Vineman 2011

Last weekend was one of the weekends I look forward to all year.  Jason participated in the Vineman triathlon again this year and we rented the same house we rented last year.  This year Jason and his dad did a relay.  Jason swam the 2.4 miles, and biked the 112 miles, then his dad ran the marathon.  It was kind of sucky because we left Thursday and Jason was sick with a cold.  Like SO sick, poor guy.  Friday he felt better, still not 100% but better.  That morning we all went and got breakfast and wouldn't you know it a few hours later and into the night Jason got food poisoning and was really sick.  He hardly ate anything Thursday and Friday, except for the omelet that gave him food poisoning.  I really encouraged him to just bow out of the race.  Normally you are eating a lot to prepare for the race, not only had he not eaten anything, but he was throwing up most of Friday.  He got up Saturday morning, was sick that morning, but decided to try the swim since it is the easiest part for him and then see how he felt.  Well he finished the swim in an hour and nine minutes (a PR for him) and finished the bike as well.  His dad was worried about the run since his calf had been bothering him during training, but he finished feeling great (as great as you can feel after running 26.2 miles).  They did great!

The rest of us had a great time.  Thursday before we headed to the house we spend some time at Spring Lake Regional Park.  The kids and I had fun walking around with my parents, enjoying the nice weather and picking blackberries.  That night we just hung out and watched a movie (The Social Network, which I really liked).  Friday we went and got breakfast, and walked around downtown Windsor.  We spent the rest of the day in the pool.  It was nice to just relax.  That evening we cooked the lasagna we had prepared and brought with us, and had Ollie's 3rd birthday party.  We had told Ollie that Friday was his birthday (it was really Sunday), so all day he was the birthday boy.  I can't believe my baby is 3.  We love him more everyday, he is such a crack up.

Saturday some of us headed out to watch Jason finish the swim and transition to the bike.  And the rest of the day was spent swimming and taking occasional breaks to run down the driveway and cheer on Jason and John.  It was a great weekend with almost all of both mine and Jason's families.  I really appreciate that our families can hang out together.  I can't wait for next year!

The typical pool scene.

Chrissy, Nathan, Letty and Jen.

My dad, Jason, and Max relaxing.

Lys and Letty jumping.

Jan, Ezra and Jen enjoying the hot tub.

Me, floating with my boys.

Chrissy and her kids.  I wish Dave could have been there with us :(

Max and his papa he is named after (Glen is my dad and Max's middle name).

What?  This is typical of Max.  He LOVES to eat and rub food in his hair, nbd.

These pics are stuck together for some reason.  Mom and dad.  Our moms were so helpful on this trip.  I felt like I was constantly feeding, bathing, napping, changing etc my children the whole time so they really stepped up and prepared and cleaned up dinner each night, and I really appreciated it.  

Ollie LOVES his papa John, he was so excited to see him.

Aunt Shelley pushing Ollie on the swing set.

Ezra is such a happy, smily kid.

Ollie wanted a "Tangled" birthday cake, so we ordered one and asked them to use more green and blue and less pink and purple.  And he loves the horse from Tangled (he calls him "that funny horse") so I spent a lot of time searching for a white horse I could put on the cake and finally found one at Michaels.  He was pretty happy.

Jason and I with our sweet birthday boy.

The party scene.

Jason finishing the swim.

Starting the bike.

Some of us heading down the driveway of our place to watch John.

Sisters.

Paul, Amy and Clara came up on Saturday to hang out and support Jason.  It was so nice of them and we loved having them around.

The bike finish and the run finish were at the high school which is about a mile from our house, so we walked there to see Jason finish the bike and John start the run.

Jason ran the last mile in with John.  Here they are coming down the homestretch.

Father and son.  Way to go guys!!