Ryanne = official triathlete

Yesterday Ryanne took part of her first triathlon. She did amazing. Because of her busy work schedule and taking care of Spencer, she was not able to train the way she would have like to, but she said she signed up for it and was determined to do it. Here is a recap of her race through photos:

Pre-race prep- Ryanne getting her bike and clothes situated.

Attaching her race number to her belt.

Officially marked and ready to go.

She was going to lie about her age but i kept her honest about turning 30.

Finishing her first 50 meters and in great form.

Finishing 150 meters, half way done.

Spencer left on his own. He's fine as long a he has some food.

Coming up on 250 meters, only 50 meters left.

I hope you noticed the chick on the wall and Ryanne swimming away from her.

That's right, Ryanne passed her! HOLLA!

The worst part is over and now to get on to the rest.

Running from the swim to her stuff and getting ready to start biking.

Notice all the other bikes still there. That's right, they are still waiting their turn to swim and she's done.

Successful transition and hopefully she can get on her bike.

Successful bike mount and she's off for a 13 mile bike ride.

Finishing her 1st loop, 6.5 miles and giving shout outs to all her fans.

Finishing the 13 mile bike ride and looking awesome.

*Casey did not get a better photo of her finishing the bike because if you look to the right of the picture you will see two women. The one to the furthest right forgot about being done after two loops and is cutting across traffic. The woman behind her got cut off, she has only done one lap, and went down. Casey was right there and helped out the woman that went down. She was fine and only scraped up one of her palms.

2nd transition successful and off to the run.

We have no idea what happened after she passed that black flag in the previous picture but this is what emerged. Watch out ladies, Ryanne's coming!

As we get back to Spencer we see that he is just fine once again as long as he has some food.

Coming down the finishing shoot. We are glad things turned around after the start of the run.

Spencer was crying as Ryanne was finishing and she just saw him and is overly concerned.

Ryanne becoming an official triathlete!

Look how amazing she looks!

One proud husband

The family that tri's together, stays together . . . . . 

Boston Marathon

Casey ran the Boston Marathon 3 1/2 weeks ago and ever since then I've been meaning to post the pictures.  We flew home the same day of the race and since we landed in Utah we haven't stopped - Easter, Spencer's birthday, Mother's Day, and a race in Moab.  Anyways, here are the photos.

Casey holding his bib number. 

 

Checking in for the race did not go as planned because Spencer was tired and hungry.  After trying to feed him baby food I resorted to whipping out the boob in front of everyone because we couldn't find a private spot in the convention center.  After Spencer got food things were better.

 

Spencer eating breakfast waiting for Casey to run by

All of us waiting to cheer Casey on

Casey after the race.  He finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes - I wish!  We didn't find him for awhile after he crossed the finish line because he made a stop at the medical tent first.  He was cramping so they massaged him real good.

 

Since my birthday was the same day of the race Casey decided to give me a clever card.  He wrote this on his chest and when he ran past us he had his shirt off.  I'll never forgot this card.

 

All of us at the end of the race

Family photo after the race

One Robo-tastic Party

When Spencer was just about 6 months old he asked his mom if he could have a robot party when he turned 1. Ryanne looked at him with so much excitement in her eyes and said YES. The planning started then for the big day. We first had to put the invitations together.

In the process of getting all the materials ready for the party we had to find the perfect gift for Spencer. We noticed that he loved getting rides in the wagons our neighbors have when he is outside playing with his friends. We went on a search for a wagon and we think we found the right one. We gave it to him on his birthday. He went for a ride in the house because it was too cold outside. After the rides we think he then got in and out of the wagon about 50 times. Opening and closing the door. He loved it! We can't wait for the weather to get nicer so we can go for a walk around the neighborhood.

 Saturday came and we were ready for everyone to show up for the party. With the help of Casey's mom and Ryanne's sister and mom, the decorations were in the right spots, cake ready to be eaten, camera ready to snap shots and the pinata ready to be busted open.

Then it came time for Spencer to devour his cupcake, and that he did!

Somehow we found time to snap a family photo.

One last photo with the robot heads.