Had a pretty fun weekend! Saturday brought us um doing what...oh yeah Pinewood Derby!!! Kaden made it to districts this year and it would be a good time! Got there early (held at local mall) and snagged a bench to sit on, which turned to be a good move as we were there for almost 3 hours! Kaden's car didn't do too shabby. They raced 4 times each in different lanes, I don't think he came in 1st any of the races, but close! The way we thought the computer was running the cars it puts Kaden in the top half out of 61 racers. We'll have to wait to get the results when they put them online in a few days.
After the race Keith and I went to the local bike store to check out bikes for me. Had a fun time trying out bikes and deciding which one was best for me. It was either a cross bike or a road and mountain bike. I ended up with a pretty awesome road bike! I'll keep checking out mtb bikes to get one. My new bike is a Giant Avail 3 in white/gold/silver. No pink available, which would have been nice. The other bike I was considering was a Felt something in purple. I did get a helmet with pink. Can't wait to get out and ride it!!! Keith has Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off so he's going to take me out for some easy riding. We do have to take it back to the bike store as the shifting is not quite right.
Sunday was possible bike race day. It looked like rain, so Keith was holding off deciding until getting up this morning. I got a wake up call at 8am for a bike race departure at 8:45am. I remembered to grab the rain coats and umbrellas this time...even though the chance of rain was slight and set for this afternoon. We arrive in Iowa City for the race and it starts to pour...insert my frowny face...but it stopped shortly after and the sun stayed out till we left at 5pm. You can read all about Keith's race on his blog. Not a great race for him though (insert his frowny face). After his race we left to go to the mall to get some lunch then came back to watch the other HBA riders in their races. Ran into some teammates after their races and we gathered at a local pub to sit outside have a drink and watch the Pro's race. Great racing! Good times sitting with the other bike guys and chatting. Bonus Karl bought us all drinks and Vern bought us some grub. I'll have to make some goodies for them!
Back home we unpacked and was going to play outside for a bit, but realized we had storms coming. Keith has promised the kids a trip to The Freeze (ice cream shop) so we headed there first for some yummy ice cream!! Sat outside and ate them for a few until Kaden got cold so we got in the car and low and behold it started to pour then! It stopped raining long enough Keith could wash his bike and the boys play outside. Then the big storms came rolling in! So far they are not too bad, thought they'd be much worse. A tornado was on the ground north of us, but we just got strong winds, rain and some thunder. Not sure what else we'll get tonight, wait and see.
So yeah, a fun weekend for all!! Salem seems to be over his sickness, enough to go back to school atleast. Let's hope he stays that way!!!
After the race Keith and I went to the local bike store to check out bikes for me. Had a fun time trying out bikes and deciding which one was best for me. It was either a cross bike or a road and mountain bike. I ended up with a pretty awesome road bike! I'll keep checking out mtb bikes to get one. My new bike is a Giant Avail 3 in white/gold/silver. No pink available, which would have been nice. The other bike I was considering was a Felt something in purple. I did get a helmet with pink. Can't wait to get out and ride it!!! Keith has Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off so he's going to take me out for some easy riding. We do have to take it back to the bike store as the shifting is not quite right.
Sunday was possible bike race day. It looked like rain, so Keith was holding off deciding until getting up this morning. I got a wake up call at 8am for a bike race departure at 8:45am. I remembered to grab the rain coats and umbrellas this time...even though the chance of rain was slight and set for this afternoon. We arrive in Iowa City for the race and it starts to pour...insert my frowny face...but it stopped shortly after and the sun stayed out till we left at 5pm. You can read all about Keith's race on his blog. Not a great race for him though (insert his frowny face). After his race we left to go to the mall to get some lunch then came back to watch the other HBA riders in their races. Ran into some teammates after their races and we gathered at a local pub to sit outside have a drink and watch the Pro's race. Great racing! Good times sitting with the other bike guys and chatting. Bonus Karl bought us all drinks and Vern bought us some grub. I'll have to make some goodies for them!
Back home we unpacked and was going to play outside for a bit, but realized we had storms coming. Keith has promised the kids a trip to The Freeze (ice cream shop) so we headed there first for some yummy ice cream!! Sat outside and ate them for a few until Kaden got cold so we got in the car and low and behold it started to pour then! It stopped raining long enough Keith could wash his bike and the boys play outside. Then the big storms came rolling in! So far they are not too bad, thought they'd be much worse. A tornado was on the ground north of us, but we just got strong winds, rain and some thunder. Not sure what else we'll get tonight, wait and see.So yeah, a fun weekend for all!! Salem seems to be over his sickness, enough to go back to school atleast. Let's hope he stays that way!!!
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