sorry this post is going to be a short one. the connection has been acting up and it took longer to load the pictures. this means that the girls' naptime is almost up and i still have LOTS to accomplish. these pictures are from our trip to minnesota during labor day weekend.

on the plane...

we arrived pretty late due to dan having to work that day, but everyone waited up for us. colton was extremely excited about meeting his new cousin.
the weekend was mainly just us lounging around, watching movies, playing video games, and enjoying time together.
dustin, hunter, and daniel had to play it low-key to prepare for the triathlon on sunday. they participated in the relay portion of the triathlon. there were 144 teams total, and 6 relay teams. we all had to wake up really early that morning to get to the race on time. it was held in hudson, wisconsin, which is about an hour away from eden prairie, minnesota. it was also VERY COLD!!!
the southern girls (and momma) were NOT prepared for the cold!
the relay team before the race...dustin (rode the bike), hunter (ran), and daniel (swam)
hunter tried to keep hannah warm before the race by cuddling and wrapping her in one of his old blankets.
daniel warming up for the race.
the sea of swimmers. there were three different heats. blue cap went in first (oldest group), purple cap went in second (youngest), and white cap went in third (relay).
dan swimming top left. he had to go around the rectangle of buoys twice and then run out to the top of a hill and tag dustin...
hannah completely enthralled...

dan was so happy about running! he was the second person out of the water and the first relay person.
looks like he is about to have a heart attack.
dustin finishing his bike ride and running to hunter and daniel
daniel had to take the tracking device off of dustin and put it on hunter before hunter could take off...
hunter ran EXTREMELY fast! he got in 20 minutes before we thought he would.
gryffyn finally woke up from her nap, and was just in time to cheer hunter to the finish line. she did this by throwing up on me.
colton and hannah
chilling after the race...

the team afterwards...came in 2nd place in the relay division and 22nd overall. go team two and a half men!
hannah had to go into the office later that day for a conference call...
dustin and gryffyn