MS 150 two days later!

I had a GREAT time on the ride this past weekend. Day one was rained out but Tommy and I went for a 25 mile ride (in a tornado watch) oops!! But it was fun. The rain wasn't that bad and I learned alot about shifting. We headed to Coach Tipton's house Sat afternoon and stayed the night there. Cody took us to La Grange early Sat morning and off we went.

The hills were brutal! for me anyway, Tommy gave me the much needed... all too impressive push up the last 1/4 of a couple of them. He has some awesome cycling skills.

The weather was beautiful but the wind was nasty! I really enjoyed getting closer with my brother throughout the training and during the ride. It was great. All in all I think we went about 70 miles?? Not sure on the exact number.

Tommy took the picture while we were riding and a short video that I will post if I can. Can't wait until the next one!

MS 150

Okay so tomorrow is the big day! We start from Katy at 7 a.m. and ride... our bicycles (someone asked me if it was a motorcycle ride)... looks like in the rain... for about 82 miles to La Grange. We stay the night, my dad is setting up the tent for Tommy and I, we get up and leave La Grange at about 9 a.m. and ride about 75 miles to Austin. I am really looking forward to it. I am really getting nervous. Riding with all those people in the rain, clipped into my pedals so I can't put my feet down in a hurry is SCARY!!!! I know it's going to be fun, I am thinking positive. I'll post after we finish, Sunday night. (Maybe Monday morning) Tommy is going to post rest stop updates on Facebook, check it out to see where we are and how we are doing. If he posts pictures... I'll kill him. wish me luck!!

4-4-4

1. Choose the 4th folder in which you store pictures in your computer. 2. Choose the 4th picture. 3. Explain that picture. 4. Tag 4 people.

Wow, I really did this randomly and had no idea which picture would come up. So here it is, this is Case when he and I had some mama and Caser time at the Outlet Mall on hwy 290. I just love this picture, look at that sweet smile! He had so much fun on that little car. He got to ride it over and over again without having to share a spot with Stoney or JoLee. It's really amazing how different he is without his brother and sister making him crazy! He's a very very sweet boy and who could resist those blue eyes! That's my baby Case!

Busy Busy

I have just been running like CRAZY these days! Two softball games a week, two track meets, two flag football games (plus practice!). What am I going to do when Case starts participating in a sport?? YIKES Not to mention trying to get in my training. It's SO HARD sometimes. I'm like Nemo at this point... just keep swimming, just keep swimming. I can't wait until Cody is home more... this has just been nuts. I should paint my car yellow and call it a taxi!

Bluebonnet Express

I did a 48 mile bike ride on Sunday, it was so much fun! I wish I had done the 62. Not that I wasn't tired after the ride but I had more to give. The hills were pretty good, not killer but nearly! The weather was awesome, 40 degrees when we started, but it warmed up quickly. Not really much wind. It was just a good day. I need to start swimming if I am going to be ready for the Trigirl Sprint triathlon in August. My personal goal is to do at least do one a year, I would really like to do 2. Maybe the Stephanie Johnson triathlon in Sept.
I am so excited about the MS 150! It's going to be a huge challenge but Tommy and I are going to have a blast. I will admit that at one point on the ride on Sunday I thought this is so crazy, to be out on a bike in the middle of nowhere just for fun! I didn't know anyone so I am really looking forward to having someone there that I can talk to at the rest stops or even while we ride. It gets kind of boring by yourself after a while. I wish Cody had a bike and we could ride together. I know it is something that he would get into, it's easy on the knees and he would love the challenge. I don't think he would go for the spandex shorts though. haha!

3 more weeks and counting! MS 150 April 18th & 19th.

My little Softball player!

JoLee is playing softball this year and she is just so darn cute out there! They are the Red Raiders (of course)! She is number 7 and she thinks that's is the coolest number ever! She is really improving on her throwing and her batting. I think Cody felt bad when she started because it was SO obvious that he hadn't worked with her as much as he had the boys. He's been much better about that lately. Her game was canceled last night do to rain, she wasn't all that upset about it haha! She's made some new friends and is having a lot of fun.

Spring Break

We had a great time. Stoney was adamant that we have a good Spring Break, he had several friends that were going to travel so he was dying to go somewhere too. We started off the week on Monday at the coolest park here in town, Burroughs Park, the kids just love it. There is this little pond in the middle with about a 1/4 mile loop around it. We took the kids bikes and Case's little red car and off we went. Stoney lapped the rest of us, that kid can fly on his bike. I got in a little exercise running and pushing Case's car and JoLee dilly dallied behind us, she was too busy people watching to go very fast. Cody spent this time cleaning out my suburban, hey it's how he chose to spend his afternoon, nobody forced him :)
The kids played on the playground there at the park and wore themselves out. It was a great day.
On Tuesday we went to the biggest event in town!!! Chik Fil A had Dora The Explorer and Diego at their store on Tuesday night and we went... along with every other family within a 10 mile radius. It was complete chaos. I thought Cody and I were going to go crazy but the kids had a ball!
Wednesday we got through our day as quickly as possible and headed to Sea World in San Antonio. We stayed at a tired little hotel about 5 miles from Sea World and it could have been the Ritz as far as the kids were concerned. Their number one request was "Can we jump on the beds?" Our reply, "we don't care as long as you don't wake us up!" We were exhausted and we hadn't even been to Sea World yet.
Thursday: Yea Sea World! I don't know who had more fun the kids or Cody. The first thing was the dolphin pool. For all of you who don't know, the dolphin is Cody's favorite animal. He is a flipper fan. He got to feed the dolphins and pet them, I think he enjoyed that more than anything else. I was busy trying to keep Case from jumping in, I didn't get to pet them. JoLee and Stoney thought that was cool but wanted to move on. We saw the sharks, and a scuba diver, Shamu, the penguins, we found out Stoney is tall enough to ride the big roller coasters but he is willing to wait until JoLee is tall enough too. I think maybe that is a stalling technique, but that's okay. The beluga whales were really neat and the divers there put on a great show. We got to spend some time with Cody's cousins Sonja & David and their little girl Peyton. It was a good, very long day. On the way home to Spring, we made it about 70 miles from the house and stopped and got a room in Sealy. We were so tired.
Friday was spent, hanging out at home, Birthday parties on Sat and church on Sunday. It was a fun week. Stoney said and I quote, "I didn't think we were going to have any fun this week, but we really did!" Spring Break 2009 success!