Sisters...

So, my sisters and I went to the Trace Adkins/Toby Keith concert last weekend. It was fun! There were some very drunk people there just as there are at every concert and probably one of the most intoxicated and obnoxious of the drunkards was sitting right next to us. Awesome. We think her group must have had some sort of intervention with her about half way through the concert though because one of them took her away at one point. Apparently they were sober enough to realize what she was not... constantly yelling in a stranger's (my sister) face in not really that cool. And I got to practice my defensive (or maybe a little aggressive :) ) driving skills as we left the concert. Hey, there were people who were stumbling to their cars nearing pooping themselves from drunkeness, I was just trying to get out of there before they killed us! :)
Anyway, I love having sisters!! They are my best friends, along with Dave of course! :)

For Mikkel...

VO Family Reunion & the Tetons

So there are way to many pictures to describe so here is a summary of our week of camping in Grand Teton National Park and family reunion....

There was beautiful scenery, buffalo that were a little close for comfort, more amazing views, a trip to Old Faithful (the picture of which apparently decided not to upload), nightly bike rides, lots of mosquito bites (for me anyway), cool yet refreshing water, "sword fighting" for the kids, a horseshoe tournament (which me and my partner/sister-in-law came through the losers bracket to win :) ), a dutch oven cook-off, bribing of the judges of the dutch oven cook-off, and a "talent" show. It was a great way to spend a week. And I'm pretty sure the Tetons are one of my favorite things ever.

(Dave and I think Avery has some sort of resemblance to the Lochness Monster in the above picture. Maybe?)

Pocatello Triathlon

So... about two weeks ago my dad decided that me, Dave and my Uncle Rob should do the Pocatello Triathlon as a team. Do you see anything wrong with this? Besides that my dad decided that we should do the triathlon and this took place two weeks before the event? But since our manager (my dad) said we should do it, we did. :) Dave did the run, Rob did the bike portion and I did the swim. It was a sprint triathlon which means it was a 5k run, 20k bike and 500 meter swim. Dave and I have been training for the St. George marathon so the run wasn't going to be a huge deal for Dave. Rob hadn't been training but at least owns a road bike which was more than Dave or myself and he got a whole two weeks to train. :) And I had never swam a lap in my life so I was pretty much freaking out. I got a few quick swim lessons and swam as much as I could for two weeks. On race day, if I was one to vomit when I get nervous, I am pretty positive I would have thrown up, maybe more than once. The whole venturing into new territory with two weeks to train apparently does not agree with me. I am really glad we did it though. It was really fun to do it with Rob and for our family to be there to cheer us on!

This is a pre-race picture of our team and our "manager". :)

Dave waiting to start... usually, the order the events in a triathlon go in are swim, bike then run but this one is run, bike then swim.

The solo men and women had already started. This is just the teams...

Transitioning from run to bike...

Rob getting back from the bike portion...

Transitioning from bike to swim...

Post race pic...

We took second in the mixed team category. Not bad for two weeks notice!

Thanks Rob for being a part of our team! And my padre for getting us to do it! I think we might have the triathlon bug now...