24 hrs and beyond

hyena for the safari to kenya project

 I am going to try to get caught up.  yesterday i was looking and realizing its been a long time and then amy sent me a note this morning noticing that it has been a long time and every time i get an inkling to post an update i am over whelmed by the amount of stiff i need to update!  so i am breaking it down. school is out!  has been out now for a month and a 1/2 or more.  thank the baby jesus because i had had about enough of the kids being in school. 

there are lots of mayo options in the spokane

 we went to spokane for the 24 hour race.  i have never gone out there for it.  eric has done it many times, i just haven't ever.  the last time he did it i had just had the brain surgery. i was supposed to go that time, but it didn't work out.  so i was pretty excited.  time flew by.  i caught some cheaters, and i did my 4 hrs of volunteer work from 8pm-12am in the timing tent.  OMG - most stressful job ever.  won't volunteer for that one again, that is for sure!  got a few hours of sleep and then it was the next day.  all in all it was quite fun and wouldn't mind going again next year - maybe even racing it.  but not sure. 

yogurt eatin', wife lovin'

blueberry pankcakes

obligatory leiderhosen latte shot

winners winners chicken dinners

more reasons i was happy school was out for the summer - science fair.  exhausting!  great project and presentation but it seriously tested my limits!!

 we visited the open house open house at the Puget Sound Goat Rescue.  I am contemplating doing some volunteer work for them.  i'd like to get a goat, but you need two or you need to get a horse.  we definitly don't have room for a horse, but maybe two small goats.  but not sure the HOA would approve.  so we went to check it out.  goat butts are weird.  i don't understand them.

sirus wears his shirt backwards because he says it looks better that way.

 i started doing some hiking.  there has been the poo poo point, the west tiger summit, the rattlesnake ridge and then some hikes in leavenworth too.  the kids have done them all.  they are troopers.

le poo poo

 i was pretty grossed out at rattle snake ledge.  maybe its just because it was 784612641 degrees, but the people were just gross.  there was so much trash along the trail, and so many poop bags.  it was disgusting.  the hike itself was good and i was surprised at the top, i just hope next time its not so gross.

this guy's reaction at the top of rattle snake "wow!  this view is amazing!!"

tippy top of leavenworth before the july fires  :(

 lacrosse season came to an end.  we hurried back from a long weekend away so that seamus could go to her team picnic.  it was fun to see her interact with the girls and i was impressed by her diving skills!  who knew she could do flips off of a diving board!  not sure where she learned that one!  i am excited for her to play lacrosse again.  she is so good at it and she really seemed to enjoy it!

 i did the Sturdy Dirty Enduro and my assessment is that enduros are weird.  i have never done one before and i got in at the last minute by taking over someone's entry since it was sold out.  i was worried since they were doing all these clinics and pre rides and whatever and i was like, uh, i am going to go ride my bike down hill and be timed.  do the race consisted of 4 timed sections and then you rode between the timed sections.  there was a lot of waiting around.  it was super supportive, everyone was really nice, they had about a billion search and rescue guys there ready to save me if i got lost, and all in all it was fun.  i was happy to see trish from the days of xterra, and got to ride with her.  i went faster than i was comfortable with and actually went over quite a few things that looking back, i am like there is no way i am going to do that again!   i was plenty happy with how i did, but i am not sure i will do another enduro, i think i would rather just go ride with my friends.

cakes at the end of the race.  i ate like 4 of those pink cakes in the front.  not slices, but entire cakes- pink lemonade flavor. 

this is the current story of my life.  i will give a health update at some point, but for now, lets just say i can hear myself getting fatter.