Real Men Sparkle

and do they ever sparkle! I saw Twilight last night at midnight and I don't want to say much about the movie b/c I don't want to ruin it for anyone (and everyone) who will be seeing it. But I will say it was funnier than I expected and it is worth seeing if you're a true twilight fan. I went with Sarah, DeAnne, DeAnne's friend Alisha, Jamie and Cori. We didn't all sit together and I wish we could have so we could have kept DeAnne and Alisha awake! Huge THANK YOU to DeAnne and Alisha for getting there early and saving our seats!!!! Here are Sarah, Jamie, Me, and Cori:




And here is a vampire we saw:


I don't usually ask to take pictures of random strangers, but she looked really cool. Plus if you go to the effort to buy colored contacts, I'm sure you don't mind a little extra attention, right?

And I don't know how this picture happened, I think my camera took a picture by itself from inside my purse or something:


Just wanted to throw that one in there for you Jamie!!

And randomly I want to send a birthday shout out to my little bro today, Happy Birthday Jeff!!! And now my rambling blog is done!

My Ryan

Happy Half Birthday to my funny little baby!! He is now 18 months old and he is looking more and more like a little boy every day! I'm mostly excited he can be in nursery now - woohoo!

#249

I did it! I finished my triathlon! My friends, Cori and Carlie, and I have been training for the past few months for this. Carlie wasn't able to participate due to a wedding, which was very sad for her. But Cori and I were able to compete and finish, who knew right? I didn't place very high at all (35th in my age group), but my times were right where I hoped they would be. My 3.1 mile run was 29 min., my 10 mile bike was 41 min., and my 300 meter swim was 6 min. It was fun participating and interesting to see how it worked with transitions to each event and all. Now that I've rested, I can say that I would do it again maybe.

This first pic is me on the bike in my new run/bike outfit that helped me go really fast! This 400 S. hill was almost the death of me!!!


This is at the transition station while I am transitioning from the bike to the swim

This is me after I was all done!!!


And here is Cori and I after the race

Twilight's #1 Fan

I just ordered my tickets for Twilight's midnight showing at the new University Mall theatres on November 20th!!! I can't wait!!! And I'm hoping someone will want to come with me :)

Love It

I picked up this little Swim Lap Counter & Timer the other day at PocoLoco swim shop and it is amazing!!! It fits on your finger and you just push the button after you complete each lap. It tracks your time and # of laps. At the end of your workout it tells you how many total laps, total time, average lap time, fastest lap time and slowest lap time. I love it love it love it! No more trying to remember how many laps I've swam. Just wanted to share for all my swimmer friends out there - you need this!

Happy Halloween!

Jane was a kitty cat for Halloween and Ryan was a puppy. They both looked adorable and Ryan even acted like a little puppy! With some last minute alterations, their costumes were perfect! We had a fun Halloween week. We started with a Little Gym Halloween Party. It was too crowded but the kids loved it.

Then we had the ward party, also fun. Jeff and I had some last minute throw together costumes. He was a pirate and I was a panda. Lots of people at the party thought Jeff looked good with long hair, so he might try and grow it out now, what do ya think?

I used Jane's toy panda bear as my artistic inspiration

Last night was so much fun taking the kids trick-or-treating in warm weather!!! Both of them loved getting candy and giving it out too. Ryan would often hold out his bag and trick-or-treat to the people who came to our door. Most of them were nice enough to give him candy!! Ryan got a sucker at his first house and was set for the night. I didn't check, but I'm really hoping their costumes are machine washable. Jane woke up this morning asking what we were going to do for Halloween today, sorry chica, you have to wait a whole year for that one!