Road Trip!

Thats right! Road Trip! I left my wings at home and Nick and I headed to Colorado in the man van. It was an awesome tri trip! I havent gotten to see Nick race a lot this summer and was pretty much counting down the days to this weekends trip! Some friends of ours, Shawnie and Austin Jenkins, came up from Denver to cheer Nick on which made it even more fun!! Nick raced amazingly and it was so fun to watch!! He took 11th out of the pros and 2nd out of the amateurs!! He had a great race.

So... you girls that have watched the bachelor since season 1 might recognize the guy in this next pic! Its Ryan Sutter from season 2!!! He married Trista!! Anyhow my friend (Debbie) was racing and saw him in the water before the race. Luckily she got my attention so we could snap a pic!! (No we are not stalkers but we do LOVE Xterras!) I would also like to point out that Ryan and Trista are living proof that the Bachelor is real and they do find love... SO Nick leave me alone.

<<<< Bachelor Ryan Sutter!!! (And Debbie)

I got to run my first 10k while in Colorado this weekend too!! I wont lie- I totally surprised myself! It was a very hard race - 1300 ft vertical climb and it was hard to breath due to the altitude! I took 1st in my age group and 4th overall!!! Like I said- VERY SURPRISED! This pic sums up my feelings on the climbs....

NICK TAKES MOAB XTERRA!!

Nick is the MOAB XTERRA OVERALL WINNER!! (Meaning he beat the pros too. Just saying.) He put a write up about the race on his race blog! Check it out!!

Nick's Race Blog

A Girl's Garden

This weekend I was on call for work so I had to stay home and couldn't follow nick on his journey down south so I started my very first garden!! Hopefully something grows!!! Either way we had lots of fun planting it! Thanks mom and Harley for your assistance!

My Farm Boy

Yes. A Pink Shovel. If your surprised then you probably dont know me very well.




My farm boy got a little tired.

These made my day!

Holidays- Baptism By Fire!

When Nick first spent Christmas with my family it was kind of an eye opener. A 16 year old, an 18 year old, and a 21 year old all acting like we were 4 and still believing. Nick's belief in Santa was revived and now he too waits at the bottom of the stairs on Christmas morning (early Christmas morning) with my sister and I waiting for my brother to wake up my parents so we can all go out and see what Santa brought us.

Easter in the McGonegal household is no different. Easter egg hunts are taken seriously. Very seriously. Even though he thinks that we get a bit out of hand (tackling each other to get the last egg), Nick's not shy and that competitive side comes out with the rest of us and he joins the hunt.

This commercial played a couple of days ago and Nick started laughing - "Thats how it is at your house every year!"

Happy Easter!

Nick is the West Region CHAMPION!!!!

Nick traveled down to Las Vegas last weekend to compete in his first triathlon of the season! Great way to start the season- he took 1st in the amateur division and 16th overall among the pros! This means that he has already qualified for 2011 World Championship in Maui!!! SO EXCITED!!!