June 2012

Our yard got finished the first part of June, complete with sand box, trampoline, a big area with grass and a garden in the back. Here's to making lots of fun memories this year. Mike is already sick of the sand box and says he wants to plow it under. I do have to agree a little bit, the boys track sand everywhere, but they do love to play in there. We also love having our deck. We try to eat dinner out there when ever we can. It is a great way to spend time as a family.
On June 2nd, I rode in the Little Red Century ride with my sisters and Colleen Barker. I only rode 70 miles, while the rest of them rode all 100. My new philosophy is when it stops being fun, I'm done. And usually right around mile 70 it stops being fun. My hands start to go numb and my bum is killing me and I think, "why I am I doing this to myself", so this time I decide "not to do it to myself" and be done. Nick was nice enough to come and pick me up at the mile 70 rest stop. It was a great ride, an all women race. I've never really drafted off someone, but I got in a group that was doing some drafting for about 15 miles and it was awesome. You could stop pedaling for a few moments and still maintain an 18-20 mile an hour pace. It's amazing how much energy that seems to save. The support was great too. I probably ate more calories in food at the rest stops and lunch than I burned, but who's keeping track. :-)  
I decided that I wanted to buy some patio furniture, but I didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars to do it, so I started hitting up yard sales on Saturday mornings. It is amazing what you can find and for such a great deal. I have been buying tons of great stuff. (Hopefully you don't see me on an episode of Hoarders anytime soon.) I bought a patio table and 6 chairs for $25 bucks and I've bought a bunch of toys for the boys. I've decided that I'm going to do all my Christmas shopping at yard sales. :-) You can get toys for super cheap, the boys seem to love everything I bring home, and if they break it, no big deal, the most I spent on it is a dollar.
The boys and I have gone swimming a lot. We alternate between the pool at the Village Club House and the pool in Mariah's neighborhood. They are like little fish. They like to jump off the side of the pool and kick around. They also love the hot tub, somehow, we always end up playing in there. (They take after their mom.)
Mike and I bought the Pass of All Passes, we finally got around to using it and we love it. We took the boys to Trafalga and rode some of the rides. The boys did pretty good on most of them, but Caleb got scared and started to cry on the one that goes up and then drops you really fast. It was sad and cute. We also went bowling, which the boys likes for about 5 frames, but then they just wanted to go and touch all the balls. We also went to Seven Peaks Water park with Nick, Mariah and Rebecca. We all had a blast. I want to go back one day with just Mike and I so we can go on all the fast rides together.
I celebrated my 33rd birthday at the end of the month. We went to a movie and to dinner on the actually day and then Rebecca was super nice and hosted a joint birthday dinner for me and her.