Aquathon

The first aquathon of the season was tonight. Both boys did the 1st race of a 400 meter run, 100 meter swim, 400 meter run. I did not run because I wanted to take pictures and I have a chest cold. Hunter won his age group with a time of 6:01. He improved his time by 1 minute compared to last year. Running is not his strong event but he made up for it in the swim. Brody also won his division with a time of 8:43. He was able to improve 20 seconds as compared to last year. He got a little confused in the pool and started to do another 25 meters but realized that he should have gotten out so he turned around. He was able to make up some time in the run. Brody is more a distance athlete where Hunter is more of a sprinter. They both had a good time and got blue ribbons for their efforts.

When we got there to sign up, there were a few people who came up to me and asked where Joe was. When I told them that he would not be here, they would laugh and tell me that now they had a chance at winning. I think the 13 year old that was the overall winner of the longer race would have given Joe a good race.
The boys and I before the race

Game faces

Hunter's first run

Getting out of the pool after swimming 100 meters

Putting shoes on with wet feet is not an easy task
Brody before the race

The first lap, heading into the pool

In the pool doing 100 meters

Climbing out and trying to find his shoes

Getting the shoes on

Heading out on his last 400 meter run

Finishing strong

A sprint to the finish. You can see Hunter in the background, he went back to run a little with Brody.

Almost forgot to tell everyone, Brody lost his 2nd tooth the other day. He is now working on number 3!!

Hunter goal kick

Last one, I promise. This is from soccer season when Hunter scored on a penalty kick. No, that is not be screaming on the video.

Video...Finally

Okay, everyone who is not on Facebook, I hope you can see this video. He is swimming against older kids but did very well. There is an aquathon on Tuesday (run, swim, run) and I told Brody I would get him on video. Enjoy.

Summer Swim Season

Coming off the starting blocks.

It is that time of year (again) where Hunter hits the pool. He will tell you he doesn't like it but I think he really does! He is still in the 8 and under group for the awards but can compete against any age. The lane assignments are based off of times, not age. In one of his events, he was swimming next to a 48 year old and the other side he had a 13 year old. Yes, I could have swam at the meet because I swim Masters but who would have taken the pictures?
Doing the Butterfly.

More fly


He swam butterfly for the first time. It was a 25M swim and he did it in 28.90. Then he did the 100M freestyle in the time of 1:33.76 and then the 50M free in 42.22
All of his times were good and he seemed pleased with them. Next week is an aquathon for both boys, I'll be sure to take pictures.
Coming strong into the wall (finishing the fly)


The boys and I are going camping the week after the 4th with some friends. Then we are going to try and Space A (space available) to Guam. We picked Guam because there are always lots of flights going there, it is still a tropical island and they have stores like the states. I think the boys will just be happy to get off this island.
Doing the 25M kick board. All 10 and under have to do this event.

Joe and I will celebrate our anniversary on the 26th. It seems like he is always gone somewhere on our anniversary! The boys and I will go out to eat and then see a movie. They tell me that they are going to pay but we will see.
Finishing the freestyle.
Joe says it is hot there. It was 120 the other day. I thought he would have stopped running due to the heat but I guess he just gets up earlier in the morning to run.

Brody, Sophia, Trevor (Sophia is from his soccer team)


It was field trip day for the kindergartners at school. All 5 classes went to the zoo and wonder museum. The day started off over cast with a light mist. We went into the wonder museum first. We had the whole place to our selves. Most of the classes went to the zoo first because it was not raining. The boys spent about 1.5 hours in the museum and then we headed out to the zoo. We got to the first cage and it started to rain. Brody had his rain boots and a rain coat and all I had was a Thomas the Train umbrella. We saw the zoo in record time! Brody wasn't too upset because he had gone to the zoo over spring break!



Brody and his buddies in the large chair. They thought this was the coolest thing. They had a huge donut and coffee on the table next to the chair.


Here is Brody having fun in the small chair!




Although you really can't tell but the picture below is Brody's face! They have a huge board of the plastic pegs to make designs and this was entertainment for about 15 minutes. The boys were thinking of everything to make a mold of. I didn't take the picture but there was one of someones bum!!




Hunter's class went to Macaroni Grill for their field trip that day. Don't ask me how Macaroni Grill is an educational experience! The boys are signed up for baseball but that won't start until August. Swim team is in full swing. Practices are M,T,W, TH for Hunter 3-5. He is starting to complain that he doesn't have time to play with anyone. Jordan, his friend, is on the team but doesn't swim the same level as Hunter so they don't get to see each other. Today is Joe's birthday. The boys and I will celebrate with a cake, okay I everyone knows Joe doesn't like cake especially Chocolate cake but I am doing this for the boys!!

Final Soccer game!

I hit the button too many times so I think this is the third time you are getting this. Yes, I know there was nothing on the page the first time- got too excited when I was typing. Also I changed the background to make it easier to read!


The final soccer game was last weekend. Brody had the first game and Hunter was suppose to play later in the day. They couldn't find a team for Hunter to play so we ended up with only one game. Thank goodness!! It was hot and humid. Brody scored a goal. He will give you a very detailed play by play but I will sum it up for him. He was further out from the goal, he kicked it, the goalie went to kick it (instead of using her hands), missed it and it went in. I think Brody gave everyone including the other team a high five. It truly is a joy to watch him score a goal!! Now if we could only get Hunter to show that kind of excitement.


We are now onto baseball and swim. Swim team will start for Hunter on June 1st. Brody is too young to be on the team but swims with me on the weekends. Brody just passed his swim test, which will allow him to swim in the pool without me having to be in the water! Baseball sign ups are also on June 1st. Both boys will be playing again. We are going to try and age Hunter up one group. Over here, 8 year olds still play Coach pitch, back in CA, he would be playing kid pitch. We will try and see if he can do it, I am sure he will do fine but you never know.
Brody, Hunter and Jordan showing off the basketball shirts.

After talking with Julie (sister-in-law) on the phone, I decided to take a picture of my rash!! It looked like ringworm, it acted like ringworm but the doctor doesn't know what it was. This picture isn't even the worst of it. When I first got it, my entire forearm was covered in bumps and red marks. I haven't mowed the lawn since. It has actually been raining. Everyone who really knows me, knows that I am too cheap to hire someone to cut the lawn when I can do it myself!!


It has been 107-113 in Afghanistan. Joe says it is a dry heat. He called to tell me that David Beckham was there (soccer player). I told him to get a picture of him for me but he said he didn't have his camera on him! What is he thinking??? The camera should be the second thing he puts on, right after the flack jacket!! We have parties all this weekend so no cooking for me!

New Post!!!

Hunter and his friend Jordan. Most people think that I have 3 boys. Jordan spends a lot of time at our house!


I haven't posted anything in awhile so I thought I would send out a quick note. The very last soccer game got cancelled last weekend so we are going to try again this weekend. The boys are ready to be done with soccer. It is starting to get really hot and humid here so outside play isn't there favorite thing right now. I have been mowing the lawn. Joe says I can get a lawn ninja but I think I am trying to prove to myself that I can do it all while he is gone. Well, I might be calling the lawn ninjas! As I was cutting the grass almost 2 weeks ago, I kept getting bit by tiny bugs. I kept going and even "trimmed" the bushes. Okay...I hacked them up so bad that if they wanted to grow back, we will be gone before that happens!! A couple days after, I noticed a rash on my arm. Just the left arm. Of course, I itched it and it spread! I didn't go into the doctor because I knew it was just a rash! On Tuesday (a week and a half after mowing the lawn) I was working in the clinic and had one of the docs look at it. She said it was contact dermatitis. She prescribed me drugs and off I went. As luck would have it, the rash didn't go away but turned into a ring!! With my experience in athletic training, I knew it could only be one thing...ringworm. I know you can't get it from mowing the lawn. I went back to the doc and she gave me something else (treating it like ringworm) so hopefully this takes care of it. I am seriously considering a lawn ninja!

I am not going to post a picture of my arm but I do have a few from past soccer games. School is ending on the 17th of June. Swim practice starts for Hunter on June 1st and Brody will continue to take lessons. More pictures later.