Our sleepy haiden

Had to post this!! Quite funny if I say so myself!!!!

The Mountain of the Lord Large.m4v

I heard this song for the first time on Sunday in Relief Society. It is beautiful!!! I found this video and had to share! Listening to the words, brings such peace to me. I hope it does the same for you. Enjoy!

Amanda Belshe Triathlon

My First Triathlon!!!!

So, I did it!!!!! I finished my First Triathlon! It was such an awesome experience for me. Yesterday, we got there at about 8 am. I set up my bike where I was going to do my transitions and then checked in where they wrote my number on my arm and age on my leg. My friend Emily competed with me. It was so good to have her there, since she had done one before and showed me what to do and such! Our division Female 29 and under, started at 925. We had to walk together in the water and wait till they said GO. The Swim was 1/2 Mile long. I was so pumped at this time, since swimming is my strongest! Once we started I stayed right in front making sure to keep a good lead on everyone. The open water wasn't bad doing, but the temp of the water made it hard for me to breathe! That was definitely a struggle for me to get a hang of, but I still did quite well with my time which was 12:43. Once I got out of the water, we had to go to our transition area to get ready for the bike. The biking was 13.5 Miles long. What they had us do is bike a 2 loop circle. At the beginning of it, they had a killer hill which the first time going, I had no problem, but the second time around, I was almost to the top, but had to get off and run! I cut off 2 minutes from the first loop, so I still made up time, even doing that! The rest of the loop wasn't bad! Pretty straight the whole time with a few turns! I biked in 46:35. Pretty good for my fist time!! Then it came to my run! If you've been reading my Triathlon blog, I am not a runner, so this was definitely my weakest!! The bad thing too were the stinkin' hills they had most of the 3 Miles I ran! I was so tired too, that I had to stop and walk a couple times. My time for the run was 34:24. I was hoping to stay under 30:00, but still did better than what I thought when I was running it!! So, with everything together, including my transition times, I completed the Triathlon in 1:38:45. Not so bad with being my first one!!! I know I can push myself to be better next time, especially with the run!! It's just so good now to get one out of the way, have a better idea on what to expect with my next one, and know what I need to do with my training!! I feel so good at accomplishing a Triathlon!!! I am so proud to have worked so hard!!

Douglas took video footage as well, so I will be posting that as soon as it's done!!

5 Years!!!

Today is Mine and Douglas' 5 Year Wedding Anniversary! In just this short time of being married, we have experienced so many wonderful things. Just to name a few, we have had 2 AMAZING Children come into our lives that have been huge blessing for the both of us, we've been able to enjoy our love of traveling like going to Douglas' mission in the Dominican Republic, going to Mexico on our Honeymoon, and visiting Las Vegas, which we enjoyed every minute of, and though in these 5 Years we have moved 5 times, we finally were able to have a Home of our own!! It's definitely been quite the ride with our ups and downs, but looking back, I would not change a thing. Our struggles have brought us closer together and I think Douglas knows me more than anyone else does, including myself!! He is such a wonderful Husband who has helped me through my struggles in life and has supported me through all that I do! I am blessed to have him as my Husband and hope to continue a wonderful 50+ more years on this Earth and of course through Eternity!!!! Happy Anniversary Douglas! I Love You!!!

I don't have many Pictures of our Wedding and such, but here is the link to our Wedding Album that we have:

http://www.corayphoto.com/weddings/albums/DA.mov

This year, we decided to purchase Lagoon Season Passes! We thought it'd be a fun thing to do with the kids this Summer as well as fun date nights! Right now if you purchase 4 or more, each pass is about $88.00. That includes Lagoona Beach and is good through Frightmares. The sale ends Memorial Day I think. If you get a pass, let me know, so we can plan times to go together! It's gonna be a blast!

3 weeks!!

It just dawned on me that in three weeks from today, I'll be doing my first Triathlon!! Kind of scary, but very exciting at the same time!! It's gonna be here before I know it! Overall, I feel really good about it. The swimming especially! I think the hardest part for me will be the running, not my cup of tea if I must say, but 3 miles shouldn't be so bad! I just need to look ahead and never stop!! Anyways, I know I usually post this Triathlon stuff on my training blog, but couldn't help it! I'm just so pumped for it :)