Saturday, September 6, 2008

New Firsts

We all have been doing some new things in our family.


Ryan:

He completed his first mini-triathlon today. He has been training for a couple of months now. Unfortunately he has been fighting off a cold for the last week so doing the triathlon was a little harder than it would have been had he been at full strength. A mini triathlon entails 400 meter swim, 8 mile bike, and a 3 K run. We were all there to cheer him on. He did so great. His goal was to just actually finish, and that he did in an hour and 10 minutes. Isn't that awesome? The whole time I watched him I was just so proud that he had a goal and was doing it. He has been so dedicated.




Aidan:

He tried water skiing for the first time. At first he said no way I'm not trying. Once we got to the lake he decided he wanted to try. He tried twice but didn't get all the way up. I'm just happy that he is brave enough to try. I was sure proud of him. He will get it soon enough.



Lacey:
She started a little ballet class at the YMCA. I had her enrolled in the 3-4 class but as we were walking in and I saw the other little girls coming to the class I soon realized Lacey was a little too old for these girls. They looked and acted like they just had turned 3. They were all over the place and didn't really follow the teacher except for Lacey and maybe 2 other girls. I decided to stay around for the 5-6 class. She had a friend in that class and the girls just seemed to be paying better attention. So I officially moved her to the older class. She had a great time being all dressed up and twirling around. I think the best part for her though was that her teacher's name was Ariel.




Just as a side note. Aidan felt he had to be dressed up in a costume to go to the Y also so this is him going to watch Lacey in ballet class. Nothing more manly to make sure we all know that you think ballet is foo foo and you are a manly MAN!


Tiffany:
I signed up to be the room mother for Aidan's class. Yikes. Never done that before.


Cassidy:
She hasn't done anything new yet, but she still is just dang cute.

8 comments:

Melinda said...

Wow WOW!!! So many fun things happening over there. Great job Ryan. How did he train for that? I love the dancing pics of Lacey. The outfit is more than half the fun.

Christina said...

Way to go Ryan, that's awesome! Maybe I can talk to Matt about doing something like that. I can't believe Aidan is already learning how to water ski, water skiing is a pretty big sport in my family and I didn't start learning until I was 8 or 9. I bet he'll have it down in no time.

teamw said...

I am VERY impressed that Ryan did a mini-tri athalon!!! I would LOVE to be in that good of shape. Thanks for the inpsiration. and the kids are soo cute! Have fun being a room-mother, I always thought those moms were the COOLEST!!

Becky said...

Wow....way to go Ryan! And Aidan, for waterskiing! And Lacey for being a cute ballerina!

Laura Jansson said...

Way to go, Ryan!!!! That's so awesome :) Nice work on all of the other firsts, too. Such a cool family :)

Rachel said...

Hi Tiffany! You have SUCH an adorable blog. I'm happy I'll be able to keep up via bloggin'. As you know, I'm new to this all but I can see why it's so addicting!
p.s. Lacey looks adorable. Isn't it fun having a little ballerina around? Aidan is so big--I can't believe you have a kindergartner!

The Azel's said...

Happy Birthday Tiffany!
Bridget

analee hirschi said...

that is the cutest picture of cassidy. I am so excited for Ryan. That is great that he so ambitious. and lacey looks super cute as a ballerina