Which ones are the twins?

Rachel recently weighed in at 22 pounds which means she needs to move up in car seats and thinking of her pink snugride no longer being in use got me motivated to capture the moments before they're gone. I recently got these two pictures of all three.

Now getting all three to look at the camera is akin to a comet sighting.  It probably won't happen again for awhile. 

Here's one I took just today.  Pretty good huh?  It helps that my subjects are so good looking... =)

And like everything with these two little boys,  it eventually turns rowdy! 

Looking at our baby Rachel in between the hooligans got me thinking how she shares features with each of the boys and these two that were "womb mates" look nearly nothing alike!  I think of Psalm 139, you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother's womb....   I heard a pastor speak that the use of the word knitting depicts a carefully crafted work or a fine art....  amazing how two gene pools come together three different ways.  Looking at her and pictures of the boys at the same age (8 months)  makes we wonder which two are the twins?

Here's what I mean. 

He's a swimmer, a biker and runner and just good ole' Daddy to us.

So I'm FINALLY blogging about Aaron's triathlon....  two weeks later.  Before the twins were born Aaron started running pretty seriously for fitness and stress relief and generally a good outlet for his type A-ness.  He participated in a half marathon and really enjoyed it.  That's when I started hearing about triathlons.  Twins, a new job, a major move, a first mortgage and another baby later, he finally completed one.  Last October, just before Rachel was born, Aaron joined the local chapter of Team in Training.  Team in Training is run by the Leukemia/Lymphoma society and trains people how to do a triathlon.  They provide a club membership, wetsuit, classes and training sessions and ask members to commit to raising $3600 in return.  It's a wonderful program and Aaron really enjoyed it.  He was a success on both ends:  he completed his first triathlon and raised a whopping $4310.01!  Of course,  he couldn't have done the latter without the generosity of family, friends and co workers.  Thank you!  It went to a great cause!!!
Aaron participated in the Pacific Crest Triathlon in Sunriver OR.  Me and the kids went and both sets of grandparents joined us in a vacation house for three nights. 
Rachel exchanging pleasantries with Grandpa Howard.

Aaron getting in some last minute resistance training at the resort playground. 

Aaron getting out of the water.  This was an Olympic length triathlon.  The swimming was 1 mile, the biking 30 miles and the running was 6 miles.  Yes,  all in the same day!

Grandpa Nelson with the boys at the start of the biking.