August Already?

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I know it's a cliche, but how the hell did it get to be mid-August already? Time just flies by these days. Someone once told me that time seems to pass faster as you get older because a year is a smaller percentage of one's life each year. Sounds like a good theory.

Oh well, at least we're having fun. The girls have been enjoying their new swing set and lawn. Audrey is the somersault queen, and Charlotte likes to run in the grass.

Some of the photos in this album were taken at the bike races at the Marymoor Park velodrome. We and several cycling friends met there on a Friday night for a picnic dinner. It was pretty fun. The kids watched the races for about 1 minute but enjoyed running around on the grass slopes on the back side of the banked turns.

While I was riding RAMROD, Carol brought the girls to Mt. Rainier and tried to find me as a surprise. That didn't happen, but she had a great time showing the girls the National Park and especially Cougar Rock campground where Carol had much childhood fun.

Audrey recently learned how to climb the metal whale tail at Whale Tail Park near our house. She saw some bigger kids doing it and figured it out. She's very proud. Charlotte has been doing some climbing of her own on the tots climbing wall at the same park.

Oh, Carol also had a little vacation. She flew to Fort Collins to visit her best friend Kim. The trip was planned around The Police and Elvis Costello concert at Red Rocks, which they both enjoyed greatly. I had lots of support from my parents and sisters caring for the girls so it was a lot easier than I expected being home "alone" with the girls. Carol definitely deserved the break. I ended up taking one days off and spending the whole day with the girls which increased my already huge respect for the difficulty of Carol's job. The girls did great, too, but they were ready for Mom to come home.