70.3

Your mind is a powerful thing, if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish nearly anything. This last Saturday Ry proved this by racing against himself in the Cache Valley Masochist Half Iron Man (he made up the name). He took first place overall, and last place overall. For all you unfamiliar with what a 70.3 (add up all the miles to get this number) entails let me tell you.

First- You swim 2200 yards or 1.2 miles (34 minutes). In a normal sized pool you would swim down and back, and do that 44 times. Ba swam with Ry to keep him motivated. I can swim faster but Ry has better flip turns so it worked out well. The picture is not Ry because the guy doesn't have a mega farmer tan.


Second is a 56mile bike ride (3 hours even). Patrick, our brother-in-law, joined Ry for part of the bike.

Third is a half marathon run (13.1 miles - 1hr 49min). A friend of Ry's named Ryan ran with him most of the way. The dark beverage was a mysterious liquid that Ry made to make him run better... I hope it was all legal stuff in there.

Having someone do each of the events, helped keep Ry going.
I must say that I am very, very proud of Ry. He finished in 5 hours and 34 minutes. And he wasn't too sore the next day. What crazy thing will he try next? I don't even think he knows until someone gives him the idea.

Willaby, wallaby

My niece sings the song, "Willaby wallaby Wellie an elephant sat on ..."
This is a Wallaby, very friendly animals, looks just like a kangaroo. Just smaller.

Last week we spent some time in Bosie, Idaho. We started our trip heading North to Idaho and about an hour into our trip Ba turned to Ry and ask, "Are we going the right way?" Nope. Turns out that we had gone into auto pilot and were heading to Grandpa Lakes house. Bosie is East in Idaho so with a handy Idaho map and a led foot, we made it in time for our nieces baptism. Ellie was great on the drive, she slept almost the entire way.


We had fun at the Bosie zoo. They are getting much better these days, the cages are getting bigger and the area looks more like the natural habitat of the animals. Well I guess I really don't know, but it look like what I see on TV so it must be right.

The giraffes were totally neck butting each other and hip checking. I have never seen them "play" before.

LE will have 8 cousins with the same birth year, with currently one boy. He is 2 months younger then LE and having a grand ol time. I guess safari hats are the latest craze in the double wide.
LE's favorite part about of the zoo was all the plants. She would look at them and start talking. After a minute of talking she would then try to eat it. Good thing we payed to see animals. Maybe she will grow up wanting to be a vegetarian. We need to get some meat in that girls diet.

The famous picture spot at the Boise zoo.