These are so out of order, but I love em! This trip was so much fun! Can’t wait to hang out with them again!

Sliding down White Sands..

Mike showing Sarah the leopard geckos. Great pets. Angelina the bearded dragon.

Jen and Sarah came out for a fun girls weekend for my Spring Break! I had so much fun! Jen took a bunch of pictures but here is what I got from Carlsbad Caverns.

The entrance is so cool! I can’t wait to show you the pics we got!

Inside the visitors center. We took the natural entrance tour and then the King’s Palace tour where they turn off the lights. So cool.
Just a sneak peek at what it looks like!

I promised my kids I would have animals in the classroom, but it has gotten a little out of control! One of the parents of my students gave me a bunch of their animals and now its like a zoo!

This is Billy Bob the bearded dragon. He is really feisty!

I have four leopard geckos altogether. Two of them are albino!
This is Angelina. She is really mellow and very sweet. She loves to eat lettuce.

Mike had an idea to go hiking over to Pine Tree Trail, where he used to go on father and son hikes back in the day. We decided to make a field trip of it and bring Barney along. He did so well! The hike is about five miles long and we were racing daylight, but we only had to use the flashlight for five minutes.

Barney stayed in between Mike and I while we hiked. He was good about staying on the trail.

He looks like he is choking!

The view. So beautiful.

We went to Tucson to go to the 24 Hour race in the Old Pueblo. Its a race where a ton of people come to hang out and have some good old mountain biking fun!

Its pretty much a town that is made of RV’s and tents and when its done, it disappears! Here is the poster from this year:

After the race, Mike had cholla barbs in his feet and they had to operate!
The end of the race!

We had a snow day today! It was really nice to take a break from the hustle and bustle of work and actually be forced to stay inside. The only downside is cabin fever, but the dog helped to entertain!

Love the snow beard! He loved running in the snow!

His first check of the snow.
Let’s dig in the snow!

He’s getting so big!

On January 16th, Mike and I raced the El Paso Puzzler. We had been looking forward to it because it was a really hard race: 35 miles, up and down a mountain twice, rocks, cactus, and downhill. Are we nuts or what?

Well, I didn’t do very well. It took me 7 hours to get through it and a lot was spent running on foot. I had never gotten a flat and twice, my tire got a flat. Worst part was that I had handed Mike all my CO2s so I didn’t have anything! So from mile 26-29, I was running.

Mike didn’t have much luck either. He lasted an hour and a half in and split the side wall on his tire. He had to walk ALL the way back! Poor guy!

This is at the starting line. Little did we know…

Overall, we’ll get em’ next year! Haha!

The first weekend in January, Mike and I drove to Tucson to ride Mt. Lemmon with his brother in law Wayne. We were there to pick up a road bike for Mike and test it out!

Here is the road at the beginning on the way up. Mike and Wayne were catching me after having to stop and fix the seat. I never saw them the rest of the ride.

Mike and his new bike.