Birthday Boy

We celebrated Dryan's 1st birthday last week and boy if time speeds up any faster, the next thing we know we will be taking him to the MTC to serve a mission. It seems like yesterday we brought the long brown haired, blue eyed boy home.

This boy is full of it! This picture of him with his birthday cake is his classic mischief face, which by the way should be his middle name, with daredevil being the first.

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Life of Dryan:

• He loves balls and actually has a real talent for throwing a ball. He will be fussing and you point out a ball he is ready to play. He can aim and throw it right to you.
  
• In loving balls and throwing, he throws other things, far and hard, like food, cups, toys, shoes, or books. It makes for quite a mess where ever he is.
  
• Dryan loves to wrestle. Anyone caught lying on the floor is immediately mauled and given the famous "dangerous head mash."
• Dryan loves watermelon and will eat a slice (and 10 more if you let him) to the core.
• Dryan has had 8, yes 8, hair cuts and not just a trim, like buzz the head since he was born. The boy has some serious VOLUME.
• Dryan loves to be outside. Anytime he hears the door open he beelines it for the door to try to make an escape.
• He is the best gardening buddy because he loves dirt not just the feel but the taste. He can sit forever just taste testing dirt. YUCK.
• Dryan has incredible balance! He does not walk yet but he will stand up on the couch, stools, the table, the trampoline, the bed, a laying body (when wrestling) without holding on. He has been caught climbing into the bathtub and trying to get down from his changing table 3ft in the air.
• He is also Crazy about his daddy. When the kids hear dad truck pulling up the drive from work, Dryan does a little squeal and crocodile crawls as fast as he can to the door. When daddy is home he wants no part of mom feeding him or holding him.
• Lastly, he is curious, oh so curious. NO cabinet, dresser, door, drawer, cubby hole, shelf, or box is safe from his little hands.
  

Here is Dryan's new room decor for his birthday! Thank you so much Jamie for portraying our little boy so well. I sure hope he likes sports into his teenage years since the only decorating skills I have, I watched Jamie do.

Letter of Recommendation

Dear Blog Readers,

This letter is to recommend a Sprint Triathlon to any mom looking for a great way to get in shape and gain a sense of fulfillment. Sprint Triathlons are amazing to train for. If one day you sleep in and do not get to your 10 mile bike ride you can instead bike the kids to preschool then back and then run with stroller to pick them up. If one day you were to swim 500 yds but your husband wants to take you on vacation you can just ride your bike 13 miles out of town and have him pick you up on the way. If one day you dislocate your 1st and 2nd rib by loading wood into the dump trailer you can just do the famous J.M. solider swim for the actual competition. AND if by chance one day you are sore from running a 5k you can just do a family bike ride.

Sprint Triathlons are also fun to do in the heat of a Phoenix summer. First clue is to only train in Northern Arizona and then compete in Northeastern Arizona, stay away from the Phoenix heat. Here in Northern Arizona it is about 75 during the day and 65 on race day.

I recommend using bicycle shorts over your swim suit for the swim portion of the race. It really cuts down on your transition time and makes you feel a ton more comfortable standing in line for 20 minutes to get in the pool.

Sprint Triathlons are great for sprinters. If you are the type that would never run a marathon then this is the event for you. Just when you are sick of swimming or in my case scared to death of the water, then you go ride your bike. Then just when your bum is tired from bike riding you jump off the bike and run. It's the perfect balance of 'body confusion' or cross training.

I also recommend training and competing with your sister in law. She will be an awesome motivation to never quite. Just when you think you are too busy to train you can just think of her 6 kids and that you only have 3 or her 3 kids in school and 0 of your kids in school. Also, when you think 13 miles is a long way to ride you can check on facebook to see that she rode 18 miles. Then on race day you can stand in line and be nervous TOGETHER. Finally, when it is all over and everyone wants to talk about parades or boats you can still continue to talk about how awesome the race was.

It would be a pleasure if you would like to know more information about training or competing for a triathlon, please 'comment me' on the blog.

Sincerely,

Triathlon Finisher

P.S. I also recommend not 'smiling for the camera' when you are running, looks like you are not trying very hard.