In September Kenny completed 2 triathlons including his first Olympic distance (
1 mile swim, 26.5 mile bike, 6 mile run), called the
Elephant Man Triathlon.
Completing this race was the main goal of Kenny's training all year. The race took place at Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico and of course the whole family (
aka Kenny's cheer team) came down also and we spent the weekend there with our good friends Ron & Bridget (who kindly let us stay with them, as always).
Kenny was up early on the Sunday morning and had a great race over a very challenging and hilly course in temps of about 90degF, cheered on by his "fans" and he finished in 3hours 27 mins, which was 3 mins ahead of his goal!
Kenny is an Elephant Man! 
Sunday was rounded off by a trip to the beach where we all got to play in the water and Mac got to wear her new swimsuit.
We then headed back to Ron & Bridget's and had a great meal while watching the sunset, which always seems to be beautiful down there.
We stayed until Monday and we spent most of that day out on the lake on Ron & Bridget's boat and Mac got to show off her driving skills.
Cameron got to go kneeboarding again and proved that it is like riding a bike by getting up on the board quickly and looking like a pro after just a few minutes.
Genevieve and Mac took frequent dips into the lake to cool off and Mac gladly jumped in after sitting on deck in the sun for a while. Kenny got to brush up on his waterskiing for a while too.
Below is short slide show with some more pics from our fun weekend:
Click on this link to view slide show full page in its original form or to download any of the pics: Elephant Butte - Sept 08
After working up an appetite out on the water, Ron and Bridget then took us all for the Monday night special at their favorite little taco place where we got a good feed before packing up and making the drive for home.
Every time we go down to the lake we always have so much fun and we always say we should go more often. We love being down there as a family and Ron & Bridget are so hospitable and welcoming. Maybe next year we will go there more often and not let day to day life make excuses for us.
We got to take pictures with Steve Stucker, the channel 4 Weather guy! He collects balloon pins and he said his jacket weighs over 25lbs.
There were also some guys walking around the park dressed up as Star Wars characters. Cameron chased them all around the park until he got pics with all of them.
What a fun day!!!
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