What have we been up to?

For those of you that have been wondering - yes, our Internet connection still works, and no, we didn't forget how to post blog updates. We've just been busy and a bit lazy about taking pictures (which are of course the best part of the blog posts), and therefore have gone silent for a while. But as much fun as it is to read all of your blogs, we've felt a little guilty not doing any ourselves, so here's some info about what we've been up to lately.

First, we had a very fun trip out West back in June for a Keenan family reunion. We flew to Salt Lake City and spent a day down in Provo visiting BYU campus and saw Tamra's brother Kyle.

Here are the boys playing football on the quad:

And here's all of us outside of the football stadium. It didn't occur to us until this picture was taken that we all happened to be wearing red (not the best choice for a visit to BYU).

Next, we drove up to Idaho for the reunion. It was great to visit with family and had a wonderful time exploring nearby Yellowstone and Teton National Parks.

We made the required stop to see Old Faithful:

Tamra and the boys from Lookout Point, with Yellowstone's Lower Falls in the background:

Here's Patrick at one of the many bubbling sulfer pots:

And here's one of the most amazing sights from Yellowstone - not the lake, but Lenny actually somewhat smiling for a picture:

In addition to our summer vacation out West, we've also been staying active here in Georgia. We're still climbing regularly. We got a membership at a local climbing gym and have also done some outdoor climbing trips. Tamra and I also both got new mountain bikes this year and have enjoyed exploring some of the local trails. We've also been doing a lot of running, and participated in our first race events since college (in other words, our first races since the late 1900's).

Here's Tamra after the Georgia Games Run for Life 5k run from July (she won the women's 30-34 age group division!)

And here I am at the end of the Big Peach Sizzler 10k on Labor Day. I did not win my age group division (far from it), but did set a new 10k personal best at 42:55 (6:54/mile pace), and am looking forward to making continued progress.

While the weather is still warm (most days at least), we're now fully into the Fall activities. The boys are back in school (2nd and 4th grade). Patrick is doing Fall baseball and Lenny has started cub scouts again. We'll try to keep taking some pictures and hopefully you won't have to wait another 10 months before our next blog post.