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SPRING BREAK IN MAUI . DAY 8 . HONUA KAI POOL TIME AND RETURN HOME

3/24/2022

Well, all good things usually come to an end at some point. Today was our last full day in Maui and we lived it up at the resort swimming in the pool for the first time all week. Madeline was overjoyed with her flamingo floatie and had a blast in the lazy river. Since we had a red-eye flight back to Colorado we took advantage of all that we could at the resort and spent the entire day playing in the pool, eating at Duke's for dinner, and walking along the boardwalk one last time. On our drive to the airport, we even stopped along the way to enjoy our last sunset. Our week in Maui couldn't have been more perfect. I hope it's not too long before we return to this island for some more fun in the sun!

Exercise in January

1/27/2022

This month started out so well with my running, biking, and swimming. I was determined to make this my best year ever and be more consistent not only with my cardio but also with strength training and core exercises. I ran on the Santa Fe trail with the Striders and then another day with Dionne and Caryn, I ran the loop at the Pineries, I did a track workout at the CC track, a bike ride up and around Garden of the Gods, a swim at Flying Horse and ran in the 2nd race during the Winter Series. Then I started getting signs of passing a kidney stone. The next week I took it easy and didn’t run much. The following weekend I thought I was better so I did High Drive with Caryn and although I had such a good time, this run was almost more than my body could handle. I got sick after that and couldn’t exercise at all.

Girls Swim Day at Flying Horse

6/5/2021

While the boys are away, the girls play! We grabbed some friends and headed over to Flying Horse to swim and eat dinner by the pool. The older girls took turns playing with Madeline in the water while I read my book in the shade. It’s nice to have good kids who are willing to help with the younger one. After an hour of uninterrupted time, I took my turn with Madeline and played in the water with her. She loved the kiddie pool with all the spouts and other kids running around. We loved relaxing at the pool and eating yummy food. It was a great way to spend the day together.

Madeline's Swimming lessons

9/24/2020

With all the new restrictions with COVID I decided it was best to not take Madeline back to ballet. I knew that she still needed a fun activity to participate in so I signed her up for private swim lessons at PPA. Her instructor, Carolyn, is simply the best. She is so good with Madeline. Madeline has improved so quickly. She can lay on her back and float without any problems, kick with straight legs, blow bubbles in the water, put her face sideways in the water, go under the water, and can scale across the wall on the side of the pool. She loves her new purple goggles and she can put them on all by herself. When we get to her lessons, she is like a maniac trying to get her clothes off so fast so that she can go swim. She looks forward to her lessons every week. I'm so excited that we found something that Madeline absolutely loves. I hope she will continue to love swim like her older siblings do.

Training for XTERRA In June

6/29/2020

Since our race at XTERRA Beaver Creek was still a go in June, Mike and I spent a lot of time working hard and putting in the time to bike, swim and run. We often had to double up 2-3 days a week in order to fit it all in but we both enjoyed being able to bike and swim together. Some of our favorite rides this month were biking at Rampart Reservoir and Staunton State Park. We even fit in some Red Rock rides and some road biking on the Cottonwood Creek trail and up into Cordera and Wolf Ranch. We felt blessed to be able to swim at Flying Horse 2-3 days a week and really enjoyed our mornings swimming together. The only thing we didn’t do together was run. I ran mostly with Dionne and Caryn and we followed many of the Striders workouts. I ran at Garden of the Gods, Barr Trail, Bear Creek Park, High Drive, and Black Forest Section 16. I didn’t get in as many runs as I would have liked since my foot was still healing but I got in enough hard runs keep up my endurance. It was a really great month of training!

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Training for XTERRA Beaver Creek

5/28/2020

With our XTERRA Beaver Creek triathlon only two months away and still scheduled to happen both Mike and I spent a great deal of time this month getting in our biking, swimming, and running. Luckily Flying Horse opened up their swim lanes by reservation only on May 11th. We swam three days, biked twice and ran 3-4 times every week. We had fun swimming together and biking at Red Rocks, Stratton Open Space, Black Forest Section 16 and the occasional road bike on the Cottonwood Creek Trail. It has been nice to have a race to work towards, even though in the back of our minds we know at any time it could be cancelled. What’s even better is that we have been able to train together. I’m so glad Mike and I like doing the same things!

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VisitING Andrew in Rexburg . Days 1-2

2/27/2020

Mike and I decided last minute that it would be a nice thing for me to fly out and visit Andrew at college for a few days. I flew into SLC and rented an SUV and drove the 3 ½ hours to Rexburg. I got in @ 6:00pm and checked into my hotel. Then I stopped by Andrew’s apartment and picked him up. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he had shaved but his hair was oh so long. It was probably the longest and most unruly hair I had ever seen on him. I guess he wouldn't be a college student if he weren't a little disheveled. I took him to Idaho Falls so that we could enjoy a nice meal at the Copper Rill. Our dinner was outstanding. We were so full that we didn’t even get dessert which is crazy because we both love dessert.

copper rill

The next day we both slept in and that was glorious. Andrew didn’t have class until the early afternoon, so we spent the day having fun at Fat Cats. First, we bowled and that was a riot. I bowled a lot in my youth, and I was pretty good, but Andrew totally won. Then we played glow in the dark golf and I destroyed that game! Then it was on to VR. Andrew played Super-Hot and I played Beat Saber. I never thought VR could be so much fun, but it was a blast and it made me want to go out and buy a VR console. We ended our time at Fat Cats by playing the arcade games. We each had $10 on our cards and we moved through that in less than 30 minutes. We played ski ball, air hockey, terminator, the classic car game, throw the ring on the bottles, and some other lesser known games. We had fun and at the end we combined our tickets and bought some candy! I don’t think you are ever too old to play arcade games!

We headed to Gator Jacks for lunch so that Andrew could introduce me to the famous sandwich he gets there frequently. I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. I splurged and got us the funnel cake fries and they were delicious. I dropped Andrew off at his apartment and then headed to Crumbl to grab some of their famous big cookies and went back to the hotel to chill out for the remainder of the afternoon.

fat cats

GATOR JACKS AND CRUMBL COOKIES

A little before 5:00pm I headed back over to BYU-Idaho to watch Andrew swim at his swim meet. It was so fun to watch him bond with his teammates and to swim his events. He only swam freestyle during this meet but that was ok because it was just fun to watch him swim again. I don’t think I will ever get sick of watching Andrew swim. After his meet we headed over to Righteous Slice and ate the best margarita pizza and devoured the Nutella filled calzone together. We enjoyed the live music and then called it a night.

SWIM MEET - TEAM KNIGHTS

RIGHTEOUS SLICE

KELSCH 50TH REUNION . BEAR LAKE

7/13/2019

Bear Lake is a lot bigger than I had expected. We were so excited to spend the morning playing at the lake. We headed over first with our kids and got the sunshade set up, so we had a cool place to sit while the kids played in the water. We brought the three kayaks that were sitting in the garage of the big house and the kids all took turns going out exploring in them. Mike headed over with Peter and rented a jet ski and each of the kids took turns going for a ride. It was hilarious watching the girls bob up and down as Mike did donuts in the water. I wasn’t sure if they would love it or freak out. They love it and asked to go again and again. I must admit that I was a little freaked out when we got going above 40 miles/hour but boy was it a rush. Eventually everyone else from the house showed up at the lake for some fun. Everyone took turns on the kayaks but only our kids ended up wanting to go on the jet ski.

Swimming at Flying Horse

6/28/2019

We all love swimming at Flying Horse in the summertime. It is hardly ever crowded and there are lots of fun things for the kids to do. With two different pools, a waterslide, a kid’s water playground, and a sand volleyball court, the kids are never board when we go there to swim. Madeline loved walking around the water playground and although she wasn’t really into climbing up the stairs and getting sprayed in the face with water, she did love the various waterspouts spraying straight up out of the water. She did go down the slide a few times, but the slide was so fast that she just flew off the end of the slide and it hurt her little bottom. She did, however, go down the big kid waterslide with Emma and Peter a few times. She did love that but her favorite thing was actually just sitting and laying in the shallow water or having someone hold her in the big pool.

SPRING BREAK IN MAUI . DAY 8 . HONUA KAI POOL TIME AND RETURN HOME

Exercise in January

Girls Swim Day at Flying Horse

Madeline's Swimming lessons

Training for XTERRA In June

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Training for XTERRA Beaver Creek

VisitING Andrew in Rexburg . Days 1-2

copper rill

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GATOR JACKS AND CRUMBL COOKIES

SWIM MEET - TEAM KNIGHTS

RIGHTEOUS SLICE

KELSCH 50TH REUNION . BEAR LAKE

Swimming at Flying Horse

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