Summertime...

Man, I dunno' what the weather's been doing where you live, but here? Dude, it's SUMMER!

We've really been enjoying record late-spring weather and embracing our second full 'warm season' in our house. I think we feel truly 'at home' now and are doing our best to really settle in and take care of the things that need taking care of with a house like ours.

Sarah (eldest daughter) beat us all out of bed a couple Sunday mornings ago. I found her in the living room, reading her book, enjoying her customary glass of morning chocolate milk.

Niki is working almost 3/4 time hours as a personal trainer these days so that means I'm at home most mornings getting the kids up, dressed, fed, and off to school. Last week I came down to the breakfast table and found the above drawing sitting on it. Turns out our youngest daughter and Mommy had been doing some artwork together the night before. Pretty sweet.

The famous pool. I feel like an alchemist, constantly working on the thing, doing my best to keep the water crystalline. We often comment that it must be a certain kind of person who likes a pool 'cause it's simply true that they're a lot of work. If you didn't love it, you wouldn't want to do it, that's for sure. Me, I treat cleaning and tending it as a meditative exercise, a chance to zone out and focus on one simple task.

Triathlon training is going well. I've trained MUCH harder for this one than I did the last time. I'll fill you in after race day for sure. My first race is next month then Niki will join me for one in August as, it's our hope, that her badly sprained left ankle will be healed enough to allow her to do the run by then. Our friend lent her a race bike to start training though and the above picture was taken on our first test ride together. She did really well. Surprised me actually with her confidence.

And, finally, yours truly on my two or three times a week 5.5km run. Figured I'd try to capture a shot for you and this was the best one of six or seven exposures I took.

All told our days are full and fulfilled lately.

Possible BIG news on the work front later this week with a couple potentially very significant deals pending. If either of them should close I'll be sure to mention it.

Hope your summer is shaping up well.

Peace,

T