THREE WEEKS!!!

Oh my I have slipped so far!  We traveled out to Utah and were there over the past two weekends, I took a computer so I could still write my blog while we were out there, and yet, I never did.  So I guess we'll have to do a little catching up.  Brooke's happy about that!

I don't really know a story to go with this other than I like her short sleeve hoody.

So for any of you who think we just took off to Utah for vacation it is important to know that Ragnar was a few weeks back, and that's really what was getting us out there in the first place.

It's always easy to look excited before you've started running.  For those of you who don't know Ragnar is a 200-ish mile relay race.  You have 12 people on your team, 6 people in 2 vans.  For the relay van 1 has each runner run a segment of the course, then they hand off to van 2 and get a few hours to relax before van 2 hands the slap bracelet back.  This continues for about 36 hours (for our team) with each person running 3 times.  In total you may run anywhere from 10 miles to 21 across your 3 runs (guess which end I was on...).

Here is Alyson starting us out.  Again, easy to look excited 20 feet into your first run.

At my first exchange I tried to hand off the bracelet to Andrew.  I hit the bracelet on his wrist, but it didn't twist up, and I was finishing quite fast, so I had to turn around to pass off the bracelet!

Here's a picture in the middle of the night.

And finally our team at the finish!  Phew!  Another year, another Ragnar in the books.  Really I do enjoy Ragnar, it's a lot of fun and a great way to spend time with family.  It's definitely something I look forward to each Summer.

Once Ragnar was over it was back to home to shower and relax. After that we went and hung out with Monica's family for the next few days, unfortunately I didn't get a single picture!  Brooke got to meet so many new family members she never knew, and mostly got along with. Here's her with Cameron who is only a month apart from her.

We also went out to Sweet's candy company for a tour, and some free candy samples.

And we headed to Alyson's house for some swimming!

Brooke sure liked getting dressed up in her swimming clothes.

Unfortunately she did not enjoy swimming.  We got her in the water and she promptly got all fussy and it was a very different experience than when we went to the rec center.

We also took a moment to grab a family picture, representing our favorite women's lacrosse team.

The week we were out there just so happened to be Monica's friend Ashley's wedding!  And of course, who else would she be marrying but Tyler who grew up in my neighborhood!  I was friends with Tyler's older brother Travis, who was my age, but small world that we both knew them!  We were even nice enough to give my mom a ride to the reception, since she was invited too!

And we snagged another picture together here, though Brooke was a bit less cooperative.

On the way home we stopped at Little America to feed Brooke, and I grabbed a picture of this sign.

As well as our appropriately sized parking spot!  I'm not sure Corolla's were the intended car when these lines were painted.

During this last week Brooke learned a new trick, and seemed a bit confused when she managed to collapse her play mat.

And while out in Utah, Monica and I went through my parents game closet to organize/clean it up.  We brought home a few games that we wanted that my parents had duplicates of, as well as a few they didn't... :)  One of our favorites was Water Works!  It's a really fun game where you try to lay a pipe line, but you can play leaks on each other's pipes that must be fixed before you can continue.

Good times indeed.  Well, there's a quick recap of what's been going on the last three weeks.  Now that we're back home I should be posting a bit more regularly.  Have a great week everyone!!