Indiana, Pennsylvania

We trekked over to Indiana, PA last weekend to meet up with our friends the Derr's who live in D.C. Zach and Reza both competed in a sprint triathlon. And they both did fabulous! It was great to see the Derr's, as well as take Reza to the furthest East he has ever been. We drove to Indiana on Friday night, and there were the biggest, coolest thunderstorms ever! One of the things I love best about summer is the amazing thunderstorms we have. We woke up Saturday morning to great weather.


Here are Zach and Reza being all tough before the big race.
Here is Reza coming out of the water after a 1/2 mile swim in the lake.
For all you know he came in first! :) (He actually almost had a personal best, and finished 5th in his age group.)
He was sweaty and gross, but happy.
We visited with some of Reza's friends: the Nelson's. They live in Pittsburgh. This is Reza in front of the Steeler's stadium. The Nelson's live in a hilltop neighborhood right near downtown, and they took us exploring Pittsburgh. We both were surprised with how hilly the city is, and we both really liked it. It's a little bit old and rundown, but it has a lot of character.
We went up this trolley car called the Dusquene Incline, this is the view from the top. There are over 400 bridge in Pittsburgh. And the downtown is right were the Allegehny and the Monogohela Rivers meet to form the mighty Ohio.

In the little trolley car on the way down Mt. Washington. We had a great trip!

What the...?

So this is Reza's bedside table. The other morning I rolled over to look at his phone to see what time it was and this is what I saw. I did like a triple take before I realized that it's his airsoft gun. Tanner (my 12 year old brother) and him spent the weekend shooting army men in my backyard while I was in Reno. Apparently now I get to sleep by the gun. Boys.

Reno or Bust

Well as many of you know I spent the weekend in Reno. Jenny is a fabulous mom, Kevin is a fabulous dad, and Madelyn is a fabulous girl. It has however been years since I have been with such a newborn baby, I forgot how much they sleep. And really all they do is sleep, eat and poo. Regardless, Maddy is a very happy baby and would smile and laugh when I was ridiculous enough. I think my favorite part of the trip was when Jenny would bring Maddy to me in the mornings and she would go back to bed for a bit. It was great to just spend an hour or so looking at this sweet girl and ponder on the things of eternity. (As for the bottom picture they were doing construction at the Reno temple, and why this whole thing looks like a link is beyond me as well.)

resemblance?

Maybe I am biased but I think my dear niece Madelyn (at the bottom) looks an awful lot like her pretty aunt Christy (to the right). Anyways...I just got back from Reno, and she is one amazing girl, and has two amazing parents!

UofU where it happens...

I love this clip. Its worth 72 seconds of your life, it is a well done parody of the NBA where amazing happens commercial. And in no way should this take away from my friend Dr. Spencer Jones who attended the U.

The Haircut

Ignore my face...

School's out!

Schools out for summer! Yahoo! Even though I only get 1.5 weeks off for summer, nothing beats waking up the day after your last final and realizing you have NOTHING to worry about!

In two days I get to go meet my niece in Reno, NV, and next weekend I get to go to Indiana, Pennsylvania to watch my dear husband compete in a triathlon! Yahoo for summer! I even went and got a new summer haircut to celebrate.