Anders Kamalei

Anders was born on August 29th at 3:07 am. We were at the hospital and heard his first cry. We are a little bit in awe of his birth mother, he weighed 9 lbs 5 oz.

Maddy is still a little dazed but we've been home for 24 hours now and she asks to hold him more and more.

He is perfect and sweet and we love him like crazy.

2nd Annual San Diego trip

This is the epitome of life at Mana's. Swimsuit on & a nice coke waiting to be enjoyed.


We all headed to San Diego on July 12th. Adam got to surf several times including Baja Malibu. Maddy and I got our tan on swimming in the pool. We made just two beachtrips, one mall trip, one Target trip, two half gallons of chocolate malted crunch were consumed. Pretty mellow for us this year!

We also squeezed in a birthday party/baby shower with the family.

Adam's Triathlons

I've lost track of how many races Adam has done this year. The Boise Half Ironman, the Boise & Burley Spudman Olympic distance, Emmett's Most Excellent Triathlon maybe one more in Burley in September.

Anyway, he's awesome. The Burley Spudman he got first in his age group. The Emmett he got 8th place OVERALL. He beat his Ironman time from last year by 50 minutes. Every goal he set he has at least met, usually exceeded. He's got the bug and it's really fun to watch.

I know this post sounds like I'm bragging (which I am) but he put a ton of time into his training, a lot of early, early mornings and coaching sessions and special gear. Plus it's been a great way to stay busy and not miss the surf. ha

Summer

Started with Snow Girls reunion in Layton, Ut and then Grandma Eunice's funeral and finally we made it to our Pinedale, WY destination.

Reunion was perfect, Natalie Jensen was the perfect hostess withan awesome backyard. It is so crazy to see the girls you did a lot of stupid things with grow up and be in charge of all these kids we had around. I don't have any pictures, awesome.

The cool thing about funerals of grandparents is getting to hear about their life. The life they had way before I knew them. It's also pretty incredible to hear family friends talk about how much they loved her.

Pinedale. Maddy kept hitting John and missed all her Toy Story toys. Sarah and I watched lots of silly/good TV. (Hello Melissa & Joey fans!)We made it to the lake, we played with a brand new mini horse andwatched Jake feed thecalf, Cody. Weate lots oflicorice and chips and salsa. Perfect right?

Whatever...

We did celebrate birthdays last month, I'm just a lazy uploader and what good is a post without a picture?

Maddy woke up to balloons all over the house and ALL her Toy Story friends offering treats.

I wish this was her birthday cake picture but I don't have any (need to get Mana's camera). Maddy got annoyed with her fingers getting so sticky from the oreo filled cupcake that was delivered to our house so she stopped using her fingers.

And I threw myself a little luncheon, can't beat chips and salsa on your birthday. Here everyone is trying to complete a quiz about me.

I was born on Super _________ Sunday.

What year was I born?

My MAJOR celebrity crush is ______________________.

How many brothers and sisters do I have?

In which state was I born?

When I was born the doctor said, “Mama’s been eating too many_________________”.

What College did I attend?

What bug scares me so bad I will cry?

My favorite breakfast is _____________________________.

Where did I work for my first job?

I went to State in what Track event?

What one TV show do I ALWAYS watch?

I have _________ pairs of shoes.

IF I could have anything for dessert or a treat what would it be?

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