Late night

I wish I could soldier on past the 10 PM hour just so I could watch Jimmy Fallen.  Oh well.  Thats what youtube is for.  This is a little old, but still so good.

behind the lense

Sometimes I hop behind the lens and snap a few photos.  These are a few from my last camp in Chula Vista this past week.  Enjoy.  But really I don't care if you do or don't.

I miss summer already

Here I am in Chula Vista for the 4th and final camp of the year and I am already missing the summer. I was just browsing through some of my photos on this computer and it just makes me happy with the things that we got to do before summers end and the arrival of G2.  But not one to dwell on the past and things that I can't change, I have really tried to help the wifester a bit more now that we have another gremlin.  By helping, I mean that I have been taking the grom with me a lot more.  She is like my little shadow and I absolutely love it.

This past weekend were local races right by the house and I asked if she wanted to go.  She did.  She rode and played with friends non stop.  She also raced, which was rad.  On her last race she came up to me and said, "daddy, Im going to go slow"  I laughed and said ok.  On another one of her laps one of the other kids knocked over a cone in the last corner, my daughter being her mothers child, stopped, got off her bike, and went over and picked it up.  So classic.

So like I said, Im here in Chula.  Working with Olympic hopefuls.  Seems to be a great group of riders this go around and we have some pretty awesome rider coaches helping.  I opted for my camera rather than bike today, and was happy about that.  I also did some personal testing and am happy where I am at with my fitness.

I took the grom with me to Canada for their National championship and to be honest I was so excited to have her with me.  I had her a custom hoodie made with the GT wings so she could support her daddy, and her extended family.  She was was so excited to go along, especially when she knew that her Dr., Ethan, and Brighton were coming along.  To say that both of us were excited would be an understatement.

 


The last time she was on a plane it didnt work out so well.  But this time we changed it up a bit and she did excellent.  It didnt hurt that we got bumped up to economy comfort for a little more leg room.  Not that she needs it as you can see, she fits just fine sideways in the plane.  She was awesome on the plane and even some people mentioned how well behaved she was.  My favorite line was when she asked "is it time for blast off daddy?"  Warms the cold void in my chest just thinking about it.

This was us just before went went over the border.  She was so excited to be in Canada, she said it was so cool and didnt want to leave.  That was until I reminded her that mommy and Remster werent there.  Then she was ok with going back, but said she wanted to go to Canada again.  I loved having her there with me at the races.  "Good luck daddy, go fast, and win"  Hahahaha, oh little grom, I have already won.

Usually when I travel to race I dont step foot in a swimming pool, but this time I did, twice.  In fact, I was the only dad in the pool.  We swam and lauged and made splashes and waves and she loved it.  To see her smile is the best.  While at the track she was everybodys best friend.  Everyone wanted her to come with them and she spoiled rotten by everyone.  I also knocked out my first braid attempt.  She was pretty proud of her daddy for doing her hair.  When it was time to leave the track and head back to Seattle I strapped her in and within two minutes she was out.  She played so hard for 2 1/2 days that it was a total black out for the drive.

She woke up and we were in Seattle.  The mini van we had was awesome and if I ever decided to completely lose my manhood I would buy the lincoln Town & Country minivan, it was awesome and hauled ass.  It was seriously awesome to have her with me and if I get to travel and the wifester allows me, shes coming with.

love her.