Saturday, June 13, 2009

Elkhart Lake Triathlon










He did it! Jeremy crossed the finish line in 1 hour 33 minutes. Pretty good time for someone who didn't train very hard! We are very proud of him.




Stage 1: The Wait
(only guy without a wetsuit in 61 degree water...hmmmm)



HE'S OFF!

(Remember to look at the only guy in the water without a wetsuit)





Stage 2: Biking










Stage 3: The Run





THE FINISH LINE!


Nice Shorts?



The kids were so proud of their Daddy!


























Partners in Crime Together

Jeremy, Tom, and Travis

Jeremy's mom, Judy came for the big event

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Funny Kid Quotes

  • Maddie (yelling walking to a timeout): Mama you're so mean to your children! (age 5)
  • Maddie: I wish I was an only child (age 5)
  • Mama, isn't cleaning out between your toes awesome?! (age 4 1/2)
  • Maddie: lifting up her bare arms...mama do you think my armpits are pretty? (age 4 1/2)
  • Maddie: on the bus today I had a whole bunch of ear wax in my ear. Me: oh, is it better now? Maddie: yup, I just stuck my finger in and scooped it up and wiped it on the bus seat. (age 41/2)
  • Max: Jeremy took the boys out fishing. Max saw a ripple in the water indicating a fish may be on the hook. He was so excited he says..."look dad, there's a nipple!!!!:
  • Maddie: As she was getting on her bikini to go swimming she comes downstairs and I overhear her say to Max, "Arde, will you button my bra in the back for me?" (4)
  • Maddie: took the remote and insisted she knew how to get iCarly on TV. After much stubborness she clicked through the channels and just by chance it landed on iCarly. She looks at me all smug, "I told you I could do it, Mommy. You must have forgot I'm SMART!" (3 1/2)
  • Ben: I think my tongue is broke (9)
  • Grandma Mueller gave Arde some Eggnog icecream for a snack. Max looks at it and says, "Grandma, this doesn't look like my style."
  • I was telling the kids that when I was little St.Nick didn't come visit me when I was a kid. Arde asked, "why mom? Did you live in an orphanage?"
  • Maddie was racing me to her bedroom tonight and cut the bottom of her foot pretty bad. she saw the blood and said, "oh, this isn't going to be good."
  • Maddie out of the blue says to me.."we both have diarrhea don't we mommy?" My response, "not that I know of!"
  • Tonight Maddie told me, "J.T. is my boyfriend." (This is a guy that is helping us design our new house) On the next breath she says, "Richard is also my boyfriend, but don't tell Daddy." (Anyone that knows my wonderful neighbor knows he is in his 60's!!!) We are going to have our hands full with this one!
  • One night I told Maddie she was cracking me up. Her response was, "You want to gobble me all up don't you mommy!?"
  • As I was putting Maddie to bed I told her I was going to go and wished her a goodnight. "Why do you have to go mommy?" I told her my nose was dripping and I had to get a tissue. She held up the bottom part of her pajama shirt and said, "Here mommy, just wipe your nose on my shirt that's what I do."
  • Maddie was mad at me today (like usual). A bee came by her while we were outside and here are her exact words "Bee go away! Go by mommy!"
  • Max: I was having a conversation about a good friend of Max's who is spanish. Max said Oscar has black skin so he is black. I corrected him by saying Oscar is spanish. Max's response was "He's not Spanish mom, he speaks human!"
  • Crying in bed one night, I asked Max why he was sad. He said, "The world is just so hard."
  • Max: You're all making me crabby
  • Max: I wish Ben didn't have a mouth
  • Maddie: Don't look at me!
  • Ben to Maddie: Maddie, don't even think about it. My patience is wearing thin! (I wonder who that sounds like)
  • Max: Mom, do you wish you were Amish?
  • Mom to Max: Max, did you cut off the pony's mane with scissors? Max responds: Well, that depends if I'm going to get into trouble or not
  • Max: (After eating a cob of sweet corn)...Mmmmm, I mow'd it down like a chicken
  • Maddie: Whook it, Mommy! Whook it! (look it)
  • Max: Mom! Stop talking! I have cookie in my eyeball!
  • Ben: You want a piece of me?
  • Max: Mom, how long were you thinking about making this yucky supper?
  • Max: Mom, why are you wearing black stuff on your eyebrows? (I was wearing mascara)
  • Max: Jesse, you can't win a fishing tournament with just one fish!
  • Maddie: Whenever we ask the kids if they want to go somewhere, Maddie always raises her hand up in the air and shouts "Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, ..." She won't stop until we tell her she can come too!
  • Ben: Mom, how old will I be when I'm 16?
  • Max: I better get to bed now, no sense in putting it off.

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