Fixxie is in the house

Here are the pictures of Fixxie our new puppy.  She was born on October 21st 2011.  Tina posted a picture on Facebook that her friend Sheila had a pug puppy that she was looking to sell.  Well a few days later we now have a pug puppy in the house.  The kids are all giddy and happy and the dog I think must think we are all nuts as no one will leave the poor thing alone.  Well she is good and I think a great addition to the family.  time to put her to bed.  Later..

New Baby

The puppy that we are picking up on Thursday.  Our little pugs name is going to be Fixxie.

So Tina posted on Facebook that a friend of hers had a puppy Pug for sale.  I waited for a while and then I seen Tina on Sunday at the bmx races and asked if the puppy was still available.  She said that she thought so and when I got home I brought up that Tina had a friend that has a pug for sale and the girls begged for a few minutes and Cece caved in and said OK.  I got a hold of Tina and I got the info and made Maddie call and ask about the puppy and made arrangements to pick the puppy up on Thursday.  Things are going to get a little interesting around here for a little while for sure.  Hell we just got back from Pet Co and bought a bunch of things so we are prepared for the arrival of the addition.  Now I must listen to the girls talk about dressing the poor thing up and hell they want to paint the nails on the dog.  Be ready for alot of pictures of Fixxie to come.  Later..  

Cyclocross National Championships

 Nate and Max warming up in the tent on the side on the ISCorp sprinter van. Thanks ISCorp for the awesome hookup for the team.

 Nate and Max laughing it up before the race.

 Super Fan Kaleb was in the house.

 Nate making the turn into the barriers.

 Nate flying down the big down hill.

 Running up to the Barriers.

 Nate going into the maze.

 Coming right at you.

 Up and over the barriers.

 Around the tree in the mud.

 Coming along the pond into the the barriers.

 Coming into the pit area.

 Nate coming into the back maze area.

Nate wishing the race was almost over.

It was a fast and furious race today and Nate had a great ride.  There was about 50 riders in the race and all of them were fast as hell as was Nate.  We got there with some time for Nate to get out on the course before the racing started and the ground was all torn up and frozen with deep ruts.  Nate was riding the course and must have hit a rut and pinch flatted his newly glued tubular.  But Matt was awesome and let us use Joesy's race wheels and we dialed in the tire pressure and Nate was running a perfect set up.  Nate got a good start and was sitting near the front and then after a tight turn and in some of the deepest ruts Nate had to put a foot down not to go down causing him to lose a few spots.  Each lap as the race went on Nate got faster and head his ground.  We did do one bike exchange to get his main bike clean and then it was ride it till the end and it worked perfect for Nate.  He finished 18th and that is a good ride with the conditions and the fact that this age class of riders super fast.  In the end we are so proud of Nate with his effort and race today and with the long season and the awesome year that he had this was a great way to finish the year off. Now it is some rest and recovery, well almost as Nate went to Rays tonight to have some fun.  Tomorrow is bmx racing and Nate is taking the day off as he needs to get some homework done and then relax before he has to go to work at Rays.  But I am going to go and race some bmx as I need to race now that Nate is done racing.  Later..

Pre race at Cyclocross Nationals

Yesterday was the non championship cyclocross 10-29 race.  Nate toed the line along with Garrett, Simon, Sam and Joesy.  The temps were 27 degrees and with the sun out the ice was still there in a lot of the course even though the awesome crew put down alot of salt and sand it was still a tough course.  Nate said the corners and hill were greasy and that the ice was in alot of the spots that caused him to take some lines that he did not intend to.  Well in the end he finished 15th and it was well worth the trip as we got a lot of info that we needed for the big race this Saturday.  Then I got home and cleaned Nate's bike and then ran to the shop to get a bunch of items that we needed for the race bike to finish the last steps before the race.  Then I went to Rays to ride with Aaron, Len and whole mess of knuckle heads before hitting the wall since I was up at 4am to get ready for the race.  Then today it was run all over the place after work to get some of the phone bill and get Jess a hamster and Maddie a Beta fish before doing my training ride and lift weights.  All I know is that I am going to go to bed soon and then go over Nate's bikes a few times before the race Saturday.  Will good luck to all the ISCorp and the rest of the racers at Nationals this weekend.  Later...

Back Home

Billy, Chad, Nate, Simon and I went for a spin to the bottom of Mt Lemmon and then Nate, Simon and I flipped it and took a nice spin home and Billy and Chad rode back up Mt Lemmon.  After that I broke the bike down and packed it in the bike box and got it ready for the plane ride home.  I shipped it there along with Nate's bike through the shop and Chad said that I was better boxing it and taking it along for a bag fee of $20.00 instead of the few 100 it cost for the shipping of Nate's and mine to get it there.  So when Nate goes back there in February we are going to do the same thing in that we are going to have Nate box it and bring it back with him for a saving of a few 100 in total to do this way. Then it was relax and swim in the 80 degree weather once more and enjoy the sunset.  After dinner it was pack the bags and clean up the house and have the last laughs before it was bed time as we had a 5am limo ride to the airport.  Then it was a delay free ride home and back to reality and the freezing weather.  I have to thank Billy Jones and his family for the awesome place to stay and train for the week.  Also thanks to Randy Roth and his family for the company and great time that the kids were able to have together for the vacation.  Now I need to get a few things done and then head to bed before it is time to get back to work and then get Nate ready for his Cylcocross National Championship races this week and weekend.  Later..

NYE day

Yesterday was a down day as half the house went home.  The Roth family and Max went home so that left Nate and I out for a ride as Simon had the day off too.  So Nate and I headed to Colossal cave and back adding some efforts in and enjoyed another solid day in the saddle in sunny 78 degree weather.  Then we relaxed by the pool for a little while before sitting around and having fun talking and enjoying the night.  Billy also got the dirt bikes fixed so we will have to take them out today for a spin and test them out to make sure that they are sand worthy.  Then Billy bought some fireworks and the kids and him fired them off before we all retired to bed around 10:30pm.  Today is the final ride and then we will get our stuff packed and ready for the trip home tomorrow.  Time to get ready for the ride. Later...