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.

more music

Love me some lucero

The following song was a song that was on my worlds playlist.  I listened to this song over and over before my races to just stay calm and kick it.  I would listen to it while I warmed up and cooled down.  It just put me in a good spot.  Such a great tune.



During one my of my leg redo tattoo sessions Nate had Lucero on for the entire session.  It was awesome.  I can appreciate most of the music, hope you enjoy.

Tuesday Tunes

Well its 10:03 and Im wide awake.  I have so much going through my head, so I though I would try and listen to some music to calm me down.  I stumbled upon these guys, pretty good tunes.  Probably won't help me fall asleep though, but its all good.



So much on the horizon, pretty exciting stuff.  Stay tuned, we will share soon enough.

Week one

 Uncle Zach and I finally talked the wife into letting us buy the above motorcycle for the grom.  He and I might be a bit overly excited about it, but its going to be awesome!

 So heres proof that she is mine.  I mean, sure she came a little bit later than the original due date, and I was gone during the "time" but with the picture above, no DNA test will be needed.

When dads shirt doubles as a blanket, life is good.

From one has been playing soccer for a few weeks now, and by play I mean run around and then bail off the field to find some shade.  We really don't care if she wants to play or not, but she just looks so damn cute in her uniform that its hard to not want to go.  For brief moments she likes to play, but there are two kids that are 5 that for some reason got put on her team which is in the 3 and 4 year old league and just run field on the other kids.  Its part of sports that I hate, and it makes me hate their parents.  They think its cool that their children are ball hogs.  I guess the skipped the principle of sharing in whatever world they were brought up in.

I did find it cool that I had a connection with her coach.  Small world.  He responded with "I knew there was a reason why I liked Hadley so much."

Picture day with the Hawks.  They were all so well behaved for the pictures.  Pretty awesome.

 We hit up the Aggie game versus Wake Forest.  Of course the grom was pumped that Uncle Zach was coming along, and she was so hopeful that she would run into her homie Big Blue.  When she saw him so was so ecstatic.  She just ran straight to him, anyway she could, she was going to get to him.  He is always so great with her.

 I am such a fan of college football.  However, when they start paying the players, I will no longer support it.  I can't believe that these guys that are treated like royalty, pretty much have everything they need on campus, school, food, housing, clothing, books, all paid for, yet need to get paid?  I just don't get it.  I think if they pay em, make em pay for school and books then.  Freaking entitled pansies.

 Went for a ride today.  I was going to ride from our house to the in-laws, but I guess my tubes had other plans.  I didn't sweat it too much. I found a plot of shade, made a call, and hung out.  A pair of roadies past me, but didn't bother asking if I needed help.  A guy in a subaru did stop and check on me, he was super cool and I thanked him for making sure I was good and that it meant a lot.  Its the small things folks.

Who doesn't love spandex?