Butte 100 Results

As a follow up to my previous post - they finally posted results for the 100 milers.

79 people started the day but only 33 finished!

Ty came in 18th place with a time of 12:42:20

Drew came in 19th place with a time of 12:42:24

Way to go guys!!!! :)

Butte 100

This last weekend was great. We went to Butte, Montana for a 100 mile mountain bike race for Drew. We drove up with our friends Gigi and Ty - it was a great little rode trip. Friday we rode the last part of the course that the boys were going to be riding the next day. We woke up Saturday morning at 4 am for a 6 am start time - way too early for me! Gigi and I were able to see the 100 milers start and then make it to Aid Station #1. There were so many mosquitos there it was ridiculous. The boys were already hurting when they got there (about 24 miles in) so I was a little nervous. After Aid Station #1 we made it back to see the 50 milers start. I was surprised with how many people had made the trip for the race. After they left Gigi and I decided to skip trying to find Aid Station 2 - 4 because we really had no idea how to get there. The race was pretty unorganized - especially from a supporter standpoint. They didn't get any kind of map or mileage break down and only received pretty confusing instructions about the course directions. They handed out directions to some of the Aid Stations for supporters but the directions were wrong and everyone was scrabbling to figure out where to go. Gigi and I were driving around all day - it seemed like in circles. By Aid Station #7 Drew was hurting pretty bad. I mentioned that the trail starts to go up right down the street and he gave me the look of death. They said it felt like they had been going up hill ALL DAY. They did amazing and I'm so proud of them and everyone else that raced. I can't even imagine what it would be like. I heard a lot of people say that it was the hardest race they have ever done. They still haven't posted the final results yet but I think Drew and Ty finished a little over 12 hours. Way to go guys - you are AMAZING!

Draper, Deer Valley, and Solitude Races

I decided to put all of my pictures together from these races into a short little slideshow. It has been so much easier to create the slideshows then to resize all of my pics - sorry if you don't like videos. I just realized as I was typing this that the Solitude race was part of the Mid-Week Series - oops! Drew finished in 2nd place in both the Draper and Deer Valley Races and I'm not sure what he placed at Solitude. We just had a wonderful weekend in Butte, Montana where Drew just raced in a 100 mile mountain bike race. He did AMAZING. I'll get some pictures posted soon.

California in June

Not only did we go to Hawaii, but we were also able to go to California with Drew's family in June. We started out with Drew's immediate family and Grandma and Grandpa Anderson at Disneyland. It was so fun. Sam was the perfect age because he didn't need a nap and everything was still so "magical" for him. Ellie liked it as well, but she was a little strung out by the 3rd day. She gets a little snippy when she doesn't get her naps (so do I). Sam LOVED the Jedi training and was so excited when he was chosen (took 2 tries). Ellie loved all of the princesses and Minnie Mouse but made sure you knew that she didn't like Goofy.

After Disneyland we drove to Oceanside to spend the rest of the weekend with the rest of the Anderson's. Grandma and Grandpa rented a beach house for the entire family for Christmas. It was so much fun and the kids had so much playing with all of their cousins. We were also able to go to SeaWorld while we were there. We had an amazing time and loved it all. Thank you so much Dave and Joni and Grandma and Grandpa! When I was going through pictures I realized I didn't get pictures of everyone - sorry! We need to swap pictures. :)

I realized as I was putting together the slideshows today that all I have in my itunes is Jason Mraz. I'm going to have to get some other music. :)

Chris and Zale's Wedding in Hawaii

I have been horrible about updating my blog so I'm just going to try and do a couple of the main trips/events over the past few months. First off.........

Chris and Zale decided that they were going to get married in Hawaii and my mom and dad made it possible for the family to enjoy a wonderful trip and wedding on Maui in May (thanks mom and dad :D ). It was a wonderful trip that we will always remember. Drew and I had a little snag getting there. When we got the airport Sunday morning to leave the flight had been delayed which would have meant that we would have missed our connecting flight in Phoenix to get to Maui. The lady from the airlines told us that if we could make it to LA we could would be able to get on a flight that would still make it to Maui that night. I decided that we should give it a try so we ran through the airport and found a southwest flight that went to Vegas and then to LA and we would have about 1 hour to make the connector to Maui. Everything seemed to be going well until we were about to land in LA and all of the sudden the plan pulled back up and circled over the ocean for about another 30+ minutes. When we finally landed there were fire trucks and ambulances all around us because we had lost one of our hydraulics and they were worried that when we landed the wheels wouldn't hold and we would skid along our belly on the runway. Obviously, that didn't happen and we were fine except for the fact that we didn't have enough time to make our next flight. We got to the ticket counter 5 minutes before our flight was supposed to leave and they wouldn't let us on. So we spent the night in LA. We were both pretty upset from the events of the whole day but still went to the beach to try and make the best of it.

After waking up at 4 in the morning to make our flight the next morning (with no bags) we finally made it to Maui. Even though it was stressful getting there we had an amazing time. It was the first trip Drew and I had really been on without the kids (thanks Joni for watching them). I think it made us realize we need to make a greater effort to take time for the two of us. It was so nice to go on a trip with my family. It is really only the 2nd time since we've been married that we've been on a trip with them and it was wonderful.

The wedding itself was wonderful. There was a little confusion with the man that married them - he had the wrong date. But after all of the initial confusion and stress it was so nice. Zale looked beautiful and it was a wonderful night. It was so nice to be able to get to know Zale's family better. I had tons of pictures so here are a couple for those who don't watch the slide show.

Drew trying to enjoy himself in LA

One of my favorites of Chris and Zale

Chris, Zale and Conner

Nate's info

Hi all! I know it has been forever since I posted and we have been traveling a ton. I will do my best to get it updated soon. However, I thought I would hurry and post a quick note about Nate. Nate (my brother-in-law) has asked me to update his blog for him while he is on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Anyone that is interested in his current status can check it out here.

Brooke :)

5 Mile Pass - 1st Place

He did it again! Drew had a race this weekend and took first place in his division. Unfortunately I chose not to attend this time because I think I would have been pushing my luck with the kids in the cold weather. I'm hoping to track down some pics to post later. :)