Sink or swim

Total Immersion is right - right to the bottom of the pool!!

I am more than a little worried about this swimming thing...I am not getting it! Bill has given me a DVD and book to help; watching and reading about it looks so easy. In my mind I'm an amazing swimmer, Dara Torres look out...but get me in the pool and I feel just like a fish out of water. Why didn't we take swimming lessons when we were young? Dad says he taught us how to swim...I must have been absent that day.

November will be here before I know it and I'll be doing the doggie paddle!

Happy Happy 30th Birthday Aimee!

Happy 30th Birthday Aimee!

Journal entry by Bill - June 24th, 1980
"We have a new little daughter! Welcome to our humble family little one. It's late and I should go to bed, I won't write any more details. Your mother did very well for her first time though and I love her very much and I love you too. Let's get a good nights rest now.
Love Dad"

Journal entry by Sherry - June 27th, 1980
"To my brand new little daughter, Aimee Lynn, well you're early - 6 weeks - and you've given us a little bit of trouble the past 3 days. This afternoon you're doing a little bit better. Soon you'll be home with Daddy and me. We sure are anxious to hold you.
Love you, Mommy"

Journal entry by Sherry - September 29th, 1980
"Well, a lot has happened since the birth of our little Aimee. The evening of June 27th, 3 days after Aimee was born, she started getting worse. Aimee was born with "hyaline membrane disease (infant respiratory distress syndrome). The doctors came in and informed us that they could no longer help her. A transport team from Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane Washington came for her. As they were preparing to send Aimee, Dr. Feist came in and told Dad and I that she had very little chance of surviving the plane ride to Spokane and then the helicopter to the hospital. We were so upset we could not speak. When we finally realized what had been said, Daddy went in and gave Aimee her name and blessing. We began to make the arrangements to drive to Spokane to be with our new little daughter. We stopped in Missoula to get a little sleep before going onto Spokane. We called the hospital and she had survived the trip and was now in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the hospital..."

Aimee was in the hospital in Spokane for exactly the amount of time she was premature - 6 weeks. She had many ups and downs. You survived Aimee! I know that there are miracles, for we witnessed one the summer of 1980!

I "Tri"ed and I did it!

I did it! I was the bike leg of team "Lost in Transition". The bike leg was 6-1/2 miles with 3 steep hills mixed in. The best part of the whole thing was about a half a mile into the race I zoomed past the Stake Center in 1st place...around the corner onto 114th. Our swimmer is one of the fastest in the valley. They enter the swim according to their ranking and she was 2nd behind her husband. Anyway, she came out and tagged me and I started, passed the 1st girl and on I went for about that half mile in 1st. I can't lie, it felt pretty good. This Stake sponsored Triathlon included some first timers, some that had done some racing and then some real athletes; about 170 people in all. So just to be in 1st for that small amount of time was really fun! It was great and I LOVE MY NEW "FELT" - Thanks honey for believing I could do this and allowing me to have a better chance at accomplishing my goal. Next year - the entire race! (Can anyone teach me how to swim?)

Gotta Tri

After the weather changed its mind and it got nice enough, we went down to Alta track, (because it had gotten dark it was safer riding on the track than the road) and I rode around just 1/4 of the amount I'll be doing in the race, I thought I was going to die! I was so winded and my legs were burning. I hope that it gets easier, otherwise I'm in trouble - come June 5th - Team "Lost in Transition" will be hurting because of me (I'll try my hardest Carrie and Consuelo). I did decide however, that I love to ride my bike. It is one activity/exercise that makes me feel like a kid again. I used to ride a lot, so it brings back fond memories of being young and carefree. I love that about it! I could probably get into this riding thing, and hey, Bill has enough racing bikes around that I could get hooked up if I decided to get serious. But until then, I'll ride my hybrid with the semi-comfy seat and hope that I live to tell about it and not embarrass myself in front of our entire Stake.

"Daughter of a King"

Recognition Night - March 2010

The girls wore their favorite outfits and we had their hair and nails done.

They walked the runway and told about themselves.
Cassie is a natural!

By Deedz (a.k.a. Cassidy)

We finally got Oreo a little harness and a leash so he can run around.

We started him out on the driveway and he didn't do much.

Then we got to the grass. That was a different story.

He was so cute hopping around. I discovered how fast he can go.
I LOVE MY ADORABLE BUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too Many Bikes!

How many bikes does one Bill need?

1. The one to remind him of his 1972 bike trip to SLC
2. The road racer
3. The winter racer
4. The practice racer for winter
5. The urban rider