back from my blog vacation!
and my physical vacation, too...
i had such a fun time in hilton head with my family (though i missed matt and kevin and emily). the weather was unbelievably humid and hot, but we had a wonderful pool and, of course, the ocean just a short walk away.
in summary:
-ate a ton of good food
-enjoyed the luxury home we were staying in
-watched the ocean (it was flat and lake-like except for one day!)
-swam in the pool/ocean
-tamed the beast (a.k.a. inflatable alligator) by leaping on to it from outside the pool and maintaining position until at least the count of three (funniest moment was when 8 months pregnant michelle attempted this and instantly flipped over. her back didn't feel great that evening "i'm trying to think of what i did differently today...." hmmm...)
-went on a turtle walk and talk (the next day, mom spotted loggerhead turtle tracks and then saw caretakers moving the nearby turtle nest (129 eggs!) to a safer location--pretty awesome!)
-ran a 5k (ry and i got our personal records of 24:58--that's 8:03 minutes/mile-yeah! goal achieved!) while mom and aunt deedee were power walkers and dad, michelle, and hannah were our cheering section
-played yahtzee and cranium
-played a sweltering game of mulligan putt-putt, in which anytime all 4 of us got a penalty stroke (or, uh, strokes), none of us counted it! yeah! with these rules we beat uncle bob and jonathan and had so much more fun-heehee!
-chatted and talked and caught up with everyone i've been missing
-listening to silly hannah talk and squeal and do a million other cutie things. she looks so much like ryan, it's unbelievable. maybe caleb will look like michelle!
so now i'm home and loving it as well. matt and i are taking this whole weekend to ourselves. i've actually hardly seen him this week since he has had deadlines and has been working 10-12 hour days. so we're going to take a bike ride and chill at the beach today.
matt and i decided to do an adventure race in tahoe on september 24th! it involves kayaking, mountain biking, and trail running/orienteering, and "special tasks" (maybe a mud pit of some kind? heehee). training for it may be a challenge, especially with the orienteering (huh? how do you do that?) and kayaking (a little expensive to rent on a regular basis).
check out the website: http://www.bigblueadventure.com/pub/main2.asp?daEvent=25&daPageName=DISCIPLINES
mare, i love reading about your fun alaska adventures. can't wait to visit you someday (but not before one year is up, don't worry! :) and dad edwards, i love the africa adventures, justy-ditto in video/slideshow form.
can't wait to see the edwards family in colorado august 6-8th!
i'm out. have a great weekend, everybody!
by the way, the new ben folds album is great. the song about elliott smith is too sad to listen to most of the time, though. i can't wait to see him live in august.