First Day of First...

I can't believe Kennedy started All-Day-School today. Whoa. I have been sitting here thinking about her all day, wondering how she has been...did she find her friends and class right away this morning? Did she carry her lunch tray ok? How did the recesses go? I can't believe my girl is going to be gone for this much of the day, for the rest of her school days. I miss her! I know she will do so great in school this year. She is so kind and nice, and already is an awesome reader. OK, I'm just trying to make myself feel better. I'm going out to wait for the bus now....

Correction...

My time was 2 hours, 7 minutes. Just sayin' is all... :)

And it was the sprint distance triathlon. The Olympic distances are 1 mile swim, 24 mile bike, and 6 mile run. Yeah, no thanks.

The biggest RUSH...

See Shelli finish the Rush Triathlon with her friends!
WOO HOO!
My time was 2 hours 9 minutes. Not bad for my first go!

Me, Lisa-Marie, Jaci, and Chris - do we look happy or what?

We thought our body markings were cool - right calf: age, left calf and right bicep: race number

We decided to do this about 8 weeks ago. We trained and trained and trained some more. I got up in the wee still-dark hours a lot. I did things I didn't think I could do and went farther than I thought I could go.

It paid off.
The day before, I was ready. Excited. Nervous, but ready. Kinda sad no one was coming to watch.

Then, my parents sent flowers. It was so unexpected, I got a little misty-eyed.

Then, at about 9:30 the night before there was a knock on the door, and standing there was every one of my Chambers sisters. Yeah, I was a LOT misty-eyed. I'm having technical difficulties and can't get the pictures of my AMAZING cheering section to get to the computer, but, take my word for it, they were awesome. I can't believe how much they inspired me and made me want to finish with a smile. They stayed for lunch and then had to drive all the way (2.5 hours for some, 4.5 for others) back home. Kim, Trina, Meg, Laney, and Cristen: You gals do not know what that meant to me. "Thanks" doesn't cover it.

This. Was. Awesome. I will do it again.

Finally - Goats on a Boat!

Our lake has an island in the middle that the kids love to "explore" on. It's not that big, maybe an acre. Dustin has a friend who raises goats and he has been talking about getting some for a while. I really wasn't that into the idea, I think goats are funny to watch, and the babies are cute, but I really didn't want to have any of my own. Well, the island has been getting a little overgrown with weeds and thistle, and since apparently goats eat anything, Dustin decided that would be the perfect thing to clean it up. So here he comes home one day with two goats in the back of the truck.

Kennedy was excited, Hudson was not so sure about them. They were bleating quite loudly...

So, as you had probably guessed, the island really is surrounded by water. The only way to get there, even if you are a goat, is by boat. Paddle boat, in our case...

I was almost laughing too hard to take pictures.

Of course we named them....

Sally would let the kids pet her, but no matter how much Hudson yelled "MATER! Get OVER here! I want you to eat this grass from out my hand!" this was as close as Mater would get, then he leaps away. It's pretty funny....

So we now have goats on the island. It's actually a really great place for them to be. They are eating all the weeds, and we can't see or hear them unless we want to. Hope this story brought a smile to your face!

I know it's been a REALLY long time...

A month and a half, actually, but who's counting? I'll catch up sometime. Or maybe not. Maybe you'll all just have to guess at the absolute whirlwind that was our lives during the month of July...and half of August.



Anyway, here is something new! We had the funnest FHE with our friends the Jensens the other night. Lisa-Marie is, like, the funnest mom ever and makes Zucchini boats with her kids every summer...I know, what a great idea! Like you are seriously going to eat those monsters...

Anyway, we did a short lesson on Noah's Ark...

(it was something like this: L-M:"Noah asked Heavenly Father for help when he had to build the ark because it was really hard. Is there anything that is hard for you to do that you could ask Heavenly Father for help with? Kennedy: "Yeah, like when I'm cleaning my room or need help finding something." Unfortunately, in the immortal words of Jami, "finding stuff" is not one of her talents...)
And then we made the arks!

*the band-aid is from a bad scooter accident on Friday night. Didn't need stitches, but it was questionable...can't believe we've been this lucky with this little wild child...wouldn't that band-aid drive you nuts? It totally makes the situation bearable for him though...poor little monkey...

We even put animals in the arks. Hudson could not resist tasting his first....

And here comes the flood...

It was a great night, thank you to the Jensens for the fun time!

* A great night except for the flat tire I got on my bike later that evening about 8 miles from home....sorry about the not-even-half a ride we got to do, Lisa-Marie. All right, look, I'm just going to break it to you. I'm doing a sprint triathalon, here in Rexburg, it's on Saturday, and I'm ready...We can partly blame the lack of blogging on all the training. It's been awesome, I promise I'll post on Sunday all about it.

Oh, and I just have to say...

Kennedy has scored at least 2 goals in each of her 3 soccer games this season. Let's just say we are doing our part to make sure DQ does not feel the recession. Go Kennedy! That's her right up there in the front of the pack... We are so proud of you!