The Long Bridge Swim 2011

On August 6th Alan and Randy swam the Long Bridge swim in Sandpoint. It was an absolutely beautiful day in North Idaho. The winds were calm, and they swam the 1.7 miles along with about 700 other people. Wendy and I were the picture takers and cheerleaders. We love our guys! I am so proud of Alan! He is awesome!

We have had a fabulous summer!!! To see all the pics that I have posted for the summer, you will have to go to my older posts because I had a lot of catching up to do this summer.

The finish line......before all the people arrived.

Long Bridge cont.

My handsome, strong, husband getting out of the water. He swam 1.7 miles in 1 hour and 10 minutes. So proud of you!
Best Buddies! Alan and Randy

Alan

The start of the race.What a beautiful lake!

Lame Duck Try-Athlon

While we were in Kentucky we were able to do a Sprint Triathon with Brent and Meagan. Alan and Brent were signed up for a long time to do the whole race, but then at the last minute.....2 days before the race, Meagan and I decided to sign up as a team. Meg has a friend that bikes, so her friend did the bike portion, Meagan swam and I ran. Alan and Brent did great, but Meagan was AWESOME on the swim. She has only swam once using the freestyle swimming motion and she did so great! It was an extremely hot and humid day, and the water temprature was about 90 degrees, but we sure had fun and were so happy to do it all together! We love our family. Thanks Brad for letting dad use your bike!
Family fun after the race. I think I kept sweating for an entire hour!

Way to go Meg!

Woo Hoo Brent!

Love my Family! Look at that beautiful, muddy water in the background.

Hot summer days in Kentucky

The weather was very hot and humid in Kentucky when we were there and we were able to go to the pool for a couple of those days. The kids are like fish in the water.
Atlas floating on his back.Leilah and Poppi

This is how Aiden spent most of his time......trying to get the water out of his eyes. He was such a trooper though and was getting very brave by the end.

Kentucky Summer 2011

Our Atlas!
This is how we occupy Aiden at dinner.

Leilah and her Mama!

Coen and EmyEmy kept these glasses on the entire day.....even in the pool.

Kentucky Trip

We were so lucky to be able to go back to Kentucky for not only the birth of Ryder and be with Brad and Jessie's family, but also to spend some more time with the Zastrow family. I spent the first couple days at the Zastrow's since Jessie's mom was still in town and I was able to be at Emy's Third Birthday party. What a big girl she is. She is definately all girl and she is my little buddy! One night we all went out to eat at a great Italian place. The kids were awesome! All six of them..... not to mention their parents.

Coen

Emy

Leilah

Happy Birthday Princess Emy!

Ryder Michael Griffitts

On July 25th our newest grandchild, Ryder Michael Griffitts was born. He weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 18 1/2 inches long. He is such a tiny little guy and so sweet and precious. I was able to fly in a few hours after he was born. Alan came in a few days after that. Here is a picture of Aiden playing hide-n-seek at the park. What a cute and sweet big brother he is. He just celebrated his 2nd birthday. What a big boy!
Brad and Jessie's growing family!

Brad and Aiden goofing off.

Ryder...how adorable.

What a beautiful mommy.

Kentucky July-Aug. 2011

Gigi and AidenGoofing around with Aiden and baby Ryder.
Like Poppi.......like Ryder.

What a sweet picture of Ryder and his daddy.

Yellowstone 2011

Once again we were able to make our trip to Yellowstone. We biked, ran, fished, went site seeing, went to the Playmil, ate too much, relaxed and just plain had a ton of fun. This pic is at the top of a mountain at about 10,000 feet. The view is beautiful.
Alan and I after a bike ride.

The Gerrard's were able to come to the cabin for a couple days this year. It was fun to be with them.

Brad......drafting off the truck.

Biking.

Taking it easy in Yellowstone!

Almost every day we would just go find some shade in the yard and just sit and relax. We love our yearly trips to Yellowstone and Island Park and we are so thankful to the Astin's and Wendy's parents for letting us stay at their cabin.
Jerry (Wendy's dad) loved showing us this big gun. We love him!

The big event of this year's trip was all the fishing that the guys did. They were very successful every time they went.

Our self portrait on our bike ride around Hebgen Lake.

Coen's Baptism and other fun.

While the Zastrow's were here, Coen was able to get baptized. It was a very special day and we were so happy that everyone was able to be there.

We love our Coen!

Athen and his cute Mama!

Poppi and Emy

Athen and Atlas! Look at those awesome, big, brown eyes! They look like cousins.