Sunday, February 10, 2008

Try to Keep Up!

Lots has gone on in the last few weeks. I posted a lot of photos of just SOME of the chaos around here. The weather has been bad..mostly ice and cold. I ride the trainer more than I'd like, but get out to train in the cold grey days too. Even the icey/snowy days I manage to get out.

Can you tell who Bill voted for last Tuesday? Maddie made him this sign as he recovered from a tooth extraction! OUCH! It was not a fun experience for any of us!
Ironically, Maddie lost her first tooth today, two days after Bill's oral surgery to remove his tooth! Maybe the Tooth Fairy will leave Bill some $$$$ Cash $$$$$ tonight too! Wahoooo.

If you don't have kids or if you're not in touch with what's hot with the younger ones, take notes. Hannah Montana and Nintendo DS! Here Bill is waiting for the Hannah Montana 3-D concert to start! Now those glasses are HOT! :) Maddie, her best bud Josie and I wait in the LONG lines for the 3-D concert to start! Again...HOT glasses.






The entire line of little girls dressed in Hannah Montana T-shirts all playing Nintendo DS! Not even kidding.




CHECK OUT THE ICE! It's too icy and cold for the van to start or to back out of the driveway in a car or to walk.......but not to go for a 4 hr ride with Reem!!!!! I have no photos of the actual ride b/c it was too dangerous to take my hands of the bars or my eyes off the icy roads. Notice the van's hood up b/c it's DEAD!
It took Reem ten minutes to maneuver herself close enough to just barely reach her doorknob!


I literally slid all the way down the driveway and couldn't stop until I hung on to that tree down there.
This was my attempt to back out of the driveway! I just slid right into the lawn. I actually did a 180 degree turn later on in the day....almost hit the Advil Van! It was EXTREMELY difficult to line a car next to the van to jump start it. We just literally slid the car by pushing it right next to the van and then drove on the lawn to get it back out of there.



Freezing cold days (13 degrees here) = trainer in the AM and hikes on the Appalachian Trail in the afternoon. Here we are on a cool suspended bridge and boardwalk across the largest cattail swamp in NJ.
Finally, Maddie had hernia surgery! OUCH! The surgery went very well except for all the puking afterwards. :(
Here she is less than 8 hrs after surgery and after puking for 5 hours straight! Of course when I left to go teach a spinning class she was resting on the couch as the doctor ordered. Bill has a different idea of "she should lay down and stay still!"


























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2 comments:

b-luv said...

look at that superstar mom go!

...man that ice looks crazy!!

Anonymous said...

Heather,
Thank you so much for taking my teammate and I for a training ride. We always learn so much from you, it's awesome. Can't wait to schedule another day with you again. Thanks for being such a great coach. I love riding my bike all the time thanks to you. You are the best.

Teresa