Max's triathalon

Even though I started this post on the actual day it happened, it's taken me this long to finish getting everything uploaded. Hey, things have been busy!

Anyway, here are the pics from the first little youth triathalon that Max was in this month.

It took place at Lums Pond, a nearby state park. He had to swim 100 yds in the pond, bike for 2.5 miles, and the run .4 miles. Adam's mom came down to our house for the weekend to see it with us (and to give us a night off for our anniversary too--thanks!). The whole thing was pretty great.

And they're off!

Next is the transition area to get on the bike. Here's the point where Adam assessed that Max must have inherited my competitive drive.

First, find the bike.


Next, make sure you take time to adequately dry off.
Then, find shoes and shirt.


Then have a seat to put on shoes. Shirt and helmet...check. Oh, are all the other kids cleared out of the transition area by now? What's their hurry? Ok, on the bike.
Coming in from the bike ride.
Starting the run. Almost to the finish line, and still with a smile.
He made it!!
He did so great and had a lot of fun. Immediately following the race was a fun-run on the .4 mile course. Olivia decided that she'd like to do it, so Adam ran with her (and Max ran it again).Great job to both!

O! The Joy

After 4000 miles of journeying, in early November 1805 Lewis and Clark believed that they were seeing the Pacific Ocean and reported, "Ocian in View! O! The Joy." I love this as a perfect statement of the ineffable.

This weekend Adam and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. I've been sitting here for far too long trying to come up with an adequate and thoughtful post about what these last 10 years have meant to me and how I am certain that my marrying Adam has made me a far better person than I ever could have been on my own. But I'm feeling plagued that every statement I type out (and then delete) is a huge understatement. I'm not enough of a writer, and it's far too late in the evening, to boil my feelings about our marriage down to a couple of paragraphs.

But if I know anything for certain after the last 10 years together, it is that I hope that there's an ocean's worth of marriage ahead of us....because, O! The Joy.

Thank you, A. I love you mucho.

How I lost my mind

I may have been absent from blogging lately, but it doesn't mean that we haven't been without plenty of recent activity.

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