ANNUAL SUPER KIDS TRIATHLON

AND TODAY PUT THAT TITLE TO A TEST.

ROXY (MIDDLE OF PICTURE) IS UP TO THE CHALLENGE.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HER THAT IT'S 
POURING RAIN.

OLIVIA AND PATTI TRY TO STAY DRY,
WHILE THEY WAIT FOR ROXANNE'S
RACE TO START.

NOW THAT IT'S HER TURN,
LIV (RIGHT SIDE)
 DOES HER TRADITIONAL
WARM UP DANCE,

STRAIGHTENS THE SWIM SUIT,
AND SHE'S READY TO GO.

ROXANNE, FINISHING THE RACE IN FIRST PLACE,
DOESN'T LOOK TOO WORSE FOR WEAR,
JUST VERY WET,

AND A LITTLE MUDDY!

LIV COMING IN FOR A STRONG FINISH,
IN A STRONG DOWN POUR OF RAIN.

GET YOUR MEDAL LIV,
YOU EARNED IT TODAY,

NOW STAND OUT IN THAT RAIN A LITTLE LONGER
SO DAD AND KIM CAN GET A PICTURE,

AND A LITTLE LONGER FOR GRANDMA,

AND OF COURSE FOR ONE OF YOU,
AND YOUR RACE BUDDY.

I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THREE CHEERS
FOR SYDNEY, DOMINIC, ALICE, AND GORDAN,
WHO SPENT FOUR HOURS OUT IN THE RAIN,
DIRECTING TRAFFIC THROUGH
THE MUDDY COURSE.

BACK AT THE HOUSE,
ALL WARM AND COZY,
WE SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY
CELEBRATING THAT WE ALL SURVIVED.
(IT WAS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT
JUST BEING A SPECTATOR TODAY)

WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE,
THAN WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOOD,

A GOOD GAME OR TWO ON TV,

AND A GREAT GRANDBABY TO LOVE!

 WHAT'S THE OTHER TRADITION

THAT GOES WITH SUPERKIDS?

CELEBRATING OLIVIA AND ELISE' OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY HARD FOR AUNT BETTY,
ONE OF THE FORTY NINER FAITHFUL,
TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE
THESE RAIDER SLIPPERS.

ELISE, WHO IS AWAY AT COLLEGE THIS YEAR,
SENT OLIVIA A PERSONAL NOTE
WISHING HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

ALONG WITH THIS CARD SHOWING THEM
CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAYS TOGETHER 
THROUGH THE YEARS.
SHE ALSO SENT HER THIS
SHIRT FROM HER COLLEGE.
GO COUGARS!

EVEN IF ELISE COULDN'T PHYSICALLY BE THERE,
LIV SAW TO IT THAT THEY STILL
CELEBRATED TOGETHER.

AND SURPRISE!
ISN'T FACE TIMING WONDERFUL?

ELISE WAS THERE FOR THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG,

 BLOWING OUT THE CANDLES,

AND THE YEARLY BIRTHDAY PORTRAIT. 

LIFE HAS IT'S CHANGES,
BUT FAMILY IS FOREVER!