Playtri International Triathlon

Jerry participated in the Playtri International Triathlon in Irving, Texas last weekend.  We headed down to Dallas Friday night after dropping the kids off with my parents.  We hung out on Saturday, doing a little bit of eating and shopping.  We had a carb-loading dinner Saturday night, then the race was Sunday morning.  Jerry, Clint, and Elizabeth had to have their things into transition at 5 AM.  As much as I tried to stay asleep, I couldn't.  We had a room with a balcony, so I snuck outside and took some pictures of the sunrise over the lake--so pretty!

Here's a picture of 2 of the buoys.  Jerry had to swim out to the farthest buoy in this race.  His swim was 1500 meters, which equates to about 1 mile! YIKES!

Here's a pictures of the other buoy he had to swim out to, then after rounding it, he had to swim to an area way to the right of this picture.

Jerry and his wave getting into the water

He is ready!

....and he's off!

His #1 fan was thoroughly enjoying herself :)

Coming in from the swim

He was trying to smile at us as he swam in.....what a ham :)

I caught up with him as he was finishing his 2nd lap.  He biked 3- 7 mile loops (total of 21 miles)

Here he is in his transition area getting ready for the run....his least favorite part.  He had actually lost his water bottle before his last 7 mile bike loop....so he spent some extra time rehydrating.  Smart boy.

Sweet baby B!

He ran 2- 3.2 mile loops for a total of a 10K--6.4 miles.  Here he is coming in

Way to go Dadoo!

Getting his medal

Congratulating Clint!

Jerry, Liz, and Clint.....team CNC!  Way to go!

What a great job these 3 did!  We're thinking this might be a yearly triathlon.  Liz and I did it 2 years ago, and we really enjoyed the event.  It also helps that it's a fun city to spend the day before in :)  Next year, we want to bring more of our friends to participate in it.

Weekend at the lake with MaMa and PaPa

Jerry, Brecken and I went to Dallas last weekend for Jerry's triathlon. We knew the big kids might get bored with the weekend, so MaMa and PaPa happily agreed to take them to the lake. 

They woke up and made big breakfasts, collected crystals, hit the Mid America museum, went fishing, and swam! 

Here they are showing Dadoo they made a plate full of cookies....

....and ate all of them :)

Their crystal garden in front of the Lake House. 

I guess the waters a little on the high side!

Getting ready to fish! I guess Anniston was in charge of the crickets. 

Thank you MaMa and PaPa for taking the kids. They had an awesome time!

Random Pics from Memorial Day weekend at Nanny and Paw Paw's

Anniston with her blanket wrapped around her head like its a towel. She was out cold. 

Treyson eating a butterfly donut from Irish Maid Donuts--Dadoo's favorite!

Pool time!

Warming up in the hot tub. 

Brecken chilled all day under Nanny's porch...she was one happy camper!

We came home and Anniston pulled her tooth (while Bubby held her other hand to help her "stay brave")

End of the Year Kindergarten Party

The bonus of me being on maternity leave right now is that I have been able to attend alot of class parties and school functions for both kids.  It's been great!  Anniston's kindergarten had their end of the year party last week.  She was so excited that I could make it :)

 They colored a frame for their "photo booth" picture to go in to

 Then they went around and autographed everybody's frame

 She was so focused

 Photo booth with Kennedy.....see how tall our Anniston is?!?!

 Silly girl!

 Snack time!

 Brecken chilled out, and did great!  One of the other Momma's wanted to snuggle her.

 Best big sister EVER!

 The class giving Mrs. Hulsey her gift

 Class picture

 Now for a silly picture!

 Anniston and Mrs. Hulsey....seriously, she was the BEST I could have ever asked for.  I honestly just prayed for a teacher with a kind heart and loving spirit.  She exceeded my wildest dreams of a perfect teacher.  She loved Anniston, encouraged her, and challenged her.  She would text me pictures of Anniston doing projects, and email me just to check on me during the pregnancy.  She would ask me if it was ok to challenge Anniston when she thought she could handle it.  Anniston did several AR books (which means nothing to me yet), but apparently it's something they start in first grade.  Anniston scored 5/5 on every test!  We are so proud of our sweet little girl!  She excelled so much this year.  She learned 1,000 sight words (then moved on to 1st grade phrases), is reading chapter books, decomposed up to the number 18, and is writing 6-8 line stories with proper capitalization and punctuation.

 Anniston with Ella and Kennedy

 Picture with the Bubster once we got home :)

I cannot believe we are parents of a 1st grader!!!

Mommy/ Son Date Knight

Chick-Fil-A hosted a Mommy/Son Date Knight last week.  The theme (obviously) was that the boys were our knights, and they protected their princess.  Treyson was SO EXCITED for his date.  I had laid some clothes out for him, so I told him to start getting ready.  He came into my bathroom naked stating that he needed to take a shower if he was going on a date with me.  So, he showered.  Then he added this "handsome" vest and church shoes (loafers).  I had to put gel in his hair, and spray Dadoo's cologne for him to walk through so he could smell "handsome"

 Then, Treyson asked if he could pick out my date clothes.  Of course, he went for the bling shirt that I wore about 15 pounds ago.  So, I stretched it over my belly, added a cardigan, and made it work!  Then he picked out my necklace and told me to take my hair out of the ponytail holder because it looked a little too crazy. (we may have to work on some of his dating skills down the road!)

 Getting a kiss from my oh so handsome date!

After dinner, we went to Target to return a couple of things.  Treyson picked out 2 new shirts for summer.  Then we went to the Cookie Company to get everybody a cookie and icee to take home.

What an awesome date!