Wildflower 2009

This weekend Jason participated in the Wildflower triathlon. He did the Long Course (Half Ironman), which is a 1.2 mile swim, followed by a 56 mile bike ride, and then a 13.1 mile run. He did so awesome. His lofty goal was 6 hours and he came in just under that. He has trained so hard and I am so proud of him. I also think this has alleviated his desire to do a full Ironman anytime in the near future.

Jason had lots of supporters. His mom, my mom, and my little sister joined us for the weekend. The triathlon was at Lake San Antonio, which is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. The closest town is about an hour away, so everyone who comes camps out. We rented an RV, which was so fun. We got there Friday afternoon and left Sunday afternoon. Jason's tri was on Saturday. Since we were so close to Cal Poly there were lots of young, crazy people around, which made for a good atmosphere. On Saturday after the race a large group of Cal Poly students (both male and female) participated in the "Naked Run" around the campgrounds. I think the name of the run pretty much sums it up, needless to say we had a lot of fun watching that! I will refrain from posting pictures (because you KNOW I have pictures) ;-).

Ollie and I outside the RV getting ready to cheer on Jason

Jason (waving) just out of the lake heading up the ramp to transition to the bike ride

Starting the bike portion of the race

We were able to see Jason get into the water, and then we waited the 35 minutes or so it took him to do the swim portion and then we were able to see him start the bike ride. After that we headed back to camp, Ollie took a nap, we ate lunch and made Jason some posters. It was really fun because our campground was on the running course around the 8th mile. So we were able to watch and wait for Jason to come by. After that we headed back down to the finish line just in time to see him finish. We actually saw him a lot considering how long the race was, I didn't expect to see him as much as we usually do.

This is us walking back to the finish line with our posters, with the beautiful lake in the background. Let me just say the "walk" to and from the event to our campground was INTENSE!! And doing it with an additional 20 lbs of extra weight on the front of me was tough. It was good to get some exercise and I can't complain too much because Jason had to bike and run this same hill during the race.

Jason coming through the finish chute, he looks pretty good considering what he had just been through!

So proud of my husband!

Ollie was more interested in eating the poster than holding it up for his dad.

All of us, notice that Jason is the only guy (besides Ollie). Our dads were suppose to come but it didn't end up working out, so here is Jason and his women.

Hanging out, enjoying the perfect weather

Ollie decided to venture away from the group, he loved being outside getting dirty, and I just let him, I mean we were camping (sort of)

Apparently this book is riveting, Letty finished the whole thing over the weekend

Family picture during dinner, Ollie just went from person to person begging for food

Me, Letty and Mom

Jason enjoying one of the many booths

Ollies outfits says "Future Triathlete"

Our Moms

Me and my Mom

Watching the finishers of the Olympic distance race that was held on Sunday

Happy boys enjoying the sunshine

We had such a good weekend. Jason has felt really good after the race. I am just so amazed by him, he did such a great job. I'll let everyone know when the next one is in case anyone wants to come cheer him on, we always have lots of fun!!

Our Weekend

We had a great weekend. Friday evening Ollie and I met Jason at Apple for the "Beer Bash". Apple throws one of these once or twice a month. They have food and drinks and mingling. The theme was earth day so they were driving people around in these cool Aptera electric cars. Jason and Ollie just HAD to have their picture by one. After that we joined some friends on the Los Gatos trail for a nice evening walk. I'll explain the rest of the weekend with the pictures below.

Jason and Ollie with the cool electric car.

Jason and I were laying in bed Saturday afternoon listening to Ollie not sleep (through the monitor). Jason said "Man, I'm so tired, I wish I could go lay down in there with him, then maybe he would go to sleep AND I could get a nap". I told him to do it, so he did! It was so funny. They slept for 40 minutes like that.

Ollie has a little girlfriend Loden, although I have heard from a reliable source (her mother) that she has been flirting with other guys, but Ollie really cares for her so he let it go :-) Anyway, they decided to take their relationship to the next level by having the parents meet. So here we are at Mimi's having dinner.

Now onto the saddest part of the weekend. We sold Jason's motorcycle :-( We just never use it anymore, since we have a baby we can't just take off whenever we want. Here we are saying goodbye. Jason kept asking me if I was going to cry...I mean loved the thing, but come on, I'm not that sentimental!

Alaska

We're going to Alaska!!

