Yellowstone

 Some how we lucked out and the government got back to work the day that we got to Island Park!

So we took the boys into Yellowstone.  One thing that Yellowstone always entails is a lot of driving and a lot of buffalo!!!! This trip did not disappoint when it came to those 2 things.

While driving to Old Faithful we had a slow commute due to some buffalo and cautious drivers that weren't quite aggressive enough!

There was a lot of waiting for Old Faithful to go off and sadly I don't think that the boys were quite as impressed as the adults with the outcome.  It didn't quite live up to like volcano expectations, but I think that everyone still enjoyed it!

Island Park, ID

 This past weekend we went to Island Park with the Morales family and Matt and Autumn. 

We rented an awesome cabin that had plenty of room for everyone!

The guys went for fishing and wolf hunting....

the girls went to relax....,

and the boys went to be crazy!!!!

Mission Accomplished

It seemed like every time we turned around the boys were into something that they shouldn't be that was also boarder line dangerous :-)

the Timpanogos Summit!!!!

A few weeks ago Alicia and I were talking about how we really wanted to hike to the top of Timp. before it gets too cold.  We decided to pick a date and get a group together.  

Because of schedules and kids, it ended up only being Alicia, me and Liz, but our group of three was perfect!  We could not have picked a better day, the weather was gorgeous.   The whole hike took us about 8 hours, and surprisingly the down hill took just as long as the up

(I think we were a little tired by then).  

The best part of the trip was when we passed an older gentlemen who was headed down.  He was 71 and says that he hikes to the summit 4 times a week!!!  He told us he doesn't like the gym and it is a great way to stay active.... I would say so!!!

It was such a fun day of nonstop girl talk... I would love to do it again this year!!!!

Half Ironman Relay

Last month I participated in the Utah Half Ironman again,

but this year I got smart and did it as a relay.

A few weeks before I was really wanting to do something fun.... 

I hadn't done as many triathlons this year as I had wanted to and was kind of bummed.

Somehow I thought of the idea to do the Utah Half and sign up as a relay team.  

Each part is still really long, so it is still a fun challenge.  

One of my friends that I did it with last year is also pregnant (I am pregnant for those who don't know) so I knew she would probably be interested in doing a part.  She is an awesome runner and her friend Laura is an unreal swimmer.
 Combined, I knew we would have a great team.

It was so, so nice to only have to worry about the bike portion of the race. 

(I hated the swim and run last year)

It is an awesome 56 mile bike course with minimal climbing.  I was able to meet my time goal and our team as a whole did great! 

I was so greatful to Jenny and Laura for doing the hardest parts of the race :-)

I rented some really cool race wheels that made all of the difference
(at least in my head they did!)

 

 The following weekend Autumn convinced me to do a triathlon at 7 Peaks.

I was a little hesitant because the order was backwards...

run, bike and then a swim in the wave pool :-)

It was fun, but it ended up being supper hard... the run was steep up hill!!!