the Tri

530 comes early, pumping up the tire, proper psi is crucial

spencer and jess awaiting the start

swimmers

a few jelly fish stings and 21ish min later 1/3 the way done

jess and a guy from the second wave passing him

still early but great tri weather

jess going out on the bike

transition to the run a little over an hour later

Jess on the final stretch

final time 2hrs 9min lots of room for improvement.

the best cheering section at the event

Shelley, Heidi, Spencer, Sonia, Jess, Diane

the six triathletes

Wheel Bug

Mississippi is filled with the strangest bugs ever! Jess found this wheel bug in our backyard. Go to this link to read all about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_bug really interesting!

Wakeboarding on Pearl River with Gators and Snakes!!

We went wakeboarding with a couple of nurses that Jess works with. I was a little scared to go in the water at first because everyone has told us about the alligators and the snakes that are in the water. We survived though! They must have been scared off by our wakeboarding skills!

Family Plant

Jess Grandma had a plant and took a leaf from it and started another plant for Kathie, Kathie took two leaves from hers and started a plant for Jess and Mike. Jess and I still have his plant and in the 5 years we have been married it has gotten flowers on it twice! Look how pretty!!

Antonelli night at the Mississippi Braves

A few weeks ago I had to work at the Mississippi Braves baseball game. We were hoping to find some students. The game was really fun and I even participated in one of the on field activities!!(race through the yellow pages,who can find Dominoes first?)

I must be used to the white pages because I was looking under the D's the whole time!! ha ha

the storms here are different from back home, the water comes down in sheets. Storms blow through quickly and can cause some damage luckily we were spared this time. This also was somewhat mild compared to what we have seen in the past.

Hayes family

The Hayes/Acker/Reid family was in town this weekend and it was a blast to have some company, it's always a party. The weekend was full of rockband, food, swiming, pop colds, "Stacie....Milo....Stacie... Milo" (brockie), and laughter. Thanks for making the long drive out.

this is a pic of the kids playing rock band it was fun to have the Acker kids get to know the Rosengreens they seemed to have fun together.

Stacie and Karen making brownies

more rockband