I am officially

SUMMER SARI!

Woman of Steel

Woman of Steel Triathlon

2010

Laura, Sari, Kim
My tri buddies!
Well it was kind of a triathlon. It was so cold and rainy (yes it is the end of May and there was snow half way down the mountain this morning) they canceled the swim. So we did a run/bike/run (not ideal for the girl who struggles with running). All and all it was a great experience and way fun!

Laura and I have been training together. It has been so much fun spending time together and having this goal. She is so supportive. I couldn't have done it without her. She did AWESOME! (her chain came off and I still didn't catch her!)

My overall time was 1:32:29
I took 284/597
I have LOTS of room for improvement. I learned a lot ... can't wait for my next or should I say REAL triathlon!

Thanks to my mom for coming out on this cold, wet morning to support and take pictures. So fun actually having someone at the finish line for you!

Alcatraz ... two weeks! Oh boy!

GRaDiNG! gRadIng! GrAdIng!
has anyone ever died from grading?

You Win!

MEGAN!!!
I first met Megan when we became visiting teaching companions. I simply adore her. She is moving to Texas this summer and it makes my heart ache just a little to know that her and her sweet family is will be gone. I wish them the best of luck. I have been blessed having Megan in my life!

GIVEAWAY!

Do you want this little pot that I made? Just leave a comment. In a few days I will pick a name and see who gets it! Oh I just love to give stuff away!

"Miss C! Miss C! Miss C!"
If I hear "Miss C" one more time I could maybe freak out. I suspect that this is much what a mom feels like hearing "mom, mom, mom" all day.

3 1/2 weeks and I am Summer Sari and no one calls me "Miss C"

Spring Break 2010

It all just feels like a dream. A wonderful, perfect dream that you don't ever want to wake up from. (sorry Melissa ... we know you are back there)
Spring Break 2010 was spent on the Sea of the Western Caribbean aboard the Crown Princess. Seven days of bliss. Seven days of sun, food, reading, lounging .. bliss I tell you BLISS!

We celebrated Easter Sunday on board the ship. The Easter bunny (by the name of Stacy) visited our cabin while we were out at the pool.

Grand CaymanJennie and I went diving in Grand Cayman. You know diving is one of my most favorite things to do. There is just nothing like that moment when you first start to descend. When you enter another world. It is magical.

(check out our super cute dive master Mark. Just an added bonus to our day of diving.)

Jennie and I exploring Grand Cayman.

Buddies!

Jennie is one of my BEST BUDDIES! There are so many things I admire about this girl. I am SUPER lucky to have her as a friend. Funny things just happen when you are with Jennie. Who else will get on the bunk beds and take "BF pictures" with you?(This gives you a good look at our cabin. yikes! Needless to say we did not spend much time in there.)

Hitting the green during a day at sea.

Look at that blue ocean in the background.

STACY

Love this girl!Stacy and I have now been on three cruises together. I love that Stacy is always up for .. whatever! The perfect person to travel with.

eeek!

SOOOO excited to watch New Moon (barf!)

Movie Under the Stars (love watching a movie on the deck out under the stars while out at sea).

Wow! We are so pretty. Formal night. They have photographers set up to take your picture but we don't really need them. We just set up our own photo shoot. Put me in a black dress and throw in a gold stair case .... watch out!

Jennie totally should be an "action model"

Roatan Honduras

As we pulled into port there were a couple really cool ship wrecks. We basically stayed in the "cruise line built port" It was kind of a fake Honduras. Beautiful all the same. I don't know that I can really say I have 'been to Honduras' after this.

(I love our shiny sun-screened faces)

We ended up staying the night in Honduras. Due to some high cross winds we could not get out of the narrow channel. The consequences of this was that we missed our day in Cozumel. I was ok with the extra day at sea lounging, reading, relaxing and of course eating! (I have been to Cozumel before)

Totally candid pictures at dinner.
Doesn't Melissa have the cutest smile ever! Get Melissa to have the giggles late at night ... hysterical!

V.I.P

more like VVVIP!

Cap'n Nick Nash was the Captain on mine and Jennie's first cruise. We managed to get ourselves invited to the Captains circle cocktail party (didn't actually make it due to scuba diving) . Anyway, Jennie worked with the Cap'n and got know his daughter. Well when we found out that Cap'n Nick Nash was the Captain of our cruise we were just thrilled! Jennie sent a note to the Cap'n and the next thing we know we have ourselves an invite to the BRIDGE! Not everyone gets an invite to the bridge ... in fact very few people get to go to the bridge. It was very exciting to see how everything works and as a total bonus ... the officers are total hotties!

FOOD! FOOD! FOOD!

I did a little eating on this trip.

So my jeans don't fit anymore ... what's the big deal?

Such lovely ladies.

Oh Nico!

Nico was our cruise boyfriend. He is a photog for the ship. Isn't he dreamy!

Princess Cays
"Blue Crush"
Raft Style
(this pretty much sums up our day on the island)
The Crown Princess
She is a fine ship she is!

It was a week of bliss ... pure bliss!