who thought they were faster than they really were.

Bike - 9 Miles
A few weeks before the race we rode the course to get familiar with it. It is a two loop course with a big hill going up one side of the loop and a long downhill on the other side. It's a really fun bike course with very little traffic. Sabrina got a new (used) road bike just before the race that she used. She was really able to notice a difference between the mountain bike she had been riding on the training rides.

Run - 5K
The run was also a two loop course and also had a steep hill and long downhill. On both of my loops I saw my dad riding up the hill on his bike. I also saw Jake, who was also running, on my second loop. It was fun to have so many people racing and to see them on the course.

I finished in a time of 1:07:03 which was 4 and a half minutes faster than my time last year. I ended up with second place in my age group and only missed first place by about 18 seconds. My dad, who did awesome on his first triathlon, also got second place in his age group. The swim has always been our strength in my family. Jake was the 6th fastest swimmer overall and I was the 4th fastest. Sabrina, who also did her first full triathlon, also did really well and only came in a few minutes after Jake.

Me, my dad, and our medals

Harrison had a lot of fun with Jod, B, and my mom

Bear Lake

Josh had to go to Bear Lake yesterday for work and invited Harrison and I along. Boy was it a long day of driving but we had fun once we had a little time to hang out.

Josh has been there a few times and i've only been there once. This was Har's first time experiencing a few things.

The Mediterranean ocean like water and beaches. Bear Lake Raspberry Shakes

I have the 2 the cutest boys in the whole world!

Har and Josh love the water.

He loved feeling the sand on his feet

We spent quite a few hours in the car but we had a whole lot of fun being together!

Happy Birthday to my Sweetie

Happy Birthday Josh!
Harrison and I took Josh out to Eggs in the City for breakfast for his birthday. Josh and to go to Idaho for the Burley Spud Man Triathlon on Saturday. We were not able to go because my niece got married this weekend so since i wouldnt see him much on his birthday we went to breakfast.
Josh just turned 29! Harrison and I love him very much.
While we were out to breakfast we sat Harrison in the booth with us and i noticed that the seats were covered in black leather. I had my camera with us and though it looked like a tincy wincy photo studio.
Here's some pictures of Josh's birthday with our little family.

Unemployed and Loving it!

Thats right! After 12 year in the work place and after 5 years of my 1st career i'm hanging up my go to work 9-5 or (24-7 in my case) hat and taking up my new hat of 4 1/2 months taking care of our little king of the house.
I sold my preschool to my dad's company ILP and officially i was done with responsibilities last friday. I'm still helping get things changed over and on Monday June 9th when the summer classes start and i'm not there to worry about any of it will my bliss be complete!
I love my school. It was a great 5 years. Maybe the hardest 5 years of my life. I really feel like i was running it for 3 times that long with all the work it took to figure out what i was doing and keep it being successful.
I really believe that children should learn a second language when they are young. I'm very biased towards Spanish but really any lanugage would due. I might elaborate in a future post???
I have loved to watch hundreds of preschooler come into our doors and know "Hola" and leave joking around with their friends in Spanish. I have loved to get to know many hispanic women who have taught me so much more about the spanish culture and language. I have made many wonderful friendships with the parents of the preschooler. Although i will not miss having to deal with many of the diverse types of mothers!

Thanks to everyone who has helped me get through these past 5 years! It was great!

And anyone that would still like to have their child learn Spanish the school is still open!

No doubt he is My son

Many of you have been telling me that Harrison looks like me. It's hard for me to say that, "yea he does" but here is a 2 month old picture of me and a picture of Harrison at 2 months.
I now confirm your allegations that Harrison does look like me.
Sorry that the pictures are bad, Harrison's didn't have the flash on and mine is a scan.

Baby Slings

This weekend there was a Baby Expo at the South towne expo center and so Josh and I though it would be fun to go and check it out. They had vendors that make and sell some really cute things. The first booth that we came to was a baby carrier/sling vendor. I had seen my friend Amber's and she seemed to like it and I'd always wanted to try Harrison in one to see if he liked it and if it was comfy. After a bit of whining on Harrison's part we finally got him in a sling. Once he got in it he about feel asleep. I really liked it! We saw a few more sling vendors and while we were walking around we remembered that Ikea has really cute fabric and thought that maybe I could get a pattern and make one. So after the expo we went down to Ikea and found some really cute floral fabric and a pretty orange solid fabric. I guessed that i would need 2 yard of each if i wanted to make it reversible like many of the slings at the expo. We went to Jo Ann's to find a pattern but they didn't have any in any pattern book... So we came home and got on line and found instructions! And this is what we ended up with.
Harrison loved it.. Well it took him a few minutes to settle into it but after he was in it he fell asleep and took a 2 hour nap in it! Holy smokes! I Love my new Sling! Best of all it was so super simple to make and i have high hopes that it will make going to work with the little guy a whole heck of a lot easier.

Spending time with Family

Harrison, Josh and I were able to spend time with my mom yesterday morning. She has been home alone alot more lately and not able to get around so well. I loved being able to go down and spend the morning with her. We had some delicious breakfast and just sat around and chatted for a while. I wasnt so sure when i was going to get down to Provo again after that horrible storm but with Josh driving and me able to watch out for Harrison it was a much different and better experience. My mom cant get up to SLC so well and she wants to get to see her littlest grandson, so we love to get down and let her have a chance to "Grandma" Harrison.
After we left my mom's house we stopped by the Fishes house. Brynlee, Kristin's daughter was so anxious to see her little cousin. She has so many baby dolls and just loves them she acts like Harrison is just the best real live like baby doll. In the hospital she brought her american girl doll and i joked that if she want to trade her doll for harrison and she was really ready to take me up on that offer. I think i made her sad that i didnt come through on the offer.
It was really fun to see Tina and her family and my mom.
Family day was not over yet. We went over to the VanSkivers for a b.b.q. "Pie" and Wii! Harrison is just adored and loved by Josh's family! Being the 1st grandson on Josh's side is super fun for Harrison.

