Chattanooga Trip

While Jax and Catie were away, we took our "only" child Abby up to Chattanooga to spend some time seeing the sites and participating in the big Waterfront Triathlon. Abby was so excited to "go on a twip" alone without her siblings.

The trip started with an early morning wake-up for the Olympic distance triathlon. We took care of Abster by having a babysitter come over in the morning so she could sleep in! 

Once again, Stiv made the local news but no one will ever recognize him. There he is in the picture above, below the green arrow, getting ready to enter the swimming start on the dock.

This race is kind of unique because they have a time trial start, sending swimmers off down the river every 2 seconds. Kind of a nice change and it definitely makes for a fast swim.

It was another hot day in Chattanooga, but the results were much better than last year. It's just too hot and humid to go "super" fast on the run when you're old, so overall it was a good day.

Abby was looking forward to making the trip to Chattanooga without her siblings and told everyone at school that we were going on a trip to Chattanooga! She had a blast cooling off from the heat in the giant waterfall steps outside the aquarium.  

Future supermodel showing off her new bathing suit. Abby is already into fashion and loves to get dressed up in hand picked outfits and "high heel" shoes.

Chattanooga is actually a fantastic little town to visit with children. They have many activities all within a short walking distance from each other. The Children's Museum was a big hit with the Abster. She started off making beautiful paper flowers.

Mom was reading books to all that would listen in the library zone. Nice legs!

Abby decided that she was going to be the guest reader...

While all the reading was going on, Stiv started to feel a little tired from the race and decided to take a little nap in a remote corner of the Children's Museum! Father of the year! 

Our future Doctor was into the pretend medical office. "I am just like mommy!"

Abby participated in the hula hoop contest but needs some work to match some of the other kids incredible skills.