Hi everybody,

It's been a busy month. Matt spent most of it in Mexico. Then end is near, hopefully! Matt should be finished travelling by the end of July. We really miss him here. AJ started soccer. It's his first team experience and he loves it. I used to ask him,"Do you want to play on a soccer team or t-ball team?" His answer was, "I want to play in the front yard." Once we shopped for cleats and shinguards, he was very interested. After the first game he asked if he gets to play every day. I said, "You can play in the front yard." He said there aren't enough kids. So, it's a success. Erin learned to pedal and can ride all around on her Dora bike now. It has buttons for sounds and those sometimes sidetrack her and she crashes. I competed in the Motor City Triathlon on Belle Isle and took 2nd place in the Athena division!

Matt was home for three days this past weekend and we took the kids to see "Night at the Museum 2" which was very funny. Good family film!

The past week's gone by quickly. The kids, dogs and I picked up Matt from his trip on Thursday evening and continued on to Grand Rapids for the long weekend. AJ and I went to the Public Museum of GR, we all played outside when the weather got nice, talked Grandpa into taking us for ice cream (AJ says,"He always says yes."), went to a parade and the kids swam like fish. Matt's gone to Mexico again today after having only one night in his own bed. I'll be glad when the frequent travelling is over.

Awesomness.

I introduce my new bike, a Trek Equinox 7. Fast as lightning, weighs less than Erin. Just look at it in the last of the evening sun...

Hi everybody, I know it's been a long time since my last post. I'll try to cover everything.

Matt's still travelling back and forth to Mexico for work. He's there until next Thursday. AJ is in the home stretch at school. I think he'll be sad when it's over. Erin's learned how to pedal her big wheel, but is too distracted by it's sound and light buttons to pay enough attention to not crash.

It was warm this past Friday while we were at the Plys and AJ and Erin got to play in the lake for the first time this year. Saturday I ran the Fifth Third Riverbank Run in Grand Rapids. I took 5th place in the women's Clydesdale division (145-155lbs.). I was pretty excited when I logged into the site for results and saw my name on the leaderboard!

I have money saved up for a triathlon bike, but I'm waiting to purchase one until we feel more secure about GM's future. So, I've got it stashed! I did buy a jogging stroller a couple weeks ago and I love it. Erin loves to ride in it. While AJ's at school, Erin and I can go for a run and be back in time to pick AJ up.

I placed 9th of 28 women in the triathlon. Pretty good.

Matt got home yesterday. I just miss him when he's not around. Today we got to see my sister who was in town for just the weekend. I hate it that she goes back to Phoenix and I can't just fly there anytime I want! Ugh! Anyway, the four of us, Jess and Gram had a nice long lunch today and visited. We dropped Jess off at Dad's so she could leave for the airport and the four of us lingered over there for a while. It was a fulfilling day overall.

Matt's home all week and we'll be able to have dinner for my birthday on Thursday!

The triathlon went well today. The results will be posted by Tuesday. My friends and I had a great time doing the race and enjoying chit-chat and smoothies post-race. Later in the day I went to yoga to stretch and it felt great.

Matt made some seriously awesome deep-dish pizza, Chicago style, for dinner tonight. My compliments to the chef.

Matt heads to Mexico (once again) tomorrow. The travelling is better than the alternative: living in Mexico for the duration of the launch. So, we hang in there!

WooHoo! I made some PHAT cash with the garage sale! It took two loads to get all the stuff over to Lynette's house, but only one load plus a few miscellaneous items to get it home! Erin's closet has never looked so empty. It was a little bittersweet selling the kids' old things.

Tomorrow morning is the triathlon and I'm ready for it. I want to beat my score from last year. Three friends and myself are in the same heat, making for a super fun time. I'll post tomorrow after I race. I'll have to check, but I think the results will be available by Tuesday.