Crystal Lake Tri and Salem, MA

August 21st Trevor and I did the Crystal Lake Triathlon: .5 mile swim, 18 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. It was a pretty good race. My bike is getting a little faster and my running's getting better. The swim was rough. I was kicked and punched throughout the whole race. There's always the usual flailing at the start but I kept getting hit. Very unsettling. I finished in 2 hours 7 min and Trevor finished in 2 hours. He wasn't really happy with his time. His work schedule makes it almost impossible to get workouts in at all. Our last race will be on September 18, the Lake George Tri (olympic distance).

After our race we went on to Boston, MA. Saturday night we went to the New England Country Music Festival. We saw Sara Evans, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean, and Brad Paisley. Pure awesomeness! On Sunday (yes, I know we broke the sabbath) we toured Salem. This is the witch museum. Very interesting. Turns out that Trevor had 2 ancestors who were accused of being witches in Salem in 1692. They died in prison before going to the gallows. I have an ancestor who was burned at the stake for being a witch in Europe.

Here I am in front of the museum. It's undergoing some construction.

Here we are in Salem. I'm quite proud of us. Usually we eat at the same types of places but we had lunch at an Indian place, very tasty.

Grandma's visit and other fun stuff

Scar opening up her present from grandma Carla and grandpa Larry.

A great doll house that the girls love!

Scar on her scooter toy from mommy and daddy. She likes sitting on it ahd playing with the little toys. Chloe helps her scoot along.

Grandma Alice and grandpa Brent's present- a baby Ariel doll. Notice who has the doll...

My mom came for about a week. It was great! Trevor and I were able to go to our triathlon on the 21st and then off to Boston for the night. She was here for Scar's first birthday, which was great. It was so nice having her here. She helped with the girls and did lots of cooking and cleaning. With Trevor being gone so much it was nice having adult conversation during the day! Thanks mom!!!!

Scarlett's first birthday

My beautiful baby turned 1 on August 23rd. She's such a ham! Not walking, not even standing at this point. She's really not interested in any of it. She's quite fast as a crawler. She loves her big sister and her daddy. She loves to laugh and play with Chloe. I'm so happy she is part of my family!


Yummmm...this cake is so good I can't stand it!

Chloe helped her scrape the frosting off the cake.

Here's our helper!

Happy birthday Scar! I made 2 round cakes. One was decorated for Scarlett and we shared the other cake.

She looks pretty happy here. The tylenol had kicked in. Little girl had a fever of 101.5 on her big day. I took her to the doctor the day after and she was fine. Slight fever, no infection.

Cute pics

I want to go to bed but I had to post these pics first. My thought of this one: How'd you like that starin you in the face every mornin? She's precious! Makes me smile:)


Too cute. Chloe loves daddy's work boots. She can kind of walk around in them. I love the head tilt and the "I'm so cute" look.

VA trip

The girls and I went to VA for a week at the beginning of July. At the end of our trip we went to visit my Grandma Billie (my paternal grandmother) with my sister Dara. Grandma was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a while ago and is living in a nursing home. I haven't seen her in a long time. It wasn't an easy visit, it's hard to see her like this and see where she's living. Alzheimer's is a terrible, terrible disease. Chloe was totally freaked the whole time. Scarlett didn't seem to mind it.


Chloe enjoying her ice cream cone. Notice the ice cream on the face and jammies- this is post bath. That's Aunt Jenn in the background (my brother's wife).

Here's my sister, Denise and brother, Aaron with Scarlett in the pool. The girls loved the pool, especially Chloe. As soon as she woke up she grabbed her swim suit and asked to go swimming. We swam in the morning and in the afternoon most days of our trip. It was great!

Chloe and Grandma.

My youngest sister Denise came to visit for a couple of days before we drove to VA. We had a great time together. Chloe and Scarlett love her. Thanks for your help Denise!