swim. bike. run.

Yesterday Mike participated in the long-awaited and much anticipated Spudman Triathlon in Burley, Idaho. We headed up to Idaho Friday afternoon and spent the night setting up Mike's transitions, eating the customary "carb dinner", and enjoying the cool night on the river front. We had fun camping on the golf course (where the triathlon was being held) Friday night along lots of other triathlon participants.

Mike's heat started at 7:20 so we got up early and had a small breakfast together before he suited up and waited his turn to take a swim in the nice cold Snake River. Kristi watched him take off and then walked down to see his swim to bike transition. After that she went to see his bike to run transition, and then a short while later the crowning moment, the crossing of the finish line! Mike finished in about 20 minutes less than he had been expecting, with a final time of 2 hours 40 minutes, so it was a big success for him. In total Mike traveled 31 miles: he swam 1 mile, biked 24 miles, and ran 6 miles. I (Kristi) am so proud of Mike for achieving his goal of doing a triathlon - he is amazing!

Here are some of the highlights from the event...

before the swim...

during the swim...
(I don't know which one is Mike - they all had the same caps)


crossing the finish line...
(despite much yelling at the guy in the orange he wouldn't move, so you can't see Mike very well, but he is the guy with white shoes crossing the finish line...)


Mike, Canny (the bike), and his Spudman Medal...


the happy couple...

Wait, Wait...

There is a great radio program on NPR called Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. It is on every Saturday at 11 a.m. on KUER 90.1 (in Utah), or you can do it the easy way and subscribe to their podcast on iTunes. Anyway, we love this show because it makes fun of all politicians and world figures, has hilarious unheard news stories, and is always very educational and funny. So if you get a chance, listen to a show!

A day in Park City and Gotham City...

Last Saturday we did our annual Park City trip with Bob and Cassandra, and it was perfect! Mike and Bob mountain biked at Deer Valley while the girls hit the outlets, lunched, and strolled the amazing bookstores and shops on Main Street. After the mountain biking and shopping we did an early dinner at Cafe Sabor in Park City . It was delicious, despite the fact that we were asked to sit on the patio (in 90 degree weather) because the boys were covered in dirt. After dinner we got cleaned up and took Maggie and Sammi, Bob and Cassandra's dogs, to the dog park, which was way fun, and made us want a dog even more.

After the dog park Mike and I went to see The Dark Night at Jordan Commons (we love Jordon Commons because you can reserve your seats, so we showed up 10 min. early and still had great seats!). Seeing The Dark Night was definitely the highlight of the day - it is the best Batman movie by far! Christian Bale is phenomenal (even better than in Batman Begins), and Heath Ledger just blows you away as the Joker. I don't think there was anything that Mike and I didn't like. If you haven't seen it, it is a must see.