On our way to Utah, we decided to make a pit stop at Mt. Rushmore. To my surprise, Jackson had the best time. As we were walking up to the monument, Jackson looks up and sees Teddy Roosevelt. He gets this big grin and says, "look Mom, it's the guy on Night at the Museum!". He then figures out that George Washigton is up there too and decides to sing a song he learned at school called "George Washington Can" about 53 times, give or take a few. To get him to stop, we had him count every stair we climbed on the hike. Don't you love the art of distraction?

All in all, it wasn't a bad stop to have the boys get their wiggles out. We did, however, end up driving around in circles for a couple hours afterwords. It turned out to be worth it because we got to see some huge buffalos sitting on the side of the road. That was a site! Thanks Google maps!

Fun times in Jackson Hole

Camping in Jackson Hole, WY was my favorite part of our summer vacation. We had too much fun for me to mention everything, but here are the top ten:

10- Wading in the coldest, but prettiest stream ever

9 - Driving slow to see wild animals ("Mom, remember to be Bear Aware")

8 - Shopping in town

7 - Yummy Smores

6 - Buying Larger than life lolipops

5 - The Gondola ride up the mountain - there was still snow!!

4 - Seeing Jackson, Max and Brody jump on the Bungee Trampoline

3 - A beautiful 3 mile hike around String Lake - Jackson was champ...Max, not so much!

2 - Seeing Jackson become a pyro by building a mini fire with Brody

1 - Always being on the lookout for Harrison Ford

Three times the Normal Athlete

It is official, I will not have to sell my newly purchased Coach purse on EBay! Yesterday John and I participated in the Minneman Triathlon. This all began with a friend nagging, and ended with an incentive too hard to pass up! John has been wanting me to get into tri's for years and until now I have totally not been interested. When my friend Lynds told me about the Minneman and John said he would buy me a Coach purse if I did it, I was in! (I'm still not sure if it was worth it though!!) Ok, so here are the details: Swim - .3 miles, bike - 13 miles, and run - 3 miles. The last is what kicked my butt and made me puke 1/2 way through. John finished strong (not according to him, only in my opinion) with a total time of 1 hour 20 minutes and some change. I finished quite a few minutes behind his with a time of 1 hour and 38 minutes. A big shout out to Emily Litt, who let me borrow her sweet road bike for the race - you are the best Em! Lynds was also a rockstar and depsite giving birth to the beautiful Ella just two short months ago, finished only a few minutes behind me. I'm glad it is over and that I can now call myself a TRIATHLETE!!!

Look at me mom....

So I went to a Dr's appointment today and came home to three boys sitting on the lawn for me....one with one big smile on his face. Jackson proceeded to tell me he had a surprise for me. In the same time it took my Dr. to tell me I need surgery on my hand for a cyst, Jackson learned how to ride his bike!! He is officially a big boy. :0) And just in case you were wondering, no I did not dress him this morning.