I love it in Tucson so it was awesome that Mike wanted to do the century ride with Sam Kane and his brother in law Wayne. We made goals at the beginning of the year on a bulletin board for New Years and Mike’s goal was to race in another state and do three century rides…and he did it!

The weather was gorgeous and it was great to go running with Debbie and Carolyn in the morning while they started the race. The night before we drove in and went to the convention center and saw all the booths set up with all the bike stuff. It was sweet.

This is Mike at the finish line. He did the 85 mile race. He came in with the first group of riders and was 3 seconds from first place!! He did so awesome!!

This was the final sprint to the finish line. Look how close it is!
The finish line kids!

So I have been bummed because I made a goal this year to go to Disneyland and the chances looked pretty slim. Then we got the bright idea to head over to California while we headed over to Vegas for Thanksgiving. So we decided to go Thanksgiving Day and then head over to Vegas for Friday and Saturday.

This is right before they let you in the park….so excited!

Jen and Sarah flew in the night before to join us!!

Mike’s first ride on the Matterhorn since he rode it when he was four and had a concussion. This ride is SO much better at night!

I love all the Christmas decorations!!

O.K. I admit. I love my dog way too much. Well, let’s just say I have a major love-hate relationship with him. But he’s so fun to humiliate and play frisbee with. Our daily runs at six in the morning are our bonding time too.

Anyway, October 27th was Barney’s first birthday. Technically, we didn’t get him until December, but we had to have a birthday party for him.

Here’s his Halloween cow costume. Just a little too small..

Gotta have a birthday hat too.
Can I please just eat that cake?? (Don’t worry, its dog proof. Courtesy of some website that taught me to make a cake out of carrots.)

Since I have known Mike I have never seen Mayfield win against Cruces…for once, they finally won!

P.S. This is the epitome of my husband. Dork.

A friend of my mom’s is riding the Bike MS thing in Las Vegas today. Mike’s name was put on her number. I think that is so awesome! Here’s to finding a cure!

So I think I have graduated from the stage of taking pictures of myself from arm length with my cell phone. Instead, as I was going through my cell phone pics, I notice that all I take pictures of is Barney. (I think we need to start having kids.)

So, here it goes. The collage of cell phone pics of the life of Barney.

Pure humiliation.

Grandma gave him this food and water bowl. He loves it.
He is such a good frisbee catcher.

We went up to Albuquerque to race for the University of New Mexico Back to School Special. Well…I”ll keep it short (cause we only have one cool pic of Mike at the starting line).

Description: rain, mud, flat tires, broken chains, more rain, more mud, three LONG laps, and more mud.

The end.

Wow. It’s been a long time since I have blogged! Things have been really hectic that I didn’t even download pictures onto facebook until a few days ago. Well here we go.

The third weekend in September is always set aside for the Horny Toad Hustle. At this point in the series, it is race after race after race. We love this one because its local and we practice it a lot. So we have high expectations for eachother.

These are a bit out of order. This is Mike and I when we got our buckles. I think Horny Toad has the best prizes! I got new sunglasses too!

Mike got 2nd in 30-39 Cat 2 and I got 1st overall in the girls category. Mike and I both beat our times from last year. We were on fire!

Brad and Brent joined in on the shinanigans and did the Cat 2 coarse together. Brad had technical problems so Brent waited up for him. Here’s how they came in together…dorks.
I came in after 2 hours and 7 minutes. It was hot!

We went up to Red River, NM for a race in the middle of August. We had never been there before. It was so pretty!

Look at how awesome the weather was!

This is definitely a place to rent a cabin.

Mike on the day of the race, getting ready to leave for the big day. Little did he know he was going to place first!