Scofield Triathlon 2008

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Girls Camp and Scofield Triathlon

There's so much to say and little time to say it in. As some of you may know, I was called to be the camp director for our ward this year. We spent a wonderful week up at Heber Valley Girls Camp. We had a wonderful time, better then I expected. I'll write more about it later. I promise...

One of my favorite surprises was when Allen flew over our camp and did a wing tip to say hello.

After I got home from Girls Camp on Friday, I packed my bags and we headed to Scofield where we camped and ran in a triathlon. Allen did the Olympic distance and I did the Sprint distance. We both had a good time but our times were not good. Again, I'll tell you more about it later. I promise...

Alissa's Birthday Party

Don and his family are in town from Texas. We had a fun "Thomas" birthday party for Alissa. She got some great gifts.

Don, Alissa and Anna

Jakie and I climbing a tree

Allen and me sporting our "Thomas" the conductor's party hats

Karra & Jake

Anna & me

So far, my diet for the day consists of an apple, 4 donuts, cake and ice-cream. I'm glad I get to attend a nutrition seminar tonight put on by the tri club. I think I need it!

TOUR de DONUT

This was the best race of the season by far!
The weather was perfect, and we got to stop every 7 miles and eat as many donuts as we could.
It was a 21 mile bike course with two donut stops. For every donut that we ate and kept down they took three minutes off our time.
Bret, Noreen, Allen & Kim

Allen was the winner of our group, eating 10 donuts

Bret pounded down 8

Kim ate an impressive 5

I only ate 4, but had a very nice bike ride

Allen and I at the end of the race

Mmmmm donuts!
The winner ate 25 donuts bringing his total time to -3 minutes and 48 seconds

At the end of the race they had a Raffle. Allen, Bret & Kim all won something. I didn't walk away with anything except an extra eight pounds and a belly ache. Just kidding I had a lot of fun and at the end of the race I had a guy come up to me and thank me because he paced himself off me the entire race. I hope that's a good thing.
Allen won a massage

Bret won a bike computer

And Kim/Bryce won a hat, socks, and a bike tool
Bryce was our awesome photographer today

It was a fun race. One that we will have to do again for sure next year.

Busy week

I've got one week until girls camp. It's crunch time! Not only do I have girls camp that I need to get ready for next week but I have a big race this Saturday. Tour de Donut. That's right, it's a 21 mile bike race (3 loops) with two donut stations. For every donut that you can keep down they will take three minutes off your time. Eric did a test to see how long it would take to eat a donut to see if it would be worth it. The average time is about a minute and a half, but one of his co-workers was able to scarf a donut down in 45 seconds. It all depends on what kind of donuts they have and how strong our stomachs are feeling. So far I have Kim and Bret doing the race with me. I'm still working on getting some more support from the Timp Tri Club. Like I said, this week will be busy!

4th of July

This morning Allen and I went to Provo to see the hot air balloons with the Bushman's and the Rassmussen's.

Then we came home and planted our garden. I know we're a little late on that but we have been so busy that this was the first opportunity that we have had.
In box one we have:
A lot of carrotts, tomatoes, Marigolds, basil, thyme, lemon balm, green onions, lettuce, aztec verbana, cucumbers, and broccoli.

In box two we have:
Beets, onions, marigolds, sweet peas, spinach, lettuce, tuberous begonia, tomatoes, aloe, daisies, lavender, jalapeno peppers, and a hibotun cactus

After that I decided that I was going to make a cherry pie with some of the cherries from our tree. I got side tracked and ate every third cherry I picked.

After working on a bunch of camp stuff for a couple of hours we went over to my sisters house (Marri). The kids attacked Allen as soon as we got there. They love playing with him.
Quincy & Allen jumping on the tramp

Nathan and Allen hanging out together

We played a lot of relay games while we were there

BBQ Games

One of the games we played was where the kids had to shave the men. After we won the race it turned into a big shaving cream fight. McKenna even got attacked.

Smell of Summer

One of the things that has been hard for me this summer is being so white. After having major surgery due to some skin cancer last September, I have been pretty good at keeping myself either out of the sun or slathered in SPF 50. Because of this I have found a new favorite smell of summer...sunscreen. This picture just reminds me that I may never be tan again.

McKenna Olney

Adrianne Olney winning another challenge for the orange team

Allen did everything he could to help our team win

McKenna eating her first of two popicles of the night

Jen's cat (Ute) had kittens. Both Marri and Karra took one or more home. I would have loved to have taken one home but Allen is allergic. Playing with McKenna and the kitten reminded me of when I was her age, carrying cats around by the neck, not understanding what it meant to be gentle with them.