Worlds Strongest Man Competition

About a month ago I found out they would be holding the Worlds Strongest Man Competition in Anaheim. For those of you who don't know it is the crazy competition you see on ESPN where they lift cars and stuff. So on Saturday Jessica and I headed down to see the fire engine pull, and I have to say it was AWESOME. The competitors are HUGE most of them are 6'2-6'7, and weight any where from 290-340. It was awesome to see them try to pull a 20 ton fire truck 25 meters. Anyways it was definately one of the highlights of my year, I have grown up watching the competitions, so it was neat to finally attend one. Everyone will have to look for us in December when they air the competition, we got there early, so we had front row seats.










This is the truck they pulled, they had 75 seconds to pull it 25 meters. The fastest time was around 41 seconds.

















This is my favorite strong man, his name is Mariusz Pudzianowski, he is from Poland is a 3 time winner. He will probably win the 2007 title as well. He is trying to be the winningest competitor ever. He is a BEAST!!! All of the guys are big, but he is ripped, you can't tell, but he has a 6 pack.










This is Quincy's favorite strong man, His name is Chuck McHarryback, his nickname is "Cutoffs" for obvious reasons.








After the event all of the guys were just walking around, this might be the GREATEST picture I EVER take, it is going above our bed. I mean how awesome is that. Jess is flexing with Magnus Samuelsson 1998 strongman. He has been in the worlds strongest man a record 10 straight years, so pretty much he is a legend.

The Heartbeat

Thanks everyone for all the sweet comments on our last post. I'm glad no one made fun of my new awareness for food, o.k. who are we kidding that's not a new characterisitc of mine. I just love food! Well Thursday was a fun day for us. Lance came to the doctor's appointment with me to hear the baby's heart beat. It just made this experience a little more real. I still can't believe we have a little person joining our family in March. The baby is due on Taylor's birthday, March 22nd. We will keep you all posted throughout the pregnancy.

Lay off me I am starving!!!

Some of Jessica's pregnant traits have become apparent lately. She has suddenly got a new found appreciation for fine food, ok scratch that, make that ANY food. Trips around town now include Jessica noticing every restaurant special, and every billboard with food on it and saying "that looks sooooo good". Here are a few examples.

BYU Football Game :

Highlights:

For Lance: Being in the Rose Bowl

For Jessica: The Nachos at half time

Low Points:

Lance: BYU losing the game

Jessica: The Nachos not filling her up, and wishing she would have gotten the Kielbasa.

Our Hiking Trip:

Highlight:

Lance: Being in the outdoors

Jessica: Subway sandwiches

Low Points:

Lance: Being out of shape, and it being about 1,000 degrees

Jessica: Lance taking a small bite of her footlong subway sandwich

Disclaimer- Jessica was aware of this post, and in thinks her new condition is funny. Just so you know she looks great, and you can't even tell she is pregnant. She also wanted me to mention she had a great time hiking, and going to the BYU game.

The Rose Bowl!!!!

Last weekend Jessica and I had a chance to check out the Cougs as they took on UCLA in the Rose Bowl. I have to admit it was awesome to be able to attend the game in such a historic arena. We had a great time, BYU fans turned out in full force. Of the 73,000 fans I would guess that about 20,000-30,000 of them were BYU fans. It was great. We had great seats 16th row behind the endzone. Although we ended up losing 27-17 at least we made it a game. Overall we had a great time, we even enjoyed the drunk idiot UCLA fans that we were surrounded by. I love visiting stadiums.

Lance on Kitchen Duty

At our house Lance is in charge of washing dishes. The other night I came into the kitchen to find this mess. No wonder it takes him so long to clean up the kitchen.