We Tri

Triathlons. Triathlons are like drugs, they are addicting. Once you have done one, you keep going back to get that original high. But unlike drugs, triathlons are GOOD for you and you can always get that original high.

Now that Andrew and I are married and wanted to remain active, we decided to do one together.

So, a few weekends ago we drove down to beautiful St. George to compete in the St. George Tri.

First of all, St. George is so warm, it has palm trees, and it has red cliffs. I love it. We got there at dinner time but that morning I had made us a pasta dish. SO, we took our cooler to a park near the tabernacle and ate while watching the sunset and people. Then we picked up our packets and race numbers. While picking them up, we found out the water temperature was around 55-60 degrees. That's a pretty decent on the chily side for outside but that temperature to swim in is hypothermia temperature (no joke). So last minute, we rented a wetsuit for Andrew, his life was worth the $40 to me. Luckily, MaShay let me borrow hers (thanks MaShay).

We finally got to the Anjuli's house later that night. Her family was so nice to let us stay there, even when they had other guests (the guests were Meegan and Parker Mangum, we knew them from condo row, so it was a nice reunion).

We had to bike a mile in to actually get to the transition area so thats my wesuit underneath it all.

The race started later than every other triathlon i had done because of weather conditions (it tends to be really windy and the water temperature). ANyways, Andrew's heat started 20 minutes before mine. So I got to watch him swim and he actually finished his swim right as my heat was about to leave so we got to say hi then. We then saw each other on the bike and the run! It was so cool.

Sutton: 1:35:44 2nd in age group 20-24

Andrew: 1:34:51 21st in age group 25-29

We were both very happy with our results considering how little training we did (at least compared to when before I was married). It was so much fun!!

After the race we enjoyed some free food and seeing people I knew from the BYU Tri team.

After we cleaned up, we did a session at the St. George temple. It was beautiful!! Then we ate with the Tuscano family, some of the best enchiladas ever. Then we went to Dairy Queen! It's a tradition for me to go to Dairy Queen after a race that I plan to keep alive for the rest of my life.

Moral of the story: I love warm weather, triathlons, ice cream, the temple, and my husband.

Weddings

This weekend was filled with weddings!! Thursday night we went to Jordan Booth's reception. We saw a lot of people from BYU 61st ward. IT was a nice reunion! Then Friday night we went to Cierra's reception (a friend from work), she ended up marrying someone else from work. The food was amazing. Then Saturday morning we went back up to This Is The Place Park and saw Cierra and Ben's wedding. Luckily, it was a beautiful day outside. It was a small beautiful wedding. Then there was a luncheon that had a 3 course meal. It was very tasty.

The train that took us to the reception.

He is handsome

Then, Andrew and I drove to Provo to visit some of his old roommates. One of them just had a baby in January. He was very cute!

They matched.

He fell asleep in my arms. He liked me, and his bottle.

I got to see Megan Kings at her reception. She looked stunning and I can't believe we had not seen each other since we left the Dominican Republic! I do not know what I would have done without her and Missy. We had a blast!

graveyard shift

Right now I am working a 12 hr graveyard shift. You can go ahead and feel sorry for me but it's not so bad (I am only 3 hrs into it) Night shifts are a little easier in that there is not as much to do but you do have to keep yourself awake.

Andrew left me this weekend... for a guys trip (his dad and bro) to Moab. That's one of the main factors why I am working a night shift--my boss wanted me to and I get scared sleeping all alone in my crazy neighborhood. I'll tell you about my nueva mexico/bronx neighborhood some other time.

Last monday on the one beautiful day of April Andrew picked me up from work and we went mountain biking in Immigration canyon and then to the U because this is all right behind my work. It was so beautiful and so much fun! We saw a snake. Those of you who know me well know that I bruise really easily. Well my legs were black and blue after this bike ride b/c of the stupid metal pedals. Also b/c I had a bad fall on my road bike the week before. whoops.

Anyways, we are planning on hiking/biking the hundreds of trails to choose from. I am excited!

Ha. That's my husband. He can be weird.

If I HAD to live in Utah for a while (other than right now) I would live in Federal Heights. And yes I know you have to be a millionaire or more to do this. We're getting close.

snakkeee

Helmets are not flattering. but if i did not wear one I could really hurt myself and i would owe my dad $15.

Grayson plays lacrosse for BYU. Andrew and I made an effort to go to most of them (my parents bought us season tickets---thanks mom and dad) He played really well. He got pretty good playing time, especially for being a freshman! Whenever he got on the field, ANdrew and I would cheer really loudly. We are funny.

I think Andrew felt bad for leaving me so he had flowers waiting for me in a blender when I got home from work and he had already left. How sweet. (don't worry mom I cut the stems some and made it look good. I'll take another picture.