Excitement Is In The Air

Have you ever gotten that feeling of pure excitement. It starts in your shoulders and radiates through the rest of your body. Even though you try to stay calm you still can't help but smile. I have that feeling at the moment. I have decided to ride in RAGBRAI again this year. The route has just been posted and it looks like it is going to be a good time. RAGBRAI stands for Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. It is a bike ride that lasts 7 days. Each day a person rides between 40-100 miles in order to ride from the West side of the Iowa border (the Missouri River) to the East side of the Iowa border (the Mississippi River). The ride totals about 472 miles.

The last time I went it was soooo tiring and hard. But it was fun in a weird sort of way. It was a huge accomplishment when you rode into the overnight town, people would stand along the side of the road and cheer you in. I can't explain it, you will just have to join me and see for yourself!!

I guess now would be a good time to finally get new tires for my bike!!

Happy Birthday Gavin

Gavin had a birthday party with his friends on Saturday. It was a football theme with pizza and some games at Happy Joe's. Gavin's doesn't actually turn 4 until tomorrow, but he will argue with you until you just agree, that he turned 4 on Saturday.

The Long Haul

Thirteen years ago I started on the path of a Bachelor degree. After many starts and stops and many more different schools, I have finally received my degree. You can probably feel the pride coming from this post. Thanks Ron, Mom, and Jerry for your patience and help.

The gold, unreadable, mark says Cum Laude. :) Also, Max wanted his picture taken.

Bad Day

Have you ever had a day where the littlest things go wrong? But pretty soon they start adding up and it turns into one seriously crappy day? That is my day today. Each little thing probably isn't a big deal. But today it was presented in a "box of a billion crappy things" and handed to me with a pretty bow on top.

Tomorrow has to be better. It will be Friday and I am going on a road trip. In the meantime, today sucks.

Monster Truck Rally

Ron, Uncle Raymond, Joey, and Gavin went to the Monster Truck Rally. They showed trucks named "The Dragon" and "Grave Digger". Gavin had so much fun he begged to go back the next day and see it again.

Belly laughin'

Max was cracking up! Who knew sucking on a lemon would be so funny!!

Snow Day!

Since it hasn't really snowed here yet this season, the boys were trying to make the most out of a light dusting. They both had fun playing in it!