Sunday, January 25, 2009

One of my oldest, biggest passions that Dad taught me.

You know your a cyclist if.....

You have more hair on your face than you do on your legs. (unless your a girl)

You put more money in your bike than you do your car.

People who don't ride think your crazy.

you think people who don't ride are crazy.

the sound of a freewheels makes you turn your head faster than when a ferrari revs its engine."

you know who greg lemond is.

you find yourself constantly saying "i'd rather be on my bike"

when you walk close behind people you feel like your drafting off of them.

You never underestimate the power of wind

You feel more comfortable in cycling shorts than regular clothes.

The tour de france is more than a sporting event. Its a sacred ceremony.

You like to boast about your leg muscles.

Yellow is your favorite color

You have amazing tan lines.

People ask you if its scary being clipped in.

You ask people if its scary being unclipped

When gu is your meal of choice.

When a "great weekend" consists of an 80 mile bike ride

...when you can remember your exact splits, distances, and sets from your last bike workout by memory, but you can't remember where you put your car keys/cell phone/first born, etc.

Your friends ask you if you even own 'normal' clothes because all you wear is athletic gear

When you discover a neighbor/coworker/relative/etc. has a roadbike so you want to talk their ear off for an hour or so

...you spend 4 hours in the car traveling to a 45 minute criterium.

...you spend $10,000 on a custom bike and $50 on gas to get to work.

...you bike 20 miles a day and drive 5 miles.

...the bike store asks "what's the damage this time?" when you walk in.

...the bike store insists on helping fix any problem on your bike.

...you spend July with the indoor trainer in front of the TV.

...you polish the spokes of your bike before a race.

...you actually know who Eddy Merckx is.

...you know who Greg Lemond beat by 8 seconds.

...you confuse the grocery money with bike part money.

You just flat out love cycling!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

New backgroud.

This baby background is an ode to Kade because we are just SOO excited to have him here!! :)

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Baby update.

Here are some of our 3D ultra sound pictures. I took a picture of the picture so the quality isn't the best but he sure is cute!!!

That little bump in the right side of his mouth is him sucking on his little finger.

And here is the most recent belly shot. Glamorous I know! 27 weeks. (Sorry that some of it is underlined, I can't figure out how to fix it right now and its making me too frustrated so there! ha!)

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Dad's 1950 3600 Three Quarter ton Chevy Truck


Dad left his truck to his boys and I have taken the initiative to try to get it up and running. It's a beautiful truck but it has been sitting for 10 plus years... so seeing as I am no mechanic, any suggestions?!





Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Carrying Developing Offspring Within the Body


Umm...this is an old random picture of me cliff jumping at good ol' powell!



24 weeks baby!!!



This is me sayin hi to my baby!



Some advice: DO NOT attempt to force piggy back rides on ornery prego ladies!



Danl would like to preset this post by noting her trepidation of me taking her picture while with child. We have had some requests to see Danl's "baby bump" and this is it, I'm no Ansel Adams, or Toni Carroll, or Erin Langford BUT I'm pretty sure I captured the essence of little Kade!

*** Note from Danelle. I know you are all thinking that by the looks of me I am going to give birth in a month... but no, I have four more months! Yeah, I know!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Suggestions please!

So at work I sit at a computer all day and its kinda boring, but I can listed to Cd's and such so I would like to listen to some books on CD to help pass the time. I of course, as many of you have already guessed, am listening to harry potter right now ha! But I want to read/listen to something new. So give me some ideas. Oh and if anyone suggests those dumb twilight books I will remove you from my friend list... I am not kidding :) So the moral of the story is give me book ideas but no twilight. :)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Thank You!

This blog has been for the purpose of keeping a journal more than anything. I just wanted to take a second and thank everyone for their love and support. Dinners have been prepared, cards, flowers and cookies have been brought, phone calls have been made, and condolences sent. Experiences like this help you realize what true friendship means. A quick word about my sweet wife, she has been working so so so hard AND been very sick. Not only did she do all that, she was always there for me when I needed her, late nights and early mornings at the hospital, and on the phone all of the time. She is amazing! Anyway, thanks again to everyone!