Ron's first triathlon

Ron completed his first sprint triathlon this summer and had a blast. I think there will be many more in his future, as long as I will let him invest in a bike! He did really, really well and actually trained for it. Below are some pics from the race. As you can tell, he was pretty sweaty so no one wanted to really touch him in the pics :)  Looking forward to cheering you on in many, many more races boo!

The start of the bike portion

Almost at the finish line

Me and my boo

Ron and his dad

Ron and my sister, Tai

My Little Wrastlers!

As many of you know, Ronald (my husband) was a wrestler in high school and college. Well, the boys learned this and want to follow in his footsteps. I am a bit hesitant as wrestling season is usually during basketball season and I was so hoping to get at least one interested in playing. One of the good things about them wrestling is that their fighting is now much more organized. Instead of punching and kicking, they try to double-leg or pin each other.

This was Ronald's first season and he did really well. Even though he's 4, he wrestled many 5 and 6 year olds. He was definitely the lightest at many meets but he's a pretty fierce competitor. Now if we want him to eat something, we'll tell him that the other wrestlers eat it to get strong too and then he'll try it. Talin so badly wants to wrestle but has to wait until he turns 4 which is at the very end of this next wrestling season. It's going to be so hard for him to watch. He actually got to wrestle at one of the matches in the Spring and did really, really well. 

Needless to say, their dad is very, very proud! 

Ronald with one of this trophies and his DS (a must at wrestling meets).

The Unity Rockets team

One of his many first place finishes!

The Baker Wrestling Stance :)

Shaking hands before their match

It's only been a couple of years...

So, we are finally back from our two year long hiatus. The boys and I have been very busy but we thought let you back in on our lives. We are excited to welcome our third boy this coming October...and no, we don't have a name yet! Ronald just started Kindergarten and is becoming such a big boy. Talin is still at The Caring Place, driving his teachers crazy and learning something new everyday. Ron is still at Carle and loving his job and I'm still in school (my fourth year) and I hope to be done in a year to a year and a half.

We have so many pictures and I have so many stories that I'm not quite sure where to start so I hope to begin by adding a bit at a time!

Our Boys!

Ronald - 3 years old

Talin - 18 months old

These boys never cease to amaze me! We have had a wonderful but busy summer getting to all kinds of things! They are still going to daycare while I am in school and Ron works full-time. They are learning so much and talking non-stop. Ronald keeps us cracking up at all times which is nice when you have had a hard day! They pretty much eat anything you put in front of them but absolutely LOVE fruit snacks, milk, grapes, peaches, anything from the grill, and more... Before bed each night, we (Ron and I) each read a book to them and don't quite feel right if they don't get their book! I didn't know what to expect with two boys but I have absolutely loved it! I get all the kisses and hugs I want and need at anytime and can always guarantee that they have my back against daddy! I don't want them to grow up too fast so I am savoring each day as much as I can! Pretty soon Ronald will be starting kindergarten!! And Talin will be right behind him :)

Myrtle Beach, SC!

We took a little family vacation to Myrtle Beach over the summer! Well, the boys and I were relaxing and Ron had a work conference. It was their first time to the beach and they were in heaven! We couldn't get Ronald away from the pool or to take off his life jacket. They were afraid of the sand moving away from the feet by the ocean but got used to it by the time we left. We definitely had our fill of seafood and checked out some pretty nice local restaurants. We definitely plan to go back again (hopefully soon) and the next time, we will totally be staying in a villa with a bit more space :)

Making Cupcakes!

After
Before
I had a craving for cupcakes after watching some show on TV so we decided to make a few! This was Talin's first time really tasting the batter and he loved it!! I'm so glad that we didn't give these out to anyone because they totally had Talin's slobber all in it!! They were very good evidenced by the pic of Talin with his shirt off!

Sweetcorn Festival

We headed to the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival - homework for me and lots of fun for the rest of the family! Ronald actually got on the ponies this year and took a ride and as you can see from the pics, Talin enjoyed himself too! Of course we didn't get to check out all the food items because we had to head to the kids area! They had a waterslide with a pool at the bottom that Ronald wanted to do but we didn't have a change of clothes with us - maybe next year! I think he, Talin, and their dad had a lot of fun on the other slides though! And you had better believe we got some sweetcorn!!