Horny Toad Hustle is a race on our own home court, the Dona Ana Mountains. We have been practicing really hard because we wanted to make sure we “claimed” our home turf!

These are a little out of order, but here are the highlights of the race!

Jared came and took third in Cat 3 19-29, even with a blown out knee! Brad and Jared raced too in their categories but we never got any pictures of them! Brad has a sweet video clip if I can get it uploaded.

Michael got a great time of 1 hour and 49 minutes and got fifth overall in a VERY hard category!
Here I am coming in after a VERY HOT race. I drank like six cups of water after coming in! I ended up getting second in 30-39 SPORT and third out of all of the girls!

The last race I did was Cedro Peak. During the race, I hit a huge boulder and well, my front tire flew off! I hit the ground really hard. I hurried and made sure all of my bones weren’t broken and threw my tire back on and took off.

I was riding sport, so I wanted to make sure none of the beginners would catch me because I had just decided last minute to switch to sport (which meant doing 15 miles instead of 6 miles). So I think my pride got the best of me when I decided to jump up without checking out my arm.

Well….this is what it looked like a few days later…

And well, I made it to the finish line! I did it in 1 hour and 50 minutes. I didn’t win, but I did beat three sport girls.
I’ll take it! Ha Ha

P.S. Horny Toad is coming up and it is so hard! I swear I’m going to fall again! I just pray to make it through without getting hurt. This one is 19 miles!

Again, this like a month late, but I wanted to put these pictures on so bad! So I finally got the guts to go to the Whaley house in San Diego. I’ve been many times to the outside and it freaked me out, but finally Mike went with me inside. According to Ghost Hunters, it is one of the most haunted houses in America. They have done stories on it and even did a ghost hunter show on it.

When we went inside, it was night time. The tour guide gave us historical accounts as well as stories of things that have happened to visitors as they walk around. For example, a shost dog will lick your leg, a little girl will pull your hair, a brush of your hand by a little boy, etc. The whole time I had my arms folded and straight faced.

This room was the freakiest for me. The dolls in the window were the scariest things in the house!

Mike was so nuts. After we left, he wanted to go check out the cemetary where all the people were buried. I was so nervous cause it was really dark out. People always say when you see little circles in your pictures that they are called “orbs” or energy you get from ghosts. Not a huge believer in that, but there are some orbs in this picture.
I hate creepy portraits. This room really got to me. Look on the left hand side of the room. It looks like a shadow!

This was seriously like a month ago, but as you can tell, I am blogging everything at once to catch up on stuff going on around here.

First up, Signal Peak Challenge. Due to my crash in Cedro and the fact that I hadn’t been to church in almost a month, I decided to sit out on the race and head home to church. BUT, I did camp with the crew before heading back to Cruces.

We had a good time riding around, making SMORES, looking at the stars, and best of all, enjoying the great outdoors. Signal Peak is really pretty. We want to camp out there sometime!

This was Mike taking off on the starting line….boy this was a hard race!

All of the racers.
Mike and company…including a dog. P.S. A yellow lab chased Mike’s group all the way up to the top of the mountain!

We went and got the mail yesterday and there was a brochure for the Road Apple Rally and lo and behold, I was on the front! Ha Ha…

So I keep thinking of random things I would love to share with the blogging world. Now that I have the time to sit down and share them, here are some things I have been thinking about lately:

Jen and I have been sending voice recorders back and forth for a while now. It’s good because our schedules are way off so we don’t get a lot of time to talk on the phone. I love it cause I can rant and add my comments to things as if she was right there and vice versa. Such a good idea for long distance. P.S. Jen and I did this way back in 2000 when she lived in NY. P.S.S. We got the idea off the show Felicity. Remember that show?

For lunch at school I have been eating these pizzas and they are so good. It really helps with portioning too!

I love my new phone. New apps! New features! And I love how fast it is!

If you could choose between Washington, Arizona, and Florida to live, what would you pick? Not saying why I’m asking…but you’ll see….

Remember the song “Back Here” by BBMak. Mike and I were talking about that song the other day so I went in my stash and found all my cds from the boy band days. Needless to say we have been listening to that song. Mike Quote: “After listening to their whole cd, I have concluded that Back Here is the only good song and pretty much the rest of the cd is gay.” Ha Ha.

So school has started and I ended up switching classrooms this year. So I spent a few days this summer getting it all set up and here is what it looks like!

The silly grasshopper is back in action!

The brown wall I painted. I kept it neutral.

The desk set up…so much easier this year and a lot bigger!

Wish me luck on the 2010-2011 school year!

Mike and I wanted to take a trip to the beach, so we loaded up the car and drove to San Diego! Believe it or not, the car ride isn’t too bad (especially when you have games on your cell phone) and it is totally worth the wait. Here are some pictures we got from our little vacation.

Mike and I rode the hills of La Jolla. These hills are monsterous. You know they are huge when people are clapping and cheering for you from their car as you ride up the hill.

This is called “Urban Mountain Biking”. He He.
Mike’s day of boogie boarding! Liz’s day of getting sun burned..

So these pictures are a little out of order, but I am going to try and give you the highlights of this past weekend in Taos. Taos is a little north of Santa Fe and has a small skiing village with mountains all around.

This is Mike after the second XC race. The second day we were told it was cross country but 90 percent of it was uphill. Of course, it started to rain and it got really muddy! Mike busted his chain but was still able to make it in safe and sound and pull off 6th place.

The end of the cross country race…..yes, a little dirty.
Mike crossing the finish line.

Last weekend we went and raced the Sandia Peak Challenge in Albuquerque. It had been a month since we raced so it seemed a little harder this time. Not to mention the fact that it is eight hills uphill, and it wasn’t a smooth uphill either. Then when you got to the top, you had to go back down to the bottom!

This is the view when you hit the top! (Taken previously to the race. There was no stopping at the top when you were racing!)

What our legs looked like when you came down from all the dust flying!
Mike taking off on the starting line!