California Vacation Part 2

Love vacations! We went to the beach three days.  Liza reminded us again that she is her own person.  Where Alison and Stuart were overly-cautious, not ever really touching the ocean until they were 4, Lu walks in until waves knock her over, stays till she’s freezing, then gets out, warms up, and repeats.  We swam in pools, toured the Midway aircraft carrier, went to an aquarium, walked around San Diego a lot, rode scooters, took naps (well, one of us did), turned 29, dropped cell phones from 16 floor buildings, flew our kite a lot, and generally had a lovely time together.        

California Vacation Post 1

 

It is a long long ways to California from Utah with three kids.  Our sweet Liza can be a little bit trying to be in a car with.  For a long time (and still occasionally), she would torture Stuart who has to sit by her.  They both have to sit by her—we’re three across but she doesn’t bug Alison.  We were all happy to finally arrive at the coast and stretch our legs.      We spent the 4th at Legoland.  The kids of course loved it.  The adults got to be escorted on a lot of rides as our littles are too short to ride almost anything alone.  Liza was ticked because she was too short for anything.  She would wave goodbye to me and then try to squeeze through the gates.  Poor kid.      This was our family’s firetruck.  It was a race against three other families to complete the rescue.  You can tell that Alison really took the racing seriously.     We even found a princess, who knew.   Alison tried a lot of rides that I wouldn’t expect her to.  She gets motion sickness really bad, really easily.  She was so worried about this one but tried it anyhow and found that she survived.  She even went with Stuart again alone the second time.  The place is insane, made of millions of legos. 

Ragnar Wasatch Back

 

Ryan and I decided to begin training in January for this little race called the Wasatch Back.  He had talked to somebody who told him about this 200 mile relay, starting in Logan and ending in Park City, traversing the mountains of the Wasatch range, and running consecutively through 30+ hours.  The 12 team members live in team vans and provide the support, doing a lot of everything besides sleeping.  They asked if we were interested in joining.  Were we runners?  No.  Had we ever run?  No.  Did that sound fun?  Uh, sure! 

Ryan was excused because his ankle looked like this (soccer injury).    I joined Van 2 as runner 8.  The company was good.  The scenery was perfect. There was a teensy bit of relaxation.

There was terrific (or terrifying, depending on what mode of transportation you were using) mountain passes...and snow. There was family. Unbelievable  style. …and enthusiasm (G-rated version). 

And a whole lot of running.

Good time team!  Until 2012.