A few things...

Ok, so it has been a little bit since I have posted. Go figure:)
I posted pictures of Lily on her first day back to school but failed to post one of my little dude:( Here he is...

What a huge improvement from last year! He is LOVING preschool and is so happy when we drop him off and when we pick him up. It took until the last couple of weeks of the school year last year for him to not have a total meltdown when we dropped him off for the day. Now he just waves and smiles! It makes me so happy:)
We had a really great visit in Santa Barbara with my family. Jack stayed home and held down the fort so it was just the kiddos and myself. Lily wanted to do all the chores at Grandma's including brushing the horses, feeding all the animals, picking avocados and making pancakes with Grandpa. Dad (and Lily) made us the BEST peanut butter pancakes on Sunday morning and Mom made us delicious dinners both nights (one being her famous pesto pizza...DELICIOUS). We are always well fed and spoiled when we go up there and it is never long enough. We spent one afternoon at the beach and Mom took both kids out on the paddle board, what an experience! And Jennie and I took the boards out as well. She is a pro but it was the first time for me so I fell in several times but it was still a lot of fun. Lily said she wanted to live there so I guess she had a good trip:) I am waiting for Dad to send pictures and I will post some. Here are a few that Jennie sent me:

ps- oh how I love my brother Kyle and his doll of a significant other, Jennie. They are amazing with the kids and so fun to be around!

Back at home...yesterday Laura and I did the Tri Rock triathlon. What an experience! Erin was so nice to come pick me up at 4:45 am and we followed Laura and Mark down to the Embarcadero. It was only my second tri and Laura's first so we were pretty much newbies. The swim start was a bit painful, having to jump in the freezing (not literally) water at 7 am and tread water for 5 minutes until our start. Laura came out of the water first and we started on the bike together. Of course she kicked my butt on the bike and was already out of the transition area when I came in. I somehow caught her on the run and we finished w/in a few minutes of each other. So fun! Will definitely be doing another one. As for Laura, as we were leaving she said "well, I can cross that one of my bucket list!" I bet I can talk her into doing another one...Again, waiting for pictures from my sis but here are some from Laura: