Our weekend (long post with lots of pics)

We had a fun and exhausting weekend. Don did great in the triathlon and we had a good time watching him. Don trains with an old rugby teammate, Jamie, and he also did the race. Max and I hung out with Jamie's wife and adorable son, Christine and Zeke. Check out our weekend in pictures (you can click on some of them to make them larger).

My man was # 256.

Jamie and Don. No pre-race jitters from these guys!And he's off! Time to turn and swim the other way...See you in the next lane!This was hilarious! Max and Zeke got super close to where the swimmers had to touch the side before they turned and went the other way. Well, every time someones head popped out of the water they would scream and laugh so hard - very cute!Don's out of the pool and running to the transition area where he dried off, put on shirt and shoes and climbed on his bike. Looks a little like Lance Armstrong - don't ya think!He's almost there...THE END!!!Go Daddy!

The triathlon was held on the Marine base and I loved being there. My brother, Paul, was in the Marines for 6 years (Gulf War veteran) and did his basic training at Parris Island. I can remember going to his graduation there way back in 1987. I just finished reading Lone Survivor about a Navy Seal. I appreciated our soldiers before, but this book gave me a new respect for what they do. Here's Max (Cheetos face and all) with The Few, The Proud, The Marines!Chillin at Iwo Jima.Max and Zeke. Not long after these pictures were taken, Max proceeded to stick his hand in a huge ant pile and got ant bites all over his left hand. He had an allergic reaction to it on Sunday (the day after it happened) and by Sunday night had hives all over his body. NICE. He's much better today.

Off to Hilton Head...ahhhh! Can you say COLD water!I'm tired...let's go home.Last but not least, a proud mommy moment...Max wrote his name and traced his hand all by himself!! (just realized I wrote the wrong month on the paper - should have said 3/14/08)

And we're off...

We're heading down to Parris Island, SC today. Don is doing a triathalon there tomorrow morning and then we're heading to Hilton Head for Saturday afternoon and Sunday. I'll make sure to get lots of pictures of me in my thong bikini and Don in his speedo.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Cute

I'm stealing this from my friend Kim's blog - I hope that's okay, Kim. :) By the way, Kim has a Max too and they're in the process of adopting Lucy from China. Her Max is a cutie too!

My family

Well, the time has come to introduce you to the people who are responsible for the way I am today - please blame them. A certain someone has been on me about doing a post about my family so I have finally caved in to her wishes. In doing this, I've realized that I need to get better at keeping more recent pictures - some of the ones below are several years or more older.

Let's start with a picture from the most important day of Don's life...the day he married me. Below is all of my family in August, 2001.

The patriarch and matriarch of the Dunn family - Tuck and Sandra. They moved to Greenville from Dallas last summer (to be close to their favorite and 2nd favorite daughters). They are both retired, but Mom is starting her 2nd career as a concert pianist (well, she's in her 2nd month of piano lessons so it's a start).


My oldest sister, Shari. Shari's husband is Eric and their kids are Colton and Erica. Colton is a sophomore at DePauw University and Erica goes to high school in San Antonio. Shari and Eric live in Dallas, BUT just bought some property here so they will eventually be closer to us - at least for part of the year! Although, having Eric so close to us might be cause for concern (please refer to the 2nd picture shown below).




Another OLDER sister, Kim. Kim is married to Ted and they have 4 children and live in Kankakee, IL. Ted is a pastor and Kim works at the Christian school affiliated with their church. Eric, their oldest son, is a freshman at Pensacola Christian college. Alyssa is a senior in high school (going to Pensacola next year on a volleyball scholarship), Abby is in 8th grade and Alan is in 3rd grade.




Another OLDER sister, Andrea. Andrea has to be close to me at all times so she moved her family TWO streets over from me. She and her husband, Smitty (Scott), have two kiddos - Lily and Clay. Lily is 8 and Clay is 5. Smitty is in medical sales and Andrea is a professional TJ Maxx shopper and, in her spare time, a stay-at-home mom.




My only (and OLDER) brother, Paul. Paul and his wife, Lori, have two cute boys - Grant and Hunter. They live in Dallas where Paul is a pilot for Southwest Airlines. Lori stays at home with the boys and holds down the fort while Paul flys.




Here are just a few more pictures from my family's trip to Charleston last summer (2007).




Since my family now reads my blog I'm sure they will have something to say about my description of them or their pictures. Oh well...won't be the first time they've been upset with their YOUNGER sister! :)

P.S. I'll do another post about Don's family. This post was getting way too long and I know you're ready to move on.

Max is sick...but still funny

UPDATE: Here's a picture from last night of a boy with an ear infection, the flu and 103 temp. BUT, we now have 2 rounds of antibiotic and ear drops in him so my little trooper is feeling much better!


Another sick weekend at the Clardy house. Max has kept a fever for the past couple of days and has a cough that I'm sure will bring up a lung any second now.

Anyway, just two funny things Max said over the past few days...

He got up in the middle of the night - with a fever and very thirsty. We went into the bathroom to get a drink and when he finished his water he looked in the mirror and said very seriously "my hair's a mess." Vanity must run in the family.

I was getting him out of his bath last night and he pointed at my chin and said "what's that?" I said "that's a pimple" (biggest understatement of the year). He then said "ooh, I don't want to eat that." No, son...no you don't.

By the way, a big shoutout to Donna - it's her birthday! Happy Birthday Donna!