EPIC Relay Oregon - iRun for Autism from Dave Stinchfield on Vimeo.

This is our submission video for the video contest.  You get to see it first!

Taylor has his Spring Recital this Monday and Tuesday, for those interested and available.  Information is below.  We are going to the Tuesday night show.  He will be performing the dances he did at Disneyland, including a new Footloose dance.  Intriguing, no?

Ticket information for the upcoming June 25th and 26th Performance Showcases at Washougal High School is as follows:

• Tickets will be available for purchase at 4:30pm on Monday June 25th and Tuesday June 26th at Washougal High School and are first come first serve.
• Ticket prices are $5 per ticket.
• 3 and under are Free.
• Doors will open to the auditorium at 6:30pm.
• Show starts at 7pm.

Saturday was the Blue Lake Tri that Tom, Tracey, Dave and I participated in.  We did the sprint distance.  It was a blast.

Dave, looking very debonair in his cap and wetsuit. This was his first tri.

Tom & Tracey - this was also Tracey's first tri.  Despite her reservations, she did really well.  Imagine that!

Chugging Coach Howard's magic honey nectar.  He gives it to Isaac for races, so why not?!

Yea - he knows there is something in his teeth...

Waiting in line for our (initially) incorrect results

This is Chelsea - she runs with us on relays and also did the tri.  She is sponsored by SunRype and hands out these fruit bars at races.  We did our part and ate about 10.

In my mind, in this picture, Tom is lecturing me on my deplorable transtition times.  But he can't be, because he doesn't know how bad they are at this point.  That came later.  In truth, it is an area I can improve upon.

This is grace in action:  trying to put my sweatpants on over my running shoes.  This may be some insight into my poor transition times.

The swim was nice, though a few of us struggled with keeping a straight course.

Triathlon video - Dave is in this one!

All in all, it was a great race.  Triathlons really are a lot of fun.  If you aren't ready for a sprint, they even have a Tri-IT race, with only a 1/4 mile swim.  We plan on doing another this summer, for sure.  Tom has a half-ironman in Bend in just a couple of weeks - that's a 1.2 mile swim, 56.3 mile bike and 13.1 mile run.  What a challenge!

Good weekend.

Adina

A lot going on in Isaac's life right now.  Just finished the Track & Field season.  While he had a lot of success this year, he was disappointed to not make it to State.  Not sure how much his injury played into that, but it was a tough break.  He was able to compete in Border Duel and place 4th for the Steeplechase, which is really good considering he hadn't really trained at all for that event.  He is off to two high-altitude cross country training camps this summer in preparation for the upcoming season.  He gets letters on a weekly basis from colleges all over the country asking him to consider running for them.  But he will have to work hard to get into BYU.  And Coach Howard is like family, calling on a daily basis, guiding him in his training.