Keeping Up with the Kutters

August 10, 2010

Sorry for Partyin'

The lake weekend and bachelorette party was super fun and much to remember. As usual.

Like it's dynamite. Or maybe that was just part of the song that we kept playing over and over and over.

Rather than telling everyone a ton of stories that only we would understand, I decided to display the weekend in photos. I took hundreds, literally. However, I didn't take any at party cove on Saturday:(. Tear. We were pretty much in the water the entire day, so it just didn't happen.

Ready for picture overload? Mmmkay.

Lake Weekend Celebrating Wiseass

Starring...

Rains

Connor

Hans

Studer

Lang

Schools

Whit

Smack

Yours Truly

And...

Drum roll please...

Wiseass herself!

And her side kick for the weekend...

Yes, you are seeing it correctly.

With a string included that makes it go up when pulling. Hilarious.

Beer pong on the water. Simply awesome.

Cupcakes! With little penises.

There was some ICING going on

Of course there were lap dances

More Icing...

Congrats to Mrs. Stein!!

August 5, 2010

Irish Ayes At Last

I can't tell you how freakin' excited I am for this weekend. The lake of the Ozarks, my girls, a Summer Shandy and the Mega Station are calling my name.

If you don't know what the Mega Station is - you are totally missing out. It's a huge water raft that fits about 20 people, not kidding. Oh and it has coolers built in. It's friggin sweet.

And we can't forget Captain Molly (aka Connor's dad, Marc, who has been our captain for our annual girls lake trip since our freshman year of college). We wouldn't survive without him.

But this year, we have something more to celebrate than just ourselves. It's Wiseman's bachelorette. Watch out everyone! I'm positive the weekend will be full of crazy mishaps and shenanigans as usual.

So, after indulging in a Dove chocolate after lunch today, I had to post this because it is that fitting. Almost psychic, like the dang chocolate knew I was getting ready to go to the lake with all my girlfriends.

You know the little quotes that are on the inside of the wrappers? Well, they're actually called Dove Promises.

Here's my Dove Promise from today:

Well-behaved women rarely make history.

Get ready ladies. Time to make history.

August 4, 2010

10 years, already!?

We all know that any kind of reunion can initiate those awkward situations that nobody enjoys. You know, those conversations where you act like you are listening and care, but you really don't.

I'm being quite blunt here, but you all know exactly what I'm talking about.

There's certain people from your past you care to talk to and there are ones you don't care to have anything to do with.

We attended Brian's 10-year high school reunion this past weekend. Yes, my hubby is getting old:).

We had nametags and everything

Besides the fact that I was really tired from my triathlon that morning, I was surprised with how much fun I had. Oh and did I mention he went to Wichita Southeast? Not exactly Northwest, but let's just say he was more "cultured" than I was.

Let's face it, reunions are prime places for judgey behavior. Everyone is checking each other out, and the spouses/significant others/random dates aren't immune to the judgemental-ness.

I felt like each and every person was checking me out. Or maybe it was just Brian's old girlfriends and make-out friends. HA HA. C'mon, we all know we have a few of those:).

Either way, people wanted to see what Brian had been up to.

Not gonna lie, I was a little worried about being the tag-along spouse and having a really boring time. To my surprise, it was an enjoyable time. We closed the bars down and had lots of fun. However, the majority of the people we hung out with were Brian's closest friends from high school.

This guy was the best man in our wedding

Let's get real people, there will always be cliques. And you will always gravitate to your cliques. Reunion setting or not, you will sit at the same table with the people you know you can have a conversation with.

Nevertheless, both Brian and I had to bust out the "help, get me out of here" looks. Don't you just love having a sidekick for situations like that?

Anyways, it ended up being a great night consumed by cocktails, shots and a 5-hour energy! I wouldn't have made it through the night without it. Looking forward to mine in 2012!

Momma K was our ride home, so she came out for a drink!

August 2, 2010

TRIATHLETE

What an awesome, busy, rewarding and successful experience of a weekend I just had.

As you all know, I completed my second Triathlon.

(We also had Brian's 10-year high school reunion back in Wichita on Saturday night, but that will come in a later post. See, I told you I was busy.)

Wake up at 4:00 A.M. to go swim, bike and run with 800 women. Sounds like a great idea, right?

I completed this same Tri last year and had an unexplainable experience. It was exhilarating, empowering, rewarding, something I would encourage anyone to achieve. It was this very race that made me curious about biking in the first place. I can't even describe the feeling and experience.

Sound cheesy? Corny? Probably.

But I'm pretty sure the three friends I talked into doing it felt the same way this year as I did last year after crossing the finish line.

Triathlon 2010 went great. In fact, it couldn't have gone much better. We had perfect weather, cloud cover the entire time and no rain. Everyone showed up ready to go and everybody finished strong!

I am so proud of myself, my friends that were veterans with me this year, and my friends that were first timers!!

We are TRIATHLETES!

Now, I felt these amazing people that decided to join me this year deserved an introduction.

THE VETS

Kathy: Inspirational, devoted, an amazing woman. She is one of the busiest people I know, but still finds time to have fun and always supports her friends. She tackles it all. She is the ultimate reason I did the Tri last year. She totally talked me into it! Inspiration I say!

FIRST-TIMERS

Heather: One of the most athletic people I know. Have you seen her legs? She played soccer in high school and only got her bike about 2 months ago. A little insight for you readers (sorry heather). She was ~~scared~~ terrified out of her mind to swim in the lake. She also only agreed to do this Tri about a month ago. What an athlete! Way to own your fear HK!

Nickki: Always in shape, yoga instructor, runner, training for a marathon, need I say more? This girl is fit. One of my dearest friends from high school and did great in her first Tri. Hoping some of her running motivation rubs off on me someday.

Sarah: Motivated and driven. She never ceases to amaze me with the challenges she takes on. Single mother who has her hands full, but still finds time to take on a Triathlon. She was also my motivation for the swim portion. She and I were lifeguards together back in the day and the girl can swim. Another close friend from high school and the only other white girl I know who can shake her booty like I can:) HA HA.

I was really looking forward to seeing if I could better my time this year. I am happy to report that I did it! I decreased my overall time by a little more than 9 minutes, with a significant improvement in the bike portion. I actually increased my time in the dang swim portion. Ugh. However, a co-worker and I are convinced the distance was off a bit:).

I placed 11th out of 61 in my age division (age 25 to 29). Here's the breakdown:

Swim: 12:44
Transition 1: 2:05
Bike: 32:38 (18.4 average speed)
Transition 2: 1:59
Run: 30.03 (9.42 minute mile)
Overall Time: 1:19:29

I'm going to go ahead and apologize for how many pictures I'm about to post. Apparently, my crazy picture taking habit rubs off onto my husband. He took almost all of these. He was a great supporter!