melinda is insane, kathy and whitney rock & bollywood

Lottie Sue and I (Matt had a conference in Miami) went to the beach with the Venable family last week and I am trying to ease back into daily life again. I have a ton of photos to upload but it's going to take me a while, in the meantime I have other stuff to post for your entertainment.

My cousin Melinda has lost her mind. She completed TWO triathlons this summer and has probably signed up for 10 more. She's a machine, and here is proof...

biking and running her way to victory
while everyone else eats her dust

In other family news, my aunt Kathy and cousin Whitney have been on tv and in the newspaper lately. This story, Female Construction Company Owners Receive Award, ran last month on channel 8 news. I am unable to embed the video on our blog but let me tell you that it was a neat piece. They were also featured in a local newspaper, here they are...

keep on trucking

Lottie Sue started her swimming lessons this morning at Adventure Swim and she did very well. Allow me to brag: she was doing so well with the dunking that the instructor singled her out and asked everyone to watch her a few times. I think I ended up dunking her about 15 times and she was over it by the end of that section. She did very well on the boards and then moved on the swimming with a dumbbell under her arms. She wasn't sure about it at first but she didn't cry at all. She just stuck it out and I could see that she was getting used to it - still not her favorite though. They do a kicking activity and she loved it so much, she was squealing nonstop. Adorable.

I hope everyone is watching So You Think You Can Dance. If you are rolling your eyes wellletmetellyou - it's awesome and stop rolling your eyes. A mixture of contestants are chosen for the show, ranging from unknown street dancers to winners of national championships. All contestants have to work their way through a rigorous audition process, and, over the course of the show, are assigned different dance styles and partners each week to test their versatility. It's on tomorrow night with the results show on Thursday nights. We are down to 4 couples, people!

Update: I just read that Jessica is injured and Comfort is back in, I'm sorry but I haven't been impressed that Comfort can dance new styles but overall I'm bored.

My favorite dancer is Will but my favorite couple is Katee and Joshua. Last week K&J performed a Bollywood number and it was my favorite, here you are if you are so inclined...

Plus, my girl crush Mia Michaels is a choreographer and judge on the show. I can't get enough! Carrie (luvs Cat D.) and I like to text each other during the show, it's way fun. I think that they have a lot of great dancers left, there are only one or two that I don't care for.

Please note that Project Runway starts tomorrow night on Bravo - I love it! I will be posting about it for sure. Here is a clip from the show...

OK, I'm done for now. I'll leave you with another hilarious photo from icanhascheezburger, it cracked me up.

the shame

Our beach post should publish in a day or so. Until then...