just a little camping

yiayia and papou came to visit for a few days and took beckett on an overnight camping trip. they went to tolt macdonald campgrounds... not too far from us, in case camping got a little overwhelming, but they said beckett did great. beckett loves camping and loves family and was too excited for a little personal time with his yiayia and papou. they wore him out with hiking, and tadpole hunting, and s'more making, and tent building. we're so grateful for fun, active grandparents that come and take our sweet guy on tiny adventures. 

papou is an ironman!

over the weekend we took heath on his first road trip to coeur d'alene in idaho. we went to visit yiayia, papou, and uncle sean who were there because papou was competing in an ironman. so cool! it was really fun and exciting to see bob compete in his fifth ironman. the whole thing is super impressive. the ironman triathalon consists of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and  a marathon 26.2 mile run, completed without a break. i know... you probably need to take a nap just after reading that. i really loved being there for the event. the thing is organized really well (you know i appreciate that) and you just want to cry about every single person that crosses the finish line because come on... what an accomplishment! we got to see papou start his second lap on his bike, transition from the bike to run portion, and cross the finish line. it is really tricky to find people on the course and correctly time when they will be coming by, but we tried our best. bob had a great time... a little over 12 hours and was totally okay right after the race. i would have just been passed out on the ground or something. heath and beckett both did really well on the drive and becektt loved getting to spend time with family. heath probably loved it too... it's hard to say, since he is just a baby and all. in the end, we had a successful first little trip! yeah! 

christmas dinner

allie and bob hosted an intimate christmas dinner, with a few family members. the crazy thing is that there was about 40 people there and that really is like half of matt's family. little yiayia (matt's grandma) has over 20 grandchildren and over 20 great grandchildren. matt's family is all about having babies! i love it. if my entire family came over for a christmas dinner, it would be... i don't know... 10 people. ha.