Happy Memorial Day

Every Memorial Day I think of my wonderful Grandparents who were both Veterans. My Grandmother was a WAC (Women's Army Corps) and P.J. was a Naval Captain at the time of his retirement in 1968. I miss them terribly and thank you for your service to our wonderful country!

The holiday weekend went fast, geesh! George was here and we had some friends over Sunday night for guacamole and Mexican taco's. Rhonda made these festive treats, delish! Monday morning I got to meet some really nice folks also doing the triathlon and we rode some hills, monster hills--about 8 miles of them it was really good conditioning. Race day we need to be up and at 'em at 4:30 in the morning and Dan is going to go with Leilani and I, so the 2 week countdown is upon us. I did about a 16-19 lap swim (lost count but wanted to keep pushing) this morning. Saturday morning Leilani and I are going to ride those hills again then drive over to the quarry and do an open water swim. I want to do at least one before race day. I know it's different from the pool and I am completely comfortable w/open water but I have never swam competitively in open water before. The good part is that I practically grew up in open water as I lived the first 15 years of my life on the lake. I am totally used to NO visibility and muddy lake bottoms. Thanks to Lake Nasworthy, uh lake Nasty Water to the locals!

The butteflies are here the butterflies are here. Or the Mariposa's are here as Diego would say! We ordered the butterfly farm and got the caterpillars via snail mail. We actually lost the larve (under Finn's drawers) for a few days (about 6) and the chrystallis molted and turned into butterflies flying around in the little jar w/food just in time to be placed in the butterfly sanctuary. We give them a fresh slice of orange every morning. Finn wants to set them free today. We'll let you know how that goes! Love to all!! Joelle, Dan, Finn and Luke