Trey's Tris

Guest written by our friend Gladys Fuentes

Trey is a triathlete and I think that’s amazing – I can barely do thirty minutes on the treadmill without passing out! He’s constantly training and though summer is best for the swimming portion he’s still got to do the running and biking too and I worry about him when he’s out there exerting himself in this heat. I know he says he’s fine but the last thing I would want would be for something to happen to him because he pushed himself too far. I make sure he’s always got plenty of water with him and I do a lot to keep him well fed. I also keep the house really cold when I know he’s going to come back, so cold in fact that I had to go to Http://www.shopelectricityratestexas.com because our AC bills were just outrageous! Anyway, Trey is my personal hero and I think the ways he pushes his body are amazing…if only I had that much energy on a daily basis. Nevermind, I wouldn’t know what to do with it!

Capital Adventure

Each year I take myself and the kids down to our nation's capital to enjoy the company of their uncles, who live in the area, and to learn and enjoy our nation's heritage.  It is a little different each year.  The focus of previous years was set on monuments, I tried hard to to have the kids enjoy this year at the Hazy Air and Space Museum, the National Zoo, and of course our annual trip to the ball park with a ride on the metro.

There has been lots of driving with a chance to see the cites surrounding the area such as Georgetown and Arlington.  The kids have enjoyed different sites such as seeing a Turkish Consulate with his Turkish translator while at the grocery store of all places, enjoying the skyline of DC from my brother's balcony and seeing the Marine Corp Marching Band at the Iwo Jima Memorial.

It is odd with all that is around the kids, that the Harry Potter movie was my oldest son's favorite activity, while my youngest son enjoyed the museum and my daughter enjoyed just being at her uncle's house.  To me the yearly vacation marks a week to enjoy my brothers who I normally only get to see around holidays. It is funny when I see them and notice how much more alike we are then I remember, from allergies we have developed, tastes in food and books, and of course the normal subject of talking about relationships.  It leads quite often to typical brotherly insults and love that I know I can't live without.

Overall it is something I wouldn't trade for the world.  If anything, it is a return to the days of my childhood where the joy of being around my brothers cannot be beat.