Triathlon Weekend!!

Lots of pictures to come......we had a fantastic weekend! I haven't really mentioned it at all, but I have been training really hard for a Triathlon all summer long. Yes, I work out normally, but that didn't save me much my first few times in the water and on the bike. Trust me, I had my work cut out for me. The race was a 1/4 mile swim, 13 mile bike ride, and 3.1 mile run.
Dennese and Sarah from our Relief Society organized the church sponsored event and they did an AMAZING job. The picture above captured most the participates, but not all.
Relief Society in spandex and goggles....it was quite the sight. But my darling friend Bonnie always looks cute!
Off we go! The lake was a little chilly at 10am with no sun, but the weather turned out awesome.

At the transition between swim and bike.
And off I go on the bike!
And this was at the end after the run. I was SO PROUD of the ladies who participated. It was never about the speed and distance, just stretching ourselves from whatever level we started at. It was a great experience. My goal was to complete the race in 1hr and 30mins, and I did it. Isn't that worth a whole bag of Oreos???

Afterwards, we did a Kid's Triathlon as well.....which was SO CUTE!! They have been watching us train all summer, so it was perfect!
Here they go, some a little more eager than others.
Peyton coming on off the swim.
Deaven getting ready for his ride.

This got out of order....this was just after they were done. Are they not the funniest little things ever!? There we about 12 kids that did it.
Passing eachother on their run.
On the bike.....

And Morgan was a pretty good girl for all this racing stuff. She was just about done here. She had a nice little nap in the car while we just hung out at the lake for the rest of the afternoon.


Then on Sunday, after church, Will and I ditched the kids and headed up to Mt. Rainer for a 6.5mile day hike.

We did the Tolmie Peak Hike and it was beautiful. Of course the pictures don't even come close to doing it justice.
Heading out on the trail.
Can you even believe the clearity of the water in the picture below?? It was incredible!!

This was at the top of the fire look out. Rainer had a few clouds lingering around the top. You could also see Mt. St. Helens as well.
This was looking over the valley back to I-5. You could see all the way out, maybe 40+ miles.
We also had a little chipmunk eating out of our hand at the top, but I missed including the picture. Whoops!
It was such a wonderful weekend! Busy, but really fun!!