Wednesday, August 20, 2008

300 Warriors

Brian participated in the 300 Warriors bike race last Saturday. Here's a little blurb about the race:

"On the fourth and most demanding day in "America's toughest stage race," 300 citizen warriors will precede the professional teams by 4 hours. Their goal: ride 98 miles and scale 14,778 vertical feet, a feat representing over 28% of the horizontal distance and almost half the climbing in the five-day Tour of Utah stage race. Finishing this ride is the equivalent to riding the Tour de France’s Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Télégraphe, Col du Galibier and Alpe d’Huez."

He finished it in about seven hours and said he burned about 6,000 calories! He also said it was the hardest thing he's ever done. We're so proud of him!!!

This map is hard to read, but basically the race started in Park City, then they went over to Kamas, back through Heber and Midway, then to the Alpine Loop, Traverse Mountain and up to Snowbird. If you've ever driven to Snowbird, you know how steep it is. Imagine biking up it after you've already biked 90 miles! Obviously, I have no comprehension of doing anything like it.

Friday, August 15, 2008

We have brick!

Hey, it looks like our house with our cars parked in the driveway! We'll most likely close the last week of August. All we need is landscaping, and we're good to go!

Summer Fun!




Bike riding!

Swimming with dad!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Happy Birthday Brian!

We celebrated Brian's birthday pretty much all weekend - yea! He turned the big 3-1 on July 25th. He loves the attention he gets on his birthday, but just don't mention the number! He went mountain biking Friday and Saturday morning (his gift to himself). We had sushi on Friday (his birthday lunch from me). He had Red Lobster on Saturday - his favorite restaurant. We saw Batman Saturday night (a week late - but worth the wait). And cake and presents in between! Happy b-day Bri!

We're down to the wire!

The house is almost done! It's painted, carpeted and tiled! The cabinets are almost all in. All we need is brick and landscaping! The builder is saying three weeks and we'll be in. Yea!

Vegas!

Brian and I went to Vegas with Angie and Eric for Eric's 30th birthday. It was his first time in Vegas! We had a great time. We got lucky with the weather - it was overcast and raining a little while we walked the strip. It was so fun to spend time with the Jelin's - we only see them twice a year, or so!

July 4th