Yeah for Family!!!

Most Traumatic Experience of my Life!!!!

What started out to be a great day of visiting my mom and spending the afternoon with her and Harrison turned out to be the most traumatic day of my life.
I had so much fun visiting with my mom in Provo yesterday, our second of hopefully years full of weekly afternoons together. Since my mom is home alone and i'm not working as much... I decided that it would be great if Harrison and I spent one afternoon with my mom a week. A little treat for both of us to look forward to.
Well.... it was about 3p.m. and i just noticed a bit of snow falling outside my mom's study (I almost put dads... it hasn't bee that for years) and though I better get going soon incase it snows alot.
By 4 p.m. i've got my things, baby bag, purse and Son all packed up and ready to go! By 5:30p.m. Harrison and I are having a break down absolutely at a stand still just past thanksgiving point with no way to move and Harrison is crying so hard and loud i think he might barf up his insides and I'm helpless to do anything about it. Finally after braving the storm 3 times to break off the ice from my windshield wipers we get past a semi stuck in the middle of I-15. His front 4 tires have chains on them and he's not going anywhere... as well as about a half dozen cars that look more capable than my little corolla. I dont know how i got through that but heaven sent angles to help us through that one! Well they were about to send the whole choir to help me out next. Just as i'm passing about 106th i'm doing 30mph in the left hand lane and all of a sudden begin spinning in circles... circle after circle i bet it was about 4 or 5 360's that i did before stopping sideways in the far right hand lane! I didnt even hit one car in that whole time i was spinning out of controll on the freeway. I can only thank the heavely angels that were watching out for us. I had this flashback of when i was spinning and wrecked in Provo canyon the winter my dad died and ended up upside down on the bank of the river...
Finally by 7p.m. Harrison and I finally pull up to our doorstep and out comes josh to a wife that home safely but not quite of a sound mind! But in the end no real damage except for the bumper that fell of on the way home for the sideways blowing slush weighed it down and ripped it off. I hope that we never have to be in a storm that bad again!

3 weeks old and already a model

My Son is just so adorable!
"Modeling is hard work! I dont want to do it any more!"
" Just wrap me up tight and i'll calm down"
He's an angel... a sweet precious angel!

Thanks to Nicole Hill the photographer at rubberball who needed a baby to photograph. She did such an amazing job photographing Harrison.

BUNKO!

Who knew that bunko was so much fun!
Well i guess alot of people must but i've never played it before, until last night i'd only though of it as a marginally taboo game that mormon women played.
Well Danae Dunn invited me to go play with her and some of her friends and it was really alot of fun. I'd never met the people there before but to play the game you dont really need to know the other players very well.
And I won a prize at the end of the game. Not a very significant prize. I never won BUNKO, i didnt have the most wins, or loses, or even BUNKOed off. I just had my score card drawn out of the basket.
Well it might be a while before i go and play BUNKO again... the baby is coming soon and my time will be spent being a new mom. but I really had fun and maybe in the summer i might find a group to join and pick it up again!

The 3 Baby Greens

We were trying to decide who the little guy looks like.... We pulled out some baby pictures. They are alot older than he is right now... obviously... but we thought that he has some features from both of us. He is just sooooo cute!
p.s. from the ultrasound he weights 2 lbs. 7 oz. He is getting bigger!

Se venden libros

Today Josh's company, Spanglish Books, had a book fair at Sabrina's Spanish immersion preschool. It has been so much fun to be able to meet people who are trying to teach their children Spanish and to be able to recommend books to them. It's pretty hard to find used Spanish books, so that's one thing that we really try to keep in stock. We also have a lot of new Bilingual and Spanish-only books. The business is still pretty small, but there is huge potential here in Utah. Check out the website at www.spanglish-books.com.

Dorm Girls Reunion '07

Sabrina and some of her friends from the Dorms at BYU got together for a fun night of catching up in Salt Lake City. It was so good to see all of my old friends. Some I still see regularly some not so often and some not for many, many years!

Hopefully we'll get to keep in touch and not have to wait another 10 years to see each other.

There was Jamie (Williams) Nopper, Rachel (Denning) Smith, Lindsay (Crockette) Severts, Brooke Everett, Marlene (Hansen) Esplin, Andrea (?) Bingham, Becca (Keddington) Parkinson, and Me.

The St. George Team Triathalon

Well this post a bit late but i thought... "Better late than never!"
So Josh and I and the "peanut" did a triathalon in St. George in June.
We had a blast and it was blasting hot!
Josh has done another one by himself since and is planning on doing at least 2 more this year.
Maybe next summer I can do another one while grandma can babysit for us!

Oh the Smells!

I have been lucky to not get too sick in the first couple of months of my pregnancy. There have been a few things that i've noticed. My sense of smell has exploded. This has been cool sometimes but mostly when i'm driving and can smell restaurants and things that waft over the streets a little to well. I have not had morning sickness but my stomach has felt pretty quisy. Then i got pretty bad allergies so that has stiffled my sense of smell. But over all i've been pretty lucky, we are just so excited to be having a baby! We'll get to see the baby in 2 1/2 weeks so we can wait!

--Sabrina