Spring into action!

And baby #2 is still three months away! Life is exciting around Dayton the past couple of months. We are doing our best to "adjust" ahead of the curve. Janet is working hard and adjusting at her new job (since last Nov) as an office administrator. Lots of new challenges. Thirty hours a week is more than enough. She went on her first business conference in the beginning of this month. Just Wed. thru Fri. in San Diego. I am very proud of her. It is definitely not skin care and make up. The little boy in her belly is an active lad. He lets her know he's there most all day long. She is amaizing. I was running the other day, thinking about races and training, and I began to marvel about how what she is going though is so much bigger than anything I could ever accomplish. I am so proud of her. She is my #1!

Bijou on mommy's old toy horse.

We celebrated Easter early this year because of vacations and what not. We had a fantastic day. Starting with our first church Sunday service that Janet Bijou and I had attended. We felt at home again with worship and the message was fantastic. It is so good to connect with the church again.
After church we meet up with Erin and Adison and headed down to Mary and Bills for Easter brunch. A relaxing afternoon and fantastic food as always.

Adison and Bijou getting Easter coloring presents.

Bijou is fantastic. Practically running. Picking up words here and there. Nose, eye, mouth, waffle, egg, hi, by, dog, puppy, and a hand full more. It is so incredibly exciting to watch her develop. She tries to sing with us and do actions to songs. I could go on and on. I am so excited to see her with her brother. She is going to be a fantastic big sister.

We purchased our new family vehicle. We happened upon a used Honda Pilot and purchased it. It is perfect for us. I am very excited to do lots of family stuff in our new vehicle. We are so blessed, life is so exciting. So very blessed by so many things.

Training with TNT has been great. Slowly working our way into heavier training. After the Lifetime Tri July 12, I have my first Half Ironman in Wisconsin July 20. My training for that will start in the next couple of weeks. Sean Pease and I ran our first race of the season. We raced in the "100% Irish for a day" race around Lakes Harriet and Calhoun in Minneapolis. Not just a 5k or 10k....A full 10 mile race. It was a great challange. It was much colder than it should have been, but way warmer than it has been. Race results are posted here http://andresonraces.com/Results/Irish10mrs08.htm

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller