Zoom, zoom, zumma, zoom!

(A side note about the title of this post... when I was little Stephanie sang and did fun things, I have now learned that these fun things are from children's shows before my time)


Over the summer, zooming has been a recurring theme. We've done lots of flying and outer space related activities and Jess has zoomed through a couple of races.

Jess did a triathlon in Norfolk in early June. We had to detour getting there because the highway was closed due to flooding, but we did manage to make it to our hotel finally.
That is Jess diving in for the swimming portion. Jack was really excited to see daddy do his "big race."

Jack was really into watching Dad and cheering him on.

The biking portion was the longest wait for Jack and I, also the longest portion of the race for Jess.
At one point I told Jack he could climb a tree and he ran over to it and said "eggs!" There was a nest in the tree so he didn't get to climb.
Jess did a great job and it was a lot of fun to be able to see him cross the finish line. This is the first time I've watched him on all three portions of a race.

We also made a trip to SAC museum. It is amazing to see the size of the different planes. Jack loved that the planes had lots of "neutrals," his name for all gear shifters.

This was Jack's favorite plane.

We also went to infinity and beyond!

We took Jack to his first movie at the theater. He loved getting to eat popcorn and see Buzz Lightyear and Woody. I liked getting to eat good movie theater popcorn, Jess loved eating popcorn too...so much so that he got sick later, whoops!

I was very busy studying most of July so Jess was challenged to keep Jack entertained. One evening he and Jack made a Buzz Lightyear space helmet out of a box. Jack colored the paper covering the box and Jess constructed it.

They both did quite a bit of zooming.

Jess also did the Thunder Run which was sponsored by the National Guard. It was a 5k run on the runway at the airport. Following the race the runners and their families were allowed to look into a transport plane and other vehicles including a helicopter.

Jess also did a really cool triathlon at Branched Oak lake. It was an Exterra race so the swim was an open water swim with the bike and run on off-road trails. It was by far the best one for us to go watch. We got there in time to see Jess finish the bike portion and the run.

While Jess was on the run portion Jack and I were able to play in the sand and go swimming. We swam until we could see Jess coming in to finish. Jess said this was the toughest race he has done so far, but also the most fun. I hope to be able to do the race with him some day. After Jess had a chance to cool down we had a picnic. It made for a fun day at the lake and an awesome race for Jess.

Our lives have settled down considerably following the bar exam and I feel like we are doing a lot less zooming.