Tri Weekend

This weekend was Andrew's triathlon.  Yes, you read that right.  Andrew has moved from running 10Ks to doing triathlons (and playing hockey and whatever other hobby he wants to pick up right before the baby is born).  The triathlon was in Niles, MI which is like a 20 minute drive from our house.  Andrew has a knack for peer pressure or something because he convinced 4 friends to do this with him.  Nice!
So his fellow tri-ers and their families all came over to our house for the weekend.  
Some action shots from the race:

Carb-ing up the night before the race. (Andrew would like to note that Kevin did NOT carb up before the race since they got to our house too late to enjoy any "carbs").

Travis passed us first even though Andrew was the fastest swimmer.  He passed Andrew in the transition area. 

Then Andrew came running by us. Pay attention to the long sleeves.  It was quite chilly that morning. 

Stafford (red) was right behind Andrew (blue) when they took off on their bikes.

Here's a nice picture of AJ mounting his bicycle.  ACTION SHOT! :)

Luke had to stop to put his chain back on.  Of all the times to lose a chain! BUMMER!

BABY PARTY! This was the first time that Addie (pink) met Jack (green) and Wyatt (red).

Jack did not like the chilly weather.  Actually this little cutie just has a natural habit of sticking his lip out.  He was perfectly cozy in Wyatt's hat. :)

Wyatt enjoyed the bikes passing by.

When the guys returned from their bike portion, Andrew was READY TO RUN and almost dropped his bike.  If you click on the picture, you can see him laughing.

Stafford crossed the finish line first.  If you look closely at all the pictures of the guys, you can see them laughing because we were yelling at them as they ran/biked by.  Maybe we shouldn't have said things like, "I LOVE A MAN IN SPANDEX!" and "MY HUSBAND HAS A GREAT BUTT!"  Whoops.

Behold Andrew's spandex-clad butt in this action shot.  :)  Go Andrew GO!

There's goes Travis in his tri-suit!

Luke warned us about his tan lines.  I guess we could never really be totally prepared. :-)

  

There goes AJ on his way to the finish line! 

We couldn't be more excited for these guys.  They did so well.  They finished a Super Sprint Triathlon! Very cool.  The full results are HERE. 

But if you're feeling lazy, this is what you want.

 

Kevin and Andrew were first and second in their old man age group.   AJ is a bit younger than the rest of the crew so I had to do a little cut and paste for his results.

So CONGRATS to the Triathletes! Very proud!

Here they are: Kevin, Andrew, Travis, Luke, & AJ. Congrats guys!

After the race we came back to our house to watch Notre Dame slaughter Purdue.  Oh they only lost by 11 points? My bad.  I was just reading all the Notre Dame versions of the game.  :)
Yes, Purdue lost the game and we looked pretty bad.  But we still have Hope that they will get their crap together and show us that speed and talent they've been bragging about.  Come on, Boilers! You can do it!

So before, during and after the Purdue game was the baby party.  Man, could these kids be any cuter?
Here's Jack drowning his sorrows from the Purdue game in his bottle. :)

Here's Addie in Outfit 2 (I think?? There were quite a few costume changes)  of her fashion show.  She was modeling some super hip leg warmers.  You can't get much cuter than that!

Or can you? This is Wyatt and Jack modeling some matching red outfits in the green grass while posing with a basketball.  I swear I did not set this picture up.  The cuteness just exudes in a picture-perfect way every time!

Ok so the following pictures were totally set up.  But seriously, what a photo-op!

I'm seriously considering sending these to the Kan Jam company.  What a great advertisement!

Just chillin' inside...

But they didn't enjoy it the entire time...

Oh no!! He even cries with his bottom lip sticking out!! Poor Wyatt is like, "Um it's just Kan Jam, dude!"

Of course he had to see how it tastes!

Wyatt felt so manly in the Kan Jam game that he left out a big ol' howl. Ahhhwwwhoooooo!!!

You would think the cuteness stops there but it does not...

Awww, Wyatt gave Addie a kiss!

That's when Daddy Jacob decided to step in and say put a stop to things. :)  Don't you think she's a little young for you, Mr. Wyatt?

Awww! Look at the grandparents-in-training! Not too much longer! :)

Andrew posed with Jack.  Adorable.

With the babies around, the night didn't end up getting too rowdy.  Even though the boys were playing some made-up Knockout/Waterfall game.

But then again, AJ DID end up in the baby seat...

Fun times! Let's do it again next year!