Retro Jordans Friday

Retro Jordan Friday at the office today. That's how we roll around these parts.

Mike (white): The Military Blues

Jon (black): Breds

McKinley (grey): Cool Greys

That's right.

[ THE OFFICE TRI ]

We put together two office triathlon teams for the local "Share a Smile" triathlon a few weeks ago. We participated in the sprint-distance team relay division. Team 16 ended up taking third place in our division, and our office won a multi-purpose bike tool as part of an after-race. Not too bad for a couple hours of office-bonding on a saturday morning.

TEAM 139:

Nephi (swim)

McKinley (bike)

Scott (run)

TEAM 16:

Nicki (swim)

Matt (bike)

Eric (run)

Nephi killing it in the swim. NOTE: The organizers had us line up in order of fastness to do the swim, and Nephi was the FIRST, very first, participant in into the water. Translation: Nephi is freaking fast.

McKinley may have suffered two flat tires during his section of the race (don't worry, he still killed it too), but he definitely still made it to his son's soccer game on time.

Scott rockin' it through the finish.

Handoff between Nicki and Matt betweek team 16's swim and bike.

Matt finishing off the bike ride.

Biggest upset (the good kind) was discovering the day before the race that Eric was a HS cross country runner. He had thought it would be fun to fool us all into thinking he wasn't a good runner, but in my book, averaging 6.25-minute miles definitely isn't in the "not a good runner" category.

Eric "the bullet" Waddoups finishing off the race.

[ DON WE NOW ]

This is how Roberts rocks the womens apparel at the conventions we sell product at. Pen,

purse, hat and scarf. H.O.T.

[ NEWSIES IN THE OFFICE ]

Mike's socks made a visit to the office today. And then they started singing and dancing. OK...maybe that last part wasnt true; but they wanted to.

[ MOMMY WARS ]

We have two mommies in the office: Natalie and Tami (respectively pictured above). 

You may not be aware, but when you get two mommies together in an office full of willing eaters, competition begins.

Our Mommy Wars started when Tami brought in delicious peanut butter bars. One of our male office members, Spencer, raved at their goodness so much it attracted the attention of our other mommy, Natalie. The competition was on. Not only did Natalie bring in peanut butter bars today, but also a potato, cheese and sausage dish, and a pudding cake. On top of that, Tami decided to bring in cookies today as well. Talk about some serious foodage. 

I'm not sure about you, but I would say that two office moms is definitely better than one. Especially since it incites baking and cooking competitions. I'm excited to see what's next.

Here is Natalie's rendition of the treats that started it all:

And here's some of the other foodage of the day. I can personally attest that is was all delicious.

Special note: those are not the cheese filled smokies. They are the regular smokies - have no fear.

[ THE GREAT ARM WRESTLE ]

In other competitive news, for no apparent reason yesterday, Spencer and Nate arm wrestled. The scuffle took place on the floor in the main area of the office. I'm not even sure if anything was at stake besides pride. Jason, one of the owners, was referee.

About the competitors:

Spencer

Alias: The Incredible Stick

Title: Web Manager

Height: 6'2

Weight: 175 lb.

Arm-wrestle competition goal: To hold Nate off for at least 5 seconds.

Nate

Alias: Fatty

Title: Account Sales Manager

Height: 5'0

Weight: 234 lb.

Arm-wrestle competition goal: Chicks.

 The beginning.

 The middle.

 The end. Spencer held Nate in this position for at least 10 seconds. Goal accomplished.

 And the aftermath. Tough Nate - Exhausted Spencer.

[ GOOD SPORT ]

Looks like the thievery wasn't too angering. Drew passed out candy as the Candyman later on that day. See -- stealing among coworkers really is conducive to cohesiveness. Going strong. Thanks, Drew.