Carrie and I wanted to put together collages for our husbands to give to them before their big race as a motivational gift so on the Thursday before the race we gathered the troops after boot camp and took some photos. The location was perfect at Northshore Park since this was where the race would start-2.4 miles of swimming in the lake that is normally closed off for swimming! Let's just say it isn't the clear blue water of Hawaii!
The kids were...well they acted like kids during the photo shoot but thankfully we lucked out and got some great shots! Thanks to Nana (Mike's mom) and Eve's help we made it work! Here are some of my favorites:
Joseph rocking the swim gear
Rich started saying "Ducote Strong" with Joseph a few months ago after catching the movie, "Remember the Titans" on tv one night. There is a motivating scene where two of the players are inspiring the rest of the team with the following dialogue, "Now let me ask you somethin' Mr. Bertier. Gerry: Uh-huh. Julius: How strong are you? Gerry: I'm too strong! Julius: How strong are you?! Gerry: I'm too strong!!" Rich has adapted this scene and will ask Joseph, "How strong are you?" And Joseph will say "Too strong" and then Rich will ask him again, "How strong are you?" and Joseph will say (or is supposed to say-depends on the day if he gets it right) "Too strong" and then he'll ask him a third time, "How strong are you?" and Rich taught him to say, "Ducote Strong!" It is pretty hilarious when Joseph gets it right (and when he doesn't get it right for that matter). So, when I had the t-shirts made I figured that "Ducote Strong" was perfect for Joseph!
Carrie and I think this one should be submitted to Ironman-too cute!!
Sweet Ella girl!
Love these kiddos!
I think he was saying, "Smile Ella" in this picture!
Hug or chokehold? Hard to tell some days...
Starting to lose them...photo shoot almost over.
And by this point the photo shoot was done!
Some cute ones of the Conley girls
And, even Olivia wanted in on the fun!
It was so fun putting this together for Rich and he loved it! We gave the photo collage to him Friday night before the race along with a book of good luck wishes from all of our family and his close friends. I sent letters to everyone last month asking to write him a note to wish him good luck and the turnout was great-thank you to everyone who wrote him a letter! Rich was really touched and I am sure they made him swim, bike and run a bit faster!
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