Pyper's Fairy Party!

Okay, now I know sometimes I bite off a little more than I can chew, but this just might take the cake. We got home from Arizona on a Monday and Pyper's party was supposed to be Friday. (Ignore the dates on the pictures, I can't seem to fix my camera at the moment.) Anyway, I had this plan that I was going to make fairy skirts and wands for all the girls. (There were 16 invited.) And I was going to cut fairy wings out of poster board and they could decorate them at the party. Well, I don't know what I was thinking. I had only 3 skirts done when we got home so I worked and worked to get all the skirts and wands done. (Which amazingly happened.) Then I cut out all the wings. By the time I got all this done it was Friday. On Friday I realized I had to make a bunch of cupcakes and clean my filthy house. I also realized that I was not going to be able to handle that many kids myself so I called Brooke to come help me when the time came. I was still finishing up cupcakes when the girls started arriving. I hadn't really planned things out. There was no room at the table for everyone so they kinda had to switch off. They would either be at the table, or getting sparkles on their face, or playing in the toy room. It didn't really work that well, because everyone wanted to be at the table and some girls took quite a long time decorating. And to add to that they were decorating with sparkle glue and it had to dry so I was trying to find room to lay all these wings on counters and wherever. They still didn't dry by the time moms started coming. When it was time for them to go I realized I hadn't put the goodie bags together so I was just trying to throw stuff in bags and send them home with them. Aaahhhh!!!

Well, Pyper had fun and that's all that matters. Right?

Kokopelli Triathlon 2007

Notice the dark clouds in the background?

Well, this was the only triathlon I was planning for this year. I wasn't as ready as I felt I should have been so I think I secretly wished I wouldn't have to race. I jinxed the whole thing!!! After getting up way early and getting ready in the dark with lanterns, (we were camping out,) then getting in the water and warming up, they cancelled the race. Actually I did get to race the swim portion, but as I was coming out of the water and running to my transition area, the girl next to me said it was being called off and that somebody was going to die out there. Then I looked around and noticed how bad the weather was. All the tents were blowing around and people were running, trying to take cover. The announcer kept repeating that this was the hardest decision a race official has to make. I guess after I thought about it, the swim did seem a little bumpy and I had to breathe on the side opposite the wind or I'd get water in my mouth. I also had felt the rain drops, but it really didn't seem that bad. I was to focused on the race to notice. There were people from the olympic division who were already out on their bikes. I started to worry for them. It did get pretty windy.

Bryant and my dad didn't even get to race in the water. They announced the cancellation right after the women had left. So I found the rest of my family pretty easily, even amongst everyone running everywhere. Usually at the end of the race they have all sorts of food and drinks and stuff at the tables. Since they weren't having an end of a race and they had tons of food, they were giving complete boxes away to anyone left who would take them. So we took like two boxes of cookies and a box of energy bars back to our camp site.

I was a little happy I didn't have to race on the bike, but I was really sad, because it was the only race I had planned the whole season. Oh well, I'll be ready next season so I don't have to jinx the race. We're already signed up for the St. George Tri. (OLYMPIC!)

Halloween

The girls and I went down to Arizona for Halloween this year. I was so excited because I remember when I used to live down there I didn't have to wear a coat over my costume. I am not a big fan of having to cover up the girls' costumes to go trick-or-treating. What's the point of putting on a costume? It was fun. We went trick-or-treating at the mall, went to a trunk-or-treat, then went trick-or-treating around Jessica's neighborhood. The girls were so exhausted by the end of the night. Pyper was even pouting because she didn't want to go to another house. She wouldn't walk up to another door.