Our Tri-Athlete

Rob competed in the Xterra Tri-Athalon, on Saturday. It consisted of a 1 mile swim, 16 mile mountain bike ride, and a 4 mile mountain trail run. He looked dead at the finish. But he finished! We were so proud!



These are his buddies from work, who did the race with him. Rob, Pat, Tyler, & Mike. They all came in right around the same time. Kade and I had fun watching Daddy cross the finish line.

The Letter

I received a letter from my friend Sarah, in California, today. It was so cute. She even drew pictures of my pets, with their names. How sweet is this? Hopefully you can tell how cute it is in the pictures. Thanks, Sarah! I miss my little Sarah Stink!

"Mama"

He's 8 1/2 months old already! He's getting so big! Let's see what he's up to now..

• He says, "mama!" (ok, so sometimes it sounds like "baba" or "bama"), but he always repeats me, and today it was a real "mama". Yeah!
• He nods his head "yes" very dramatically, and sometimes it gets stuck in the downward position.
• He went swimming for the first time, and fell asleep in his floaty.
• He can spin all around & scoot, but still no crawling!

The Notebook

Here are some close up pictures of the notebooks that we made. They all turned out differently, but this was mine...

Front cover
Inside of front cover
Inside of back cover. We made little pockets & bookmark-like tabs.
Back cover
Some girls were going to use their book as a journal, some to set by the phone, for notes. I took mine with me to Church, to use for notes in one of my classes. Whatever you want to use it for, I guess.

A Family Affair

Rob's sisters, Carolyn & Cherilyn, flew in from Utah & California. We had a couple days of Eagar family fun! Everyone met up for dinner on Friday night...

And enjoyed a little Mexican food.
Kade wasn't feeling too well. He had a fever, and fell asleep on Mommy.
Then we headed over to Eric and Kim's new house, to chat and play "Signs".
Kade, still not feeling well...:(
Deirdre & baby Garth.

The next morning we had caramelized french toast at our house, prepared by Deirdre. And so the "Girls' Day" began. Wade and Rob took all the kids wake boarding...The only problem was that the boat battery was dead. No wake boarding. So a few hours later Kade & Rob were back. In time for a little french toast. It was delicious!

Kim piggin' out! She is feeding two! :)
And then the crafting began. We decided we wanted to do some type of craft that day. So who did I ask for ideas? My Mom, of course! And everyone brought over what supplies I was missing, and we were crafting away. Wait until you see how cute they are...
Chattin' & craftin'...

They're gonna be so cute!

Ta da! Here we are with our little personalized notebooks. The picture really doesn't do them justice. They did turn out cute & it was fun. (Thanks Mom, for the idea and the extra supplies!)
Then we were off to shove our faces full of food again. Lunch!
Carolyn & Cherilyn
Deirdre & Kim
The sign says, "Arizona School of Massage Therapy." Yes, we did have massages, for $25! We might have to make that a monthly ritual...

We wanted to show the lines on Jen's head, from the massage bed. Cute pic Jen!
We had Saturday night dinner at our house, but Jen cooked. That's the way to go. I love this picture of the Eagar boys watching Spiderman. Kade thinks he's a big boy with his cousins. It was so cute. He wanted to do what they were doing.
He looks like he's really into the movie. He lost interest fairly quickly, and was off to bed.
Girls in the kitchen...
Boys outside playing. (Wade, Jasper & Garth. ) After dinner, we played games for a couple of hours, until the kids started getting tired. It was a busy & fun weekend. We're glad Cherilyn & Carolyn could come out for a visit, and give us an excuse to have "Girls' Day" & lots of family time.

And then...

My Mom & Jodi showed up in Tempe around 1:30. They are here all week for the Mesa Scrapbook Convention. They're staying up in Scottsdale, but I'm sure Kade and I will be seeing a lot of them.

Lots of family fun!

The Boys That BIKE Together Stay Together

Aren't the Eagar boys cute? Rob will be muttering, "Men, we're men!"
Rob always tells me that, "He mountain bikes because he's gotta keep this looking good." (As he points to his body.) But I think it's just an excuse to have some male-bonding time with his brothers. Besides, look at that scenery! That was Saturday in Sedona. Looks like a great day for a ride! And they made it home only 2 hours after they said they would! :)