Burpees

Once when I was visiting Seattle, Alexis told me that her friend was doing the 100 Burpees Challenge. No, it is not burping 100 times. Burpees are an exercise that are actually used by Navy Seals to do conditioning. The following picture demonstrates a Burpee:

When I go down into the push up position I actually do a a push up and mine don't look as good as this marine's but I try. Anyway, when Alexis told me about her friend I thought that it would be impossible. Burpees are quite tiring and I couldn't imagine doing 100. Well, one of the Crossfit workouts I have is called the "Prison Workout". You start with doing 20 Burpees, walk 25m, do 19 Burpees, walk 25m and so on down to 1 Burpee. This is a total of 210 Burpees. So, I decided to try it today. It took me about an hour. Well, when I got to 13 I wasn't sure if I had done my set up 14 so when I was finished I did another set up 14. So, I think all total I did 224 Burpees. It wasn't as hard as I had anticipated. I think walking 25m really helps give your muscles a brief break. I am not sore yet, but I have a feeling I will be in the morning.

Spending Time with Grandpa Leonard

I can't think of a better way to bond with your Grandsons then to floss their teeth. Since my dad is a pediatric dentist, it is not unusual for him to check his grand-kids' teeth when visiting. I remember as a child he also used to check my cousins' teeth.

Adam was a good patient for Grandpa

Open wide Matt

"Now when you get to a little bit older Gavin, I'll check your teeth too."

Gavin enjoying time on Grandpa's Shoulder

Gavin's Blessing

Gavin Michael Kennington was blessed on June 20, 2010. He is such a cute little guy.

Kennington Family (L to R: Adam, Heidi (MOM), Gavin (BABY), Matt, and Robert (DAD).

Gavin in his blessing outfit.

Grandma Leonard with Gavin.

Boy, what a day. I am exhausted. Everyone wanted to keep holding me. I had to go to the front of the Chapel and was surrounded by a bunch a men. And then to top it all of I had to make sure I didn't cry during that time.

Matt's Birthday

The weekend of June 18, I went to Garden City, KS to celebrate Matt's 5th birthday. It was a fun and busy weekend. Gavin was also blessed that week. Here is the happy family on Matt's birthday. After opening presents we went to the Golden Corral.

Matt with his Birthday loot

Matt received a pool from Grandma and Grandpa Leonard. It was a lot of fun, although the slide would not hold my weight. I still had fun playing with the boys.

Grandma Leonard playing with the boys.

The boys had fun going down the slide in multiple different ways.

I got Matt a Spider-man fishing pole. I hid it in his bed and when he was getting ready for bed he noticed that something was under the covers. It was fun to see his shock and excitement. The boys had fun taking turns casting and reeling in a fake fish in the front yard.

How to entertain a 5 year old

While I was at my sister's house in early May, I made some movies with Matthew to keep him busy. It was a lot of fun and making the movies only took a few minutes. They are really short movies.

The first movie, I took 10 silly pictures of him. Then Matt chose the transitions and special effects.




This movie, I created a bunch of obstacle courses for Matt to complete. He really enjoy this activity.

It's Official

This morning at 9:10 am, one of my professor said, "It's official, you are now 2nd year masters students."

Steroids

Well, last week I decided to max out on bench pressing. For those avid readers of my blog you will remember that last year I benched 120 lbs. I really didn't think I would be able to do more than that but I benched 130lbs. My friend that was spotting me is also a cop and he said, "I think we might need to start an investigation regarding steroid use." I actually think he was a little gross out that I could bench that much and maybe this is something I shouldn't share with the public. I don't look like He-woman or anything; it is just my Ninja muscles.

Birthday Cake

My friend, Tamia, made me this cake for my birthday. It is ants crawling on a magnify glass. I thought it was really cool and a nice surprise. The ants are peanut M&Ms, the magnify glass is chocolate cake, and the handle is 3 Swiss Rolls.

Boulder Boulder 2010k

On Memorial Day I ran the Boulder Boulder 10k. There were 54,000 people racing. My goal was to run it in under an hour and I crossed the finish line at 56:13 with a (9:02 mile pace). The Boulder Boulder is a race that is not only a great course but a great atmosphere. As we ran through the neighborhood there were bands playing, belly dancers, and people handing out jello shots. Although I was tempted with the jello shots, I refrained. I didn't want to get a side ache. Many of the neighborhood residents were having tailgate parties in their drive ways and cheering us on. One family even had a slip in slide for racers, but I was to focus on beating an hour to stop and appease my inner child. The Boulder Boulder is also know for the costumes that many runners will wear. I saw Jesus, a man in a suit, a man wearing a green body suit that he even covered his face, many people wearing hula skirts, and two women wearing dresses (I think they were sister missionaries). The only thing I would change about the race would be where I parked. I was 1.5m from the starting line and 3m from the finish line. Even though there were 54,000 people, the race was very well organized. ABC news actually filmed the finish line and and you can watch it at http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/23747809/index.html You can actually see me cross the finish line. I crossed at 8:40:33. I am wearing a blue tank top, a white hat, and dark shorts. I put my hands on my head, give a worker a high five and then put my hands on my hips. The video is blurry but if you are bored at work here is something to do.

I found a website with my picture from the race. Not the most flattering but oh well.

http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=61703&BIB=GB573&LNSEARCH=1&PWD=

Oh blessed sunshine

This has been a really long winter. In fact it snowed a couple of weeks ago. But finally, the sun has made an appearance for more than one day. Last Saturday, Owen and I went mountain biking at Soapstone in Colorado. We did about 15 miles. It was so much fun to be on the trails again. Other than bodyboarding, mountain biking is now officially my second favorite thing to do.

Owen showing how large of fish he caught.

Yes, the blue bandanna means I am in a gang.