Let the Season Begin!

Go Utes!!

Ding! Dong! The Kids Are Gone!

Now, I wouldn't necessarily categorize my children with the Wicked Witch, in fact, I am sure they feel like I am the mean & nasty one. HOWEVER, that joy that the munchkins felt when they sang that song, is EXACTLY how I am feeling at this minute...no TV on, no Playstation/Wii/Gamecube on, no yelling, screaming, tattling...you get my point...

Happy First Day of School!

So, what did I do on the beach???

Lashes

I wanted to rise to the challenge that my friend Carin threw out a couple of weeks ago - and with the kids being on the beach, and constantly in the water, it was a perfect chance!!

My littlest person never got in past his belly, so I don't have a shot of him, but we do have a shot of our friends son - he had some amazing lashes - I think he won the prize of the day!

The Gang

(Something I try never to do...have my picture taken, especially in my swimsuit!!)

Here is the group we went to California with - our Friends the Deans & the Wittwers...another great trip to Oceanside, CA - we'll be back next year!

Nice View

I could get used to waking up and seeing this each day...

(Thanks to our friend Mike who took this picture from the back patio of our condo)

Little Red Cheeks

No, I am not talking about a diaper rash...We were applying sunscreen SEVERAL times on the oldest two, but because they were constantly in the water, it would just come off - they both had red little faces, just after two days - including their eyes from all the salt water... This picture does not show just how red she is, and Nick is just as bad. Luckily the next two days were away from the beach - Knott's Berry Farm one day, and the next day was a little cloudy & cold, so we hung out at the condo for most of the time.

Nothing Better...

There is nothing better than a beach vacation...The kids are entertained the WHOLE time...

They play hard...

And they crash hard...

New Favorite!!

***Warning*** If you don't like toes, don't look below***

Most of you probably know that I LOVE getting pedicures and having cute toes. Generally I go to Lovely Nails, and they put cute designs on my toes. Well, I have a new favorite...

A friend in my ward told me about her Sparkle Toes, and I didn't quite understand it, UNTIL I saw hers!! They were so cute! They put this gel on your toes, and add the color of glitter that you choose. They are completely dry when they are done, so you don't smudge them when you put on your flip flops, and they don't chip at all!

I chose to get black glitter, and I think they are so adorable. Anytime anyone wants to go get glitter toes, let me know - I'll be there with you!

Spudman 2008

This is Troy's third year doing the Spudman Triathlon - He wasn't very motivated to train for it, but he ended up doing it 2 min. faster than last year. I think it's great, but he was hoping for much faster.

We had quite a few of the guys in the neighborhood who also signed up (we are missing a couple from this picture). They would go running & biking in the mornings to get ready. Some were more serious about it than others.

They swim 1 mile first - then...

Bike 26 miles - then...

Run 6 miles

Then they all jumped in the river to cool off.

There were several wives (and some children) who came up to cheer on "the boys" in the neighborhood - We make posters and cheer for them at each transition. We had a blast as usual.