Happy Halloween from our "spooky" family to yours :)

Tri and Tri, Tri, Tri again

Last Saturday was the last area triathlon of the season in Elma and Angel had been wanting to compete for a while now, but with his crazy schedule at work, he wasn't able to train consistently and most of the races were on the weekend when he was working. But this triathlon was a sprint {300meter swim, 13mi bike, 3mi run} so he decided to give it a "try" {no pun intended}.

The weather was not exactly ideal, but when it comes to sports you take it as it comes. He was nervous about the swim {it isn't his strongest suit} but fortunately it wasn't a long one.

Getting all suited up High five from the water :)

Then came the transition to biking, and off he went...

back from biking and trading in the biking shoes for running shoes....

here he comes to the finish line... GO ANGEL!

He did it :) Good job Angel!!

A few minutes after Angel finished, the kids triathlon started. The race coordinator made an executive decision to forego the swim at the beginning since there were a couple of little kids competing and the weather was turning even colder. So they started on their bikes.

On your mark, get set, GO!!!!! And they're off!

Here comes Grace, getting ready to cross the finish line in 1st place!

Keep going Dallas! Woo-hoo! You did it!

Wrong way Alec.... This Way to the finish!!

Taking pictures of the top 4 finishers....pay close attention to Alec's expression as he's standing next to Sawyer {the little girl who took 2nd}

"papa, she's touching me" "No, I won't smile, she's STILL touching me"

"Okay, this is much better, now I'll smile cause she's way over there"

A picture with Nana & Papa who came to cheer them on...

The four new triathletes of the family with their medals.

Angel won Top Finisher in his division

Grace won the trophy for Overall Win in the Kids Tri

...and now they've been bit by the Tri bug! They can't wait to do it again!

Meet Morris

This is Morris.....

He is soft...

He is cuddly...

He is sweet...

He lives with us now and we love him!

Awesome Michael Jackson Tribute Medley....

Even if you don't like Michael Jackson, you HAVE to watch this!

Anyone can appreciate the acapella harmonies...It's too cool!

{then scroll down for the new family post}

Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks {or kettle corn and licorice in our case :}

We took the kids to their first ever major league baseball game. It was a beautiful day, and ever since they got their jerseys they have been talking about going to a game, so when the Mariners took on the Anaheim Angels we decided it was as good a time as any to go. We opted for the the family pack {tickets, hot dogs and drinks} on the upper level knowing we probably wouldn't make it through the whole game. But we were thoroughly impressed with the kids attention level, given the fact that NEITHER team had scored a single run, even as we sang "take me out to the ball game" during the 7th inning stretch.

After Angel pointed out the camera man a few rows in front of us, Alec was intent on "being on the big TV" so he held up his sign that Grace made the WHOLE game hoping the man would film him. But alas, he did not...

We decided to call it a day, and I firmly believe in Murphy's law. As we were leaving and stopped on the 1st level for some pictures {see below}, we heard the whole stadium cheer as one of the Mariners hit a triple. We stopped on the concourse where we were and watched as the next up at bat hit a homerun bringing in 2 runs! So at least the kids got to cheer on the team and celebrate, unfortunately it didn't happen sooner :(

And for some odd reason unbeknownst to me, Michaelangelo the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle was on the 1st level concourse and the boys got to take a picture with him. {one of their favorite parts of the day}

As we were leaving the stadium we took some fun snapshots :)

We can't wait to go back!