July 30, 2011 Layton Triathlon

We did it! We packed our bikes in the convertible and headed up to Layton for our triathlon on Friday afternoon. That night we went to our orientation and packet pick up. My parents were so great and watched the kids for us. Then we tuned up our bikes and tried to go to sleep. Neither of us slept well at all. Our brains wouldn't turn off. Example...I was just about to fall asleep and Kyle turns over to me and says "Crystal, when you go to put your socks on in the second transition just put them on inside out, instead of taking the time to turn them right side in."  I had a pretty good laugh at that one.  I didn't care about the extra 5 seconds it would take me to do that. 
For those of you who don't already know, the Layton Triathlon is a little different from a normal one.  In this Triathlon you Swim, Bike, Run, Swim, Bike, Run.  Let me explain.  The total swim is 600 yards, the bike is 11 miles, and the run is 3.1 miles.  All of these distances were cut into two parts. So we swam half, biked, half, ran half and then DID IT ALL OVER AGAIN!  Mentally it was hard to get back into the water and feel like you had to start all over again, but once I got onto my bike again, I knew I could do it.

Kyle finished 11 minutes before I did with a time of 1hr 37 minutes. I was 1hr 48 minutes. Instead of a time goal I decided to make a goal to not walk at all and was happy that I was able to keep that goal.  We were both tired but felt so accomplished afterwards and decided that we would like to do at least one of these a year.  It was really nice to have something to work towards when we were working out.  Here are some of our pictures :)  P.S. Kyle got his outfit from the Physical Therapist he volunteers for, he looks so professional.  The doctor is actually 3 inches taller than Kyle :) haha  Mine comes from walmart :)

6am leaving for Triathlon



Standing in line to get into Pool



Our supporters minus mom who took the picture. So nice of them to come so early!




Getting out of pool for the first round




first round swim



running to bike transition area

Pretty much the only time we were together on our bikes. Kyle took off :)

I'm coming in on my bike and Kyle is just startin his run. He's the guy with the blue bum :)



Starting my first run





finishing Round One and getting ready to get back in the pool




Kallie and Wesley

 



Just finished the race and still smiling




Time card :1hr 37min





Sprinting to the finish line. Had a hard time smiling for the camera and breathing :)



Finish line Crystal time of 1hr 48min

St. George and other stuff

 Kyle has been preparing to take the GRE for awhile now.  As part of his preparation he has been taking a class at BYU every Tuesday and Thursday night from 5pm-9pm.  Trey and I get bored at night sometimes so we decided to make these silly animal hats.  He loved making them and it was just construction paper, markers, and tape :)  If you can't tell we are a Giraffe, Cow and Elephant.

 Lucy and Stetson wrestling with Trey in St. George over the 4th holiday.  These are his cousins on Kyle's side.  He had sooo much fun playing with all of his cousins that weekend.

 Kajsa is 9 months old now and getting soo big.  She is almost 28 inches long. 17lb 1oz and 44.6 cm in Head Cirmcumference.  For height and head she is right in the 50th percentile but for weight she is 15th.  See Uncle Brad, She's not as fat as you think :)  :)

     The Sherman clan hanging out over the 4th.

 We've had some really awesome thunderstorms this week.  Here are some rainbows from them.  The colors were seriously soo vibrant! 

Oil Change

Disclaimer: Please excuse the compression shorts :)

I went to my parents house on Monday to do my laundry. I told my mom that we needed to do an oil change on my car and she said, Oil changes are easy we can do it. I laughed and said are you serious? Kyle always changes our oil but I have never learned how. We went to the store bought the stuff and my mom got under our little Honda with me and taught me how to change my oil. IT was not hard at all. I was totally nervous to get under the car because those of you who know me well know that I have a total paranoia about things being on my face. I was so afraid oil or something else was going to spray all over my face. Well, guess what happened. When I took the bolt off of the oil tank I didn't move my hand fast enough and sprayed oil all over my face and my mothers. It was pretty funny. My mom and I had a good laugh. I of course wiped the oil off of my face immediately, my mom stayed under the car. She's tough like that. We did a completely successful oil change and my car drove home from my parents house perfectly. I feel very accomplished :)

Triathlon

July 30th Kyle and I will be running in a Sprint Triathlon. I have been training for it on and off but last week I started running everyday. I've discovered that I do not like to run. I love how I feel afterwards but running is awful! (at least right now) Maybe once I get into better shape I'll enjoy it more. I absolutely love to swim but I can't take two kids with me to swim laps like I can with running. Kyle on the other hand loves to run and hates to swim :) This is good for training because I push him to swim harder and he pushes me to run harder. We are both not very good cyclists so we both laugh anytime we have to ride our bikes up a hill because we are panting terribly. Kyle, poor thing, has to pull the kids in the trailer and ride his bike. We are really looking forward to doing our first Triathlon and hope that we will be in shape to be able to do it well. We would LOVE our family and friends to join us if they'd like :)

Stitches and Stuff

Our first "major" injury with one of our kids. Two weeks ago on our way out to church, Trey fell on the second to last stair and hit his eye right on the corner of the brick wall. We walked back up the stairs with our church stuff, cleaned him up and went to urgent care to get stitches. Daddy's white shirt and tie were red instead of white and yellow. Trey was pretty nervous about getting stitches. Because the cut was so close to his eye Kyle and I had to hold Trey down while the doctor gave him his numbing shot. Trey did not like that very much and it was pretty difficult to keep Trey down. We waited for 15 minutes while the numbing medicine kicked in and then back to the table for the stitches. The nurse came in to help us hold Trey down, the nurse happened to be a large male. I held Trey's head, Kyle held his arms and shoulders and the nurse held from waist down. It was so sad to see Trey screaming and bawling. He kept yelling, "stop pushing me", but Kyle and I knew it was for his own good. After stitches were all done I asked Trey if he wanted to go home or go to church. He said he wanted to go to Sacrament Meeting (ours is last) so off we went. He's such a sweet boy.

The next Sunday Trey was scheduled to get his stitches out. A little boy in nursery hit Trey with a toy right in his eye and of course he immediately panicked. He was fine just nervous about his eye. We took Trey back to urgent care to get his stitches out. The nurse had me hold Trey while he laid on my shoulder so she could take them out but he wouldn't hold still for her so back to the bed we went. We brought in the same male nurse again and held him down. Trey again started screaming, he was so scared. In the middle of crying hysterically Trey yells "Sharp Tooth!!" I instantly started laughing. Trey has been very into Land Before Time lately. I thought it was so funny that in the middle of this traumatic experience he was still thinking about Land Before Time and yelling Sharp Tooth. I asked him afterwards why he yelled that and he said, "Because the scissors were sharp like Sharp Tooth and they were trying to get me". Poor guy. Well, Trey healed great and now we just have to keep sunscreen on it so that his scar doesn't turn pink.

Kajsa is getting so big. She will be 8 month this next week. She has finally started eating baby food, thanks to her Aunt Kallie. I have tried giving it to her since she was 6 month old but she always spray-spits it back out at me. The only thing she would take 3 or 4 bites of was green beans. Kallie came over yesterday and fed Kajsa at the same time as Wesley and she ate it no problem. She has eaten for me 3 times since. YEAH!! She has been growing so much and wanting to nurse like every 2 hours. Solids will help her sleep better at night too, I hope. She is still not crawling on her knees but she can get anywhere she wants to by rolling, twisting, sitting up and turning and pulling herself along the floor. She loves to play with Trey's talking puzzles. Kajsa is such a good baby. She is excellent at sitting and playing with toys around her. She has become quite a mama's girl since about 6 month's old. As long as she can see me in the house she is content, I don't have to be holding her. That is, however, only true if someone else is not holding her. If someone else is holding her than she is constantly reaching for mommy. (This doesn't include daddy thank goodness).

Brother and sister after bath time fun!!

Trying to crawl on all fours.

March through May 8, 2011

I haven't posted anything in so long. Life has been moving at a very fast pace lately. The end of March and about three weeks in April everyone in our family was sick at some point. Kyle had two different terrible viruses right before finals. One of them being MONO. He was sick for about 3 weeks straight. I was busy taking care of the house, the kids, my management job, and kyle's homework. Blogging was the last on the list :)
April 25th marked a momentous day in my life. I purchase with the help of the best mother-in-law in the world!!! my Blendtec. Hooray!! We love it so much and have used it every single day since we got it. Thank you Lynda!
Then we had Kyle's birthday at the end of April. Pictures below. We also celebrated my mom's 50th birthday the very beginning of May. We did the coolest gift for her called Life on Record. It was neat to hear all of her family and friends from her 50 years talk to her.
After Mom's birthday was Trey's 3rd Birthday. We went to the park and just let the kids play around. It was nice and easy. He had a great time. That night Kyle and I had a murder mystery dinner. We had never done one of these before and it was a blast. We had an awesome group of people to do it with. Soo fun.
I have been and am currently working hard at trying to fill the apartments that I manage for the upcoming year. It is a lot of work and keeps me super busy this time of year but I am grateful that I can earn some kind of income and still be a mommy, my most favorite job.


Kyle, Crystal, Josh, Leanne, Whitney, Tyler, Rachelle, and Scott



Bday pics for Trey

Trey asked for a red vacuum for his birthday. He looooves this thing and vacuums many times a day.

Leanne and Josh

Katie, Lucas and Chelsea

Krista and Daniel

Grandpa and Josh

Kallie, Danny, Wesley, Crystal, Kajsa, Leanne, Brittney

The first Sunday in May we went out to Midway to have a picnic. It was so nice to drive through the canyon and be out in nature with just our little family. It was quiet and peaceful and a very enjoyable sunday afternoon.

Kyle's Birthday. Thanks mom for helping out that night and watching our kids!!!

Trey and I decorated the house for Kyle's birthday and surprised him when he got home from school.

Daddy and Trey going on a scooter ride. :) Great look, huh?

Easter money and package from Grandma Lynda. The kiddos were excited