Tri Daddy, Tri

He tried and accomplished! Earlier this year Scott decided he wanted to sign up for a triathalon and trained his little heart out. He was even able to get a friend, Jason, to join him from Ft. Worth. So the good little wives that Jess and I are had shirts made for the kids:

The Friday before the tri we headed down to Clear Lake to stay the night at a hotel so we were close. I can tell my kids haven't stayed in too many hotels they way they ran around. And if I had a nickel for everytime they picked up the phone and said hello, to no one, well..........

The next morning Scott got up bright, er, dark and early and rode his bike over to the race. I got up with the girls later and met Jess along with the Love family downstairs and we decided to walk over to find the guys. There were a lot of people there:

Luckily we found our guys:

 

Jason was in the heat that left before Scott's: 

And then it was Scott's turn. He wasn't as kind to wave or acknowledge us as he was in a zone so you'll have to find him like Waldo:

And next we wandered slowly over to the transition area where we could see them move from the water to their bikes. But first an adorable Cooper break:

And njow back to the boys coming out of the water:

After the guys transitioned to the bikes we had a little bit of time and guess what was nearby..........a playground!

Thanks to the pro's taking pics we have some pics on the actual bike that I wasn't able to take:

 
And then it was time to move back over to the transition area to watch the guys come back in and take off for their run:

And Reagan of course made a friend and was feeding him:

Pictures of Scott out on his run from the photogs:

We moved to the finish line and waited as patiently as possible:

Reagan sure knows how to get her way. She hadn't met Todd for a minute before she got him to put her up on his shoulders:

And at last we saw him coming to the finish line:

He finished just under 1:30:00 which was his goal!

And then it was Jason's turn:

Two new triathletes:

And then Joe and Reagan had their own race:

We headed back to the hotel to get our gear and let the guys shower and then headed out to brunch. Seems there was a little mischeif in the lobby:

After brunch we headed out to what I was told was a boat but I beg to differ:

And let the relaxation begin. We hung out and the kids and triathletes took naps while the rest of us enjoyed some fun in the sun:

 

 

And later that night we had a party at the pier: