September 2012: Week One

After a 9 days away & a 6+ hour drive home, we made it back to normalcy & a schedule.

We started the week with a school co-op planning session at my friend Alexis' house. Four of us moms are getting our 2/3 year olds together every Monday for some interaction as well as a little education. We're rotating houses throughout the school year & we'll each teach a color, a shape, a letter & a number throughout the course of the year. This is something my Twin friends have always done & thankfully, I am blessed to join them this year. I'm excited for Cashe.

 

 

After taking more than a week off from any sort of exercise (minus the excursion in Mexico), I decided it was time to haul my booty to the gym. I met my new friend, Glo from the Grand Teton Relay for spin one morning at Gold's only to find out the schedule was wrong & we missed the spin class! WHAT?!? It's 6:00 a.m. & I have to problem-solve?? No thanks.

 

 

My decision: back to bed.

Glo's decision: let's try another class.

My response: fine.

The outcome: it was fun!

 

Cashe was playing so well in his room, I served him lunch in there one afternoon. 
He wasn't quite sure what to think about it, but was quite content.
(I was spying on him with my zoom lens from the kichen into his room.)

I knew I was going to be in Boise for the weekend, so I told my friend Alexis from Twin that I would throw a Verefina party for her with all my Boise friends.
This is Lex & I throwin' our Verefina gang signs.

My super sweet hubby stayed with Robert & all the kids almost the entire weekend so I could play.
Here is my hottie with another little hottie, the Lilster.

And SPEAKING of HOTTIES, here are two: me & Jen on our way to our first triathlon in Hidden Springs!

Now, when I say "triathon", I mean it was kind of a 'pretend' one. 
Our friend, Darlene celebrated her 40th & her hubby surprised her with a triathlon in her honor.
Go figure, our other amazing friend, Dianne put it together with Darlene's husband & it was absolutely INCREDIBLE.

Here Jen & I are stretching in our killer socks before the race.
We all had matching shirts, goody bags filled with water bottles, necklaces, candy, Rockstars, gum, & protein bars.
 

We had a 1-mile walk, a 2-mile run (uphill again), & a 7-mile bike ride.

Love these girls: Jen, Dianne, & Amber Joy.

There were probably 15 or more participants that day who totally surprised Darlene!
After having had so much time off from exercise, I didn't think I'd make it, but I feel like I did really well through the whole thing!
What a FUN FUN FUN morning/afternoon - Happy Birthday, Darlene!
[Amber Joy, Kristin, Darlene, Dianne, me, Jen & Laura]

We had a whole 10 minutes after we got home from the triathlon to get the kids & head to our friend Melissa's house for her little man, Joel's birthday party.





Here the kids are patiently waiting for the balloon girl to make them each a balloon figure.

Cashe is up!
He chose a Lightning McQueen.

Ella chose Princess Arora & Camryn chose the Tangled Princess
(Rapunzel, is it?!  Can you tell I just have a little boy?)

Kohlman chose a Spiderman.

There was a bow & arrow, a Hulk, a few BSU octopuses, Spiderman, a few Lightning McQueens & some princesses.
They all had their faces painted too.
It was a fun afternoon & as always, Melissa went ALL OUT!

After the birthday party, Robert got Cashe all geared up for a hot afternoon in their pool.

Cashe-man & Daddy.

He had a tiny bit of fun.

And Miss Dare Devil herself, Ella swam harder than both those boys! 
She's fearless. 

 

Yes, it was yet another fabulous week in the lives of the Nyquests.  The summer may be winding down, but we're still on the go!  We have a month packed full of activities in September & October's even crazier. 

 

God is so good to us by blessing us with such amazing friends & such amazing opportunities to celebrate them & enjoy them.