Kalena's First Concert!

A few weeks ago Kalena's music teacher in school was teaching about stringed instruments. Kalena said, "I play a stringed intsrument. I play the ukulele." Her teacher asked her to bring it in and play for the class. She called me right after class and said, "I'd like to invite Kalena to play in our upcoming school concert for fourth through seventh grade." I told her she is shy in front of a lot of people but I think it would be a great experience for her. She played a song she already knew well. She was soooooo nervous and I was so nervous for her. The auditorium was full! You can tell in the video she was beyond nervous, but she still played the heck out of her ukulele and sung even though it was very quietly with her head down! She said she didnt want to see everyone watching her. The end is the cutest when she hops down like, "Get me outa here!" I am so proud of her for making it through! She LOVES to play her ukulele and usually there is a sparkle in her eye as she plays and sings! I love my little Kalena and so proud of all that she is. She loves everything and everyone and joy cant help but follow her everywhere!

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We tried a tri!

Me and mom decided to mosey on down to tempee this weekend and rock the sherox triathalon! We decided months ago and set out to train these old bods to be able to do a half mile swim, 12 mile bike, and a 3.1 mile run! I had been training hard on the running end with some other women in the early morning but wasnt so sure about my swim or bike. Mom is a great swimmer and biker who hadnt hit the running trail as often as she would have liked. Good news we both finished and felt we were able to do our best! (for now) Who knew how much fun working yourself into complete exhaution could be! This is the sea of bikes in the transition area...it was a beautiful day but HOT during the run, in the 90s at least! Before the swim...I had some other friends there but didnt get good pics :( It was sooo fun to see Amy, Monica, and Lindsey there!

Im the third one back just getting out of the water running into trasition onto my bike.

I had the cutest cheerleaders! All the kids were so excited...they brought along the sign Tessa, Leah and Lexie made for me! Thanks guys!

They had to wait around a lot!

Heres mom coming in to the finish! She made it in under two hours & that was her goal! Go mom!

Heres me kicking it in! I made it in 1 hour 45 min and totally spent! I didnt know exactly what to expect of myself and was really happy with my time....with more training Im excited to improve my time!!! The swim was 22 min, 52 min bike (slower than many...it was grueling) and 26 min run! Not bad for a girl with ample fat stores! ( Im not trying to put myself down Im just biased and think everythings easier for skinny girls)

The Redheads dominate! Victory is ours!....Not quite...but we had a real good time.

Ready to do it again! Who is with me?