1st day of 1st Grade

Happy 1st day Lincoln!

Well, I didn't get the memo that everyone takes their kids to school on the first day. I did take Lincoln to school, early, showed him his classroom and then brought him back home so that he could ride the bus with his friends. No one was on the bus! I had to drive Lincoln back to school because we watched out the window for his friends to come down the street and none came along, therefore, we missed the bus. Uuugh! Oh well, he made it to school and was so excited.

Doug Lincoln and Steve hike Angels landing

This last weekend Doug And Lincoln had the opportunity of meeting Steve out in St George and then hiking Angels landing at Zion National Park. Above are a few pictures that they took along the way. Looks like lots of fun.

Proud Sister

Yes, I have to brag about my big brother. He did the West Valley City Triathlon last Saturday and guess what? He came in first place. Wooh-hoo! I knew he was fast but to be able to beat out 2nd place (his brother-in-law) by almost two minutes when he is is almost 10 years older than him is pretty darn good!

He has done this with his brother-in-laws for the past few years and I finally had the chance to go out to watch and what do you know, it was raining so bad that I turned around and came home. Uuuugghh! Apparantly the rain, thunder and lightning didn't stop him. A great big congrats to SHAYNE, CHRIS and WADE. They all came in within the top ten.

Shayne also beat his time last year by about a minute. Yay!

Race Date Triathlon 2009
Overall Finish List
Standard
Overall Name City Bib No Age Age Group Time Pace
1 Shane Aguilar WVC UT 467 44 1 M 40-44 1:08:15.8 13:39/K
2 Chris Harding WVC UT 474 35 1 M 35-39 1:10:09.7 14:02/K
3 Shawn Marsing 503 28 1 M 25-29 1:10:19.6 14:04/K
4 Talon Kohler wvc UT 505 17 1 M 15-19 1:12:20.0 14:28/K
5 Kristen Martinez West Jordan UT 525 31 1 F 30-34 1:12:59.8 14:36/K
6 Gus Thunberg SLC UT 494 38 2 M 35-39 1:15:59.2 15:12/K
7 Carson Malen Salt Lake City UT 511 14 1 M 12-14 1:17:47.8 15:33/K
8 Chad Meier WVC UT 482 45 1 M 45-49 1:18:13.8 15:39/K
9 Wade Meier WVC UT 483 42 2 M 40-44 1:18:41.8 15:44/K


Male 40 to 44
Place Name City Age Bib No Overall Time
1 Shane Aguilar WVC UT 44 467 1 1:08:15.8
2 Wade Meier WVC UT 42 483 9 1:18:41.8
3 Scott DeSena Sandy UT 42 472 10 1:19:19.4
4 Dennis Nordfelt West Valley City UT 43 486 27 1:28:29.1
5 Shawn Kennedy Sandy UT 44 532 35 1:31:07.4

Disclaimer: The above picture has been taken from Sara's blog (thanks Sara) and it is actually last years race because as you all know I missed this years and Sara hasn't put pictures up of this years race yet for me to steal. hee, hee.

Lincoln's name

Origin of the name Lincoln:
Transferred use of the surname derived from the city of Lincoln in northeastern England. The name is found written in Latin in the 7th century as Lindum Colonia, which is probably a Latinate rendering of the Welsh llyn (lake, pool) and the Latin colonia (colony).

The meaning of the name Lincoln is From The Lake Settlement

The origin of the name Lincoln is English

Notes: Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president. Nickname: Linc.

Origin is boring but our son isn't!

Findings for the name Brinley

I thought this was kind of funny being that I live in Utah and have a daughter named Brinley:

Commentary on the name Brinley:
Never heard of the name Brinley? You must not live in Utah. The state is a naming world unto itself, and while the rest of the country wasn't looking Utah parents made Brinley a major in-state hit with multiple popular spellings. The spelling Brinley gives it surname style, while Brynlee is more like a composite name ("Katelynne") that emphasizes the nickname Bryn.

The meaning of the name Brinley is Burnt Meadow

The origin of the name Brinley is English

Camping with friends 2009

This weekend I was able to gather a few of my old friends for an overnighter camping trip. It was so fun to see everyone and their families.

These friends go back about 15 years and we all met from a young adult ward. We have traveled from Florida to California (and between) and to Hawaii together and have had a blast doing things like camping, running rivers, snowmobile, cross country ski, spelunk, hike, kayak, snorkel and just plain have a lot of fun.

We have watched each other grow in our own personal ways such as finishing school, getting married, becoming parents and bringing additions into our circle of friends.
It was great to see everyone again and to be able catch up with what we have missed as well as bringing up our crazy old stories and just being able to chat with one another.

Thanks Friends

Tooele County Rodeo

Bull Riders














Lincoln Doug and Brinley














Brinley after blue cotton candy














money goat chasin'














Brinley with her rodeo friends














Wow! What a night to say the least! This year the County fair was a little different it was what they call a ranch rodeo. I have not heard of this but did overhear what the cowboys behind me were saying. Everyone that is in it is a local. It was not professional to say the least but as my brother would say (those are the best kind).

It starts out that Lincoln got up the mutton bustin contest and backed out. That's ok because they had the stick horse races and he and Brinley did that. They had absolutely know idea of what they were supposed to be doing and ended up with no score but next year, they will have it figured out for sure. Next was the money goat for 7 and under. Lincoln chased that goat around the whole field and then decided next year that he needs his tennis shoes instead of oversized cowboy boots. He didn't get any money but he had fun. After that was the money calf for ages 7-10 which was also quite fun to watch.

Then the Rodeo. Everyone including the clown, announcer, paramedics (it seemed) were all amatures. It took over two minutes for 4 men to rope a calf and tie it's feet EVERY TIME. This got old, then we had the bucking horses. That was good however, there was one horse that didn't want anyone to ride him and he ran head first into a fence and the guy flew over the fence. COOL! He walked away. Then came the Bull riders. They had men dressed in wigs and tight shirts with balloons in them and fairy's, drunkerds prisoners, everything was a little strange for me. They had a contest for best costume. CRAZY! One normal dressed guy rode the bull and was thrown off. The bull started trampling him and then when he tried to stand, he fell over, his leg was totally broke and facing the wrong way. AAAH! That wasn't all. Another cowboy fell off his bull and tried to climb the fence and the bull totally body slammed him into the fence. The paramedics were very slow and it made for a long night. I think one of the things that made my stomach so sick this morning is that the ambulances had the men in them but hadn't left the rodeo until after it was over. This is like an hour later.

They had announced fireworks the whole night so we basically stayed through all of that for the fireworks. Finally, the rodeo ended and they announced sorry no FIREWORKS tonight. UUUGH!. I am done with rodeo's for the year and I think I will stick to the more professional ones from now on. Here is video of the stick horse race, Brinley was first and the Lincoln.