July 10 - Sept 24, 2011 Training Review

Finally, I'm back. It's been a grueling two months away from training. With work getting busy and starting my masters program, my time has been extremely limited. Here is my updated training list, as limited as it is.

Run Week:

Run YTD: 827.80 miles

Bike YTD: 452.52 miles

Swim YTD: 10.32 miles

Busy Baby

Elias has been very busy. What does a 10 month old do to stay busy, you ask? I'd be happy to show you...

Trying to get into the kitchen

Finding new sleeping positions

Watching the neighbor boy play outside

Cheering daddy on in his Olympic tri

Chillin' naked in the sink

Vacuuming

Ridin' the hippo around the kitchen

Ridin' round the neighborhood in the Burley

Making googly eyes at mom

Watching his first snowfall of the season

Sleeping in his highchair

Quick MN Weekend Round 2

We made another quick trip to Minneapolis for Heidi and Ben's wedding. We spent the first night in Minneapolis visiting Matt and Kev, then drove to Rochester on Friday for the wedding. Even Elias had his own name card.

Aaron and E tore it up on the dance floor...

...which resulted in this:

It was fun to reunite with these girls again, for the second time this summer!

What a beautiful bride, huh?? We had quite the delay Saturday trying to get back to Denver. Elias kept himself busy.

Labor Day Weekend

The Blowers bunch made their way to Denver for Labor Day weekend. It was fun for Elias to spend time with his cousins. Two months in a row must be a record! Brit and E sported their matching shirts when we went to Ikea.

Saturday morning we all packed into one car (unbelievably) and drove to Buena Vista. We went on a short hike to Agnes Vaille Falls in the afternoon.

Mount Antero in the back

Look closely - everyone else is up near the falls

Elias loves being in his carrier. We made dinner over the fire, then roasted marshmallows.

The ranger warned us of bear activity earlier in the afternoon. Needless to say, I did not sleep well that night. Fun weekend!