Our friends Andy and Marissa were kind enough to invite us along on their Alaska trip this summer. They have be a few times and they are in LOVE with Alaska and assure us that we will feel the same way. We are excited for them to take us around. We leave on Ollie's 1st birthday (sad I know) and will be gone for 11 days. I'm a little nervous about leaving the baby for that long, but he will be with our parents so it should be fine. We fly into Anchorage, then we will be heading up to Denali National Park where we will see lots of wildlife and do some hiking. From there it is down to Ninilchik, a tiny town, where we will be staying in a cabin and king salmon and halibut fishing etc. We can't wait. And hopefully Ollie will forgive us for leaving him on his birthday. :)

Santa Cruz

Yesterday our friends invited us to a bonfire in Santa Cruz. We carpooled up with our friends John, Carolyn and Alexander (who is 5 weeks younger than Ollie). It was a gorgeous day, and we had a great time. Carolyn and I decided we need to make weekly trips to the beach since it is less than 30 mins away.

The boys asleep on the way to the BBQ

Our little family (Ollie loves sand, especially eating it)

Once we put Ollie's pacifier in he couldn't eat sand and rocks, so his second favorite thing was standing up against this tiki torch.

Holding it tight, and dancing around. His moves convinced us that if all else fails he could have a successful career as a pole dancer.

John, Carolyn and Alexander (not looking)

The boys sleeping on the way home.

The other day Ollie fell asleep with his head between his legs, it was so funny

Oliver is getting so big! He loves to feed himself, so we are moving on to lots of finger foods. If anyone has good, healthy suggestions for us that would be great. We have done Cheerios, bananas, whole wheat bread, Gerber puffs, freeze dried fruit, etc.

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Well I couldn't come up with a good title for this post because it is a compilation of everything we have done over the past few weeks.

A few months ago I did a blog post of me making baby food from scratch. Well Jason thinks he came up with a much better solution. Those huge Costco jars of beens and peaches cost about $3 each and make over 10 jars of baby food a piece. I must admit his idea does have some merit (like only taking 10 minutes to from start to finish) my baby food has more love in each jar :-)

Ollie loves going on runs/walks so I just had to snap a shot of his sweet little face.

It is hard to tell from the small picture but Jason was fixing something on his bike and Ollie grabbed one of the wrenches and began mimicking what Jason was doing, like father like son.

However he quickly decided that wrenches are best used as chew toys.

Ollie and I hung out by the pool the other day. I filled up his little bucket and let him splash around, he loved it.

Ollie has figured out how to open/close drawers and cupboards which has led to more than a few messes and ouches. Here he is caught in the act.

I think this one is so cute, I kept trying to get him to smile and every time the flash would go off he would blink, so cute!

We went up to our parents houses for Easter weekend and while there we had breakfast with our friends Scott, Amanda and Simon.

Simon is about 2 months older than Ollie. They were so cute together. I love this "oh" face Simon makes!

The real reason for going home this weekend was that I got my sister Letty and I tickets to see Britney Spears (for Letty's birthday). Our night was plagued with a few issues, but the concert was fun, and very entertaining.

Letty and I

Jason and Ollie on Easter

We went to my Aunt and Uncle's house for Easter. It was so fun to be with family.

We had a rousing game of volleyball

Ollie loved being outside and watching the game.

On Sunday I hadn't been feeling very well, but didn't think much of it. Just before we left, I threw up and then twice more on the trip home, as in, in the car, in a barf bag...it SUCKED! I think it was just a stomach flu, so I have been resting today and I pretty much feel better.

Sisters Rock

My sister and Alyssa came to visit us again, and this time they brought my other sister Letty. It was so fun. I love my sisters, and my niece. We have so much fun together. On Wednesday they met us at our church's park day, which Alyssa loved because she loves to play. Wednesday was Chrissy's birthday so I decorated our apartment, made her a cake, and we took her to dinner. Thursday Letty and I went running, then we went shopping and to the park by our house. That night we tried some recipes that Chrissy wanted to learn to make (mushroom crab melts and asparagus roll ups). Now that she is married, she can't wait to be all domestic. Friday we ran a few errands and then laid out by the pool at our complex. It was SOOO nice. Have I mentioned how much I love CA? Forget the fact that we had an earthquake on Monday ;-) Friday night Chrissy and Letty watched Ollie so Jason and I went to the Oakland temple together, it was so nice.

Anyway, my sister and her family are officially moving April 9th, I'm so sad. It was great to get to hang out one more time and I can't wait to go visit them really soon. Here are some pics of Alyssa and Ollie (cause honestly they are the only ones we took pics of). I should mention that each night while we were playing, Jason was setting up Chrissy's new computer, and replacing her brakes. He is seriously such a stud, I'm a lucky girl.

Best friends/cousins

We let Lys feed Ollie one night, she did a great job...

Ok maybe not but they had fun

Ollie was tuckered out after a day of shopping

Happy boy at the